Bill Clinton met John F. Kennedy in 1963, which inspired him to become president. He achieved this in 1993. Clinton also nominated the first female secretary of state and attorney general, was the youngest governor of Arkansas, and attended graduate school in England.
US President Bill Clinton met John F. Kennedy in 1963, four months before President Kennedy was assassinated. On July 24, 1963, a 16-year-old Clinton met Kennedy and shook his hand in the Rose Garden of the White House as part of his participation in the American Legion Boys Nation program, an educational program that teaches students about government by participating in mock activities governmental. Clinton stated that his meeting with Kennedy inspired him to want to be president of the United States. He achieved this when Clinton was sworn in nearly 30 years later in January 1993 as the 42nd president of the United States.
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Clinton nominated both the first female secretary of state, Madeline Albright, and the first female attorney general, Janet Reno.
When Clinton was named governor of Arkansas in 1978, he was the nation’s youngest governor at age 32, but he only led for two years before losing his re-election bid at age 34.
President Clinton attended graduate school in England at the University of Oxford, where he also played on the rugby team.
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