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Article: CLINTON CLIMBS ABOARD THE GOP STAR WARS PARADE PRESIDENT A LATE, FERVENT CONVERT TO THE CAUSE.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- March 18, 1999
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The Clinton White House seldom lets a popular parade pass by without leaping to the front, or at least latching onto the last carriage. In years past, President Clinton was a late but fervent convert to Republican crusades on the balanced budget, IRS abuses and a federal law discouraging same-sex marriages.
Clinton has once again joined a popular cause, this time national missile defense, the latest version of the much-derided ``Star Wars'' anti-missile program of the Reagan era. Clinton added $6.6 billion for missile defense to his Pentagon budget request in January and this week dropped his opposition to a bill he had threatened to veto.
Clinton on ...