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PROMISES, PROMISES

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For the remainder of Democracy Now! today, we look back at the promises President Clinton made when he was running for office in 1992, the promises kept, compromised and broken. (This segment features reflection and analysis from a range of progressive activists, including: Bob Lederer of Act-Up, Gordon Clark of Peace Action, Patricia Ireland of NOW, prisoner rights activist Eddie Ellis, Joanne Landy of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy, Margaret Conway of Planned Parenthood, Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project, Gary Rose of AIDS Action Council, John Canhan Clyne and Lori Wallach of Public Citizen, Rick Hind of Greenpeace and Donna Edwards of the Center for a New Democracy, and others)

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