Bill Clinton: “I believe the first time I met John Huang--I believe--was several years ago in Taiwan when I was a Governor on a trade…”

“I believe the first time I met John Huang--I believe--was several years ago in Taiwan when I was a Governor on a trade mission. I believe that is correct. He might have a better memory than I do, but I think that's right. I met James Riady when he came to Arkansas to live and work when he was partners--when his family and his family's business group were partners with the Stephens interest in Arkansas, in a bank there. And he and his wife lived there, and I got to know them several years ago. So I have known both James Riady and his wife and John Huang and his wife for several years. And I knew them primarily in the context of my work as Governor, both inside Arkansas in dealing with the economic issues within the State and then in my work as Governor of Arkansas and going to Taiwan--which parenthetically is one of the biggest purchasers of soybeans, which is a big product in my home State, of any country in the world. So I was there quite often, I think five times during the course of my governorship. And that's how I knew them. So I had a personal relationship with them that went back several years and long before there was any politics or even contributions or anything like that involved. I had known them for several years.”