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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S REACTION TO OJ SIMPSON TRIAL VERDICT

(11 Feb 1997) English/Nat President Clinton has weighed in on the O-J Simpson verdict, saying he respects the jury's decision and that it's time for Americans to put the subject behind them. Simpson was found responsible for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend in a civil case, even after the former football star had been acquitted in a criminal trial. Speaking at a meeting with congressional leaders in Washington on Tuesday, Clinton vowed to spend his second presidential term trying to bridge the divide between the races. It was a meeting to showcase the White House and Congress coming together on bipartisan issues. But one of the first questions put to the president was how he felt about the way blacks and whites were divided over the verdict in the O-J Simpson case. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The only people who heard all the evidence were the people who sat in the jury box, in both cases. And civil trials and criminal trials are very different, in different ways. I have nothing to add to that - I respect the jury verdict. And in terms of the white - Americans see the world differently, generally, based on their race, that troubles me." SUPER CAPTION: Bill Clinton, U-S President Clinton has been a frequent advocate of racial unity, believing colour should not make a difference in the United States - a country based on a multi-cultural society. And the President called for dialogue between blacks and whites in order to increase mutual understanding of each other. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I think the only answer to that is for us to spend more time listening to each other and try to put ourselves in each others shoes and understand why we see the world in different ways and keep trying to overcome that. I would say that even though it's disturbing, we have succeeded so far in managing the world's most multi-ethnic diverse democracy, better than a lot of countries that are smaller than we are with fewer differences." SUPER CAPTION: Bill Clinton, U-S President The controversial trial had served to highlight the racial tensions that still exist in the U-S. On Tuesday, Clinton said he would make the issue a priority during his second term in office. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...