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Article: Interview with journalists on South Africa. (Pres. Bill Clinton) (Interview)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- April 25, 1994
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April 20, 1994
Q. Could I begin, Mr. President, with a two-part question? What is the significance of the South African election to you and the American people? And do you have any particular message for the people of South Africa that we could take back to them?
The President. First of all, I think it would be difficult to overstate the significance of this election to the American people for many reasons, first of all, our own history of racial division. We, after all, fought a great Civil War over slavery, and we continue to deal with our own racial challenges today. So all Americans, I think, have always been more drawn to the problems and the promise of ...