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Article: President's Decision to Visit Grieving Families Follows Debate Within Administration
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- The Washington Post
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- July 25, 1996
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President Clinton will travel to New York today to meet with
the families of TWA crash victims, ending days of discussion inside
the administration over the proper response to the tragedy.
Clinton has been reluctant to take a prominent role in
responding to the crash, urging Americans not to "draw conclusions
until we're sure the conclusion is supported by the facts." Last
Sunday, after much debate at the White House, Clinton passed up an
opportunity to attend a service for the high school students from
Montoursville, Pa. The decision was criticized by some families of
crash victims who urged the president to attend a memorial
somewhere.
"We didn't want to politicize it," a White ...