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A Letter from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan in 1988

Uncover the interesting history between Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan when we dug up this letter from 1988 when Bill Clinton was the Governor of Arkansas at the National Archives.

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letter from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan on December 27th, 1988
letter from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan on December 27th, 1988

This is an interesting image of a letter that we dug up at the National Archives. Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the time it was sent around Christmas, 1988.

letter from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan on December 27th, 1988
letter from Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan on December 27th, 1988 (U.S. National Archives)

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Topics1980s · Politics

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