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He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.

Chelsea Clinton

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Chelsea Clinton
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Journalist
Little Rock
Arkansas
Chelsea Victoria Clinton
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