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Bill Clinton: He had to make America work in a new world. We had to relate to a global economy, a global society. I think that's what…

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He had to make America work in a new world. We had to relate to a global economy, a global society. I think that's what I'll be judged on: Did I help America transform itself so that we would still be the greatest nation in the world in a global economy, a global society with the most diffuse and different population, diverse population in our history? President's Future Plans Mr. Russert. We asked our people across the country what you would do when you left office at the ripe old age of 54, and this is what they said--they volunteered: 50 percent, you give speeches and work for causes, pretty much like former Presidents; 15 percent said go into private business; 14 percent said teach at a university; 13 percent said run for another office. Will Bill Clinton ever run for another office?
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Bill Clinton
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