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 February 12, 1999 
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President Clinton responded to the Senate vote today in the Rose Garden. Earlier in the day the Senate voted to aquit the president on both articles of impeachment. The following is a transcript of his response.
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I also am humbled and very grateful for the support and the prayers I have received from millions of Americans over this past year. Now I ask all Americans, and I hope all Americans here in Washington and throughout our land, will rededicate ourselves to the work of serving our nation and building our future together. This can be and this must be a time of reconciliation and renewal for America. Thank you very much. REPORTER: In your heart, sir, can you forgive and forget? PRESIDENT CLINTON: I believe any person who asks for forgiveness has to be prepared to give it.
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PRESIDENT
CLINTON: Now that the Senate has fulfilled its constitutional responsibility
bringing this process to a conclusion, I want to say again to the American
people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger
these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress
and on the American people.