Bill Clinton: “Well, first of all, you might be interested to know there were a couple of people of color that I tried to get to do…”

“Well, first of all, you might be interested to know there were a couple of people of color that I tried to get to do those jobs but preferred other jobs in the administration. And they had jobs they liked better. And I have--you didn't point out that a lot of those jobs have been held by women, who also had never held those jobs before I came along. And I think that--all I can tell you is I have never not tried to recruit minorities for any job that was open in the White House. And I have never followed a quota system. I have had more blacks who have served in my Cabinet, more Hispanics who served in my Cabinet, more people from Asia have been appointed to my administration than any previous administration by far. It's not even close. So there was never a decision made. I now have a Hispanic woman who is my Deputy Chief of Staff. So I never thought about those seven jobs to the exclusion of others. I've tried to make sure that the senior jobs--my political director is an African-American woman. Alexis Herman, before she became Secretary of Labor, was head of public liaison. I was unaware that those were the seven most important jobs in my Cabinet and in the White House in the way that you said them. Thank you very much.”