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During the sole argument we had when [Chelsea] was in high school, the subject of which I don't even remember, I looked at her and said, 'As long as you're in this house, being president is my second most important job'.

William J. Clinton

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William J. Clinton
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
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