“[the U. S. mission in Somalia] Started off as a humanitarian mission and it changed into a nation-building mission, and that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building.”

Presidential debate, October 11, 2000 http://www.debates.org/?page=october-11-2000-debate-transcript
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