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Article: Clinton puts conversion at top of national security agenda. (Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton)
- Article from:
- Defense Daily
- Article date:
- July 20, 1992
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(New York) Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, in accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, painted what he believes to be a sharp contrast with the incumbent Republican administration on defense, putting conversion at the top of his agenda.
" The end of the Cold War permits us to reduce defense spending while still maintaining the strongest defense in the world," Clinton said in the course of his acceptance speech. "But we must plow back every dollar of defense cuts into building American jobs right here at home."
Throughout the week of the Democratic National Convention, Clinton made clear that national security under his administration ...