Bill Clinton: “Stratham, New Hampshire May 22, 1993 Thank you very much. Madam President, members of the faculty and staff…”

“Stratham, New Hampshire May 22, 1993 Thank you very much. Madam President, members of the faculty and staff, distinguished Members of Congress and other platform guests, and ladies and gentlemen, and most importantly, the members of this graduating class: To answer the president's question, I came here to address this class because you were the people that I ran for President to serve. It was your America that I hoped to make better. I'm proud to come back to the State that 15 months ago made me the ``comeback kid'' in this country. [Laughter] On February 7, 1992, when I came to this college, the people I met here asked me about things that matter to mainstream Americans, about jobs and health care and getting the economy moving again and whether the future for our young people would be better than the present. After I finished speaking, one of your students, Greg Fuller, then asked me to come back and speak at this graduation. Stand up, Greg. And then he wrote me a letter to confirm his request. That itself was miracle enough. In 3 months and 2 weeks we had received more mail at the White House than had come in in all of 1992. There may be another letter from Greg somewhere we haven't found yet. [Laughter] But I'm delighted to be here. This is the first graduation ceremony I have addressed as President, and I am told, I don't know, but it may be the first time a President has ever addressed a graduation of a technical college.…”