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reaction to partners in power

School of Foreign Service. During his time at Georgetown, it seemed Clinton was honing his skills as a politician. One teacher that left a lasting impression on our future President with his interesting classes and intriguing views was Dr. Carroll Quigley. Clinton was quoted describing Quigley as fascinating, electrifying, and brilliant. Clinton would conclude his freshman year with a 3.7 grade point average including his many extracurricular activities. During his sophomore and junior year, Clinton would work for Arkansas senator Fulbright as part of the senators staff. He would work many long hours on the staff while continuing to keep up with school, but he would pass up the opportunity running for an office on campus to work more diligently for the senator. He would return to the Georgetown political scene in 1967 only to lose the East Campus presidential election. Bill was quite irritated by his first political loss.Back in Hot Springs, Roger Clinton became an ill man. Bill would be back in forth from Georgetown to Hot Springs to visit the suffering Roger throughout his final months. Roger died in the autumn of 67 and two months later Bills grandmother Edith passed away.Bill Clintons Georgetown experience was over and he was off to Oxford to achieve his masters degree. There was a major obstacle in the young Rhodes Scholars way: the draft for the Vietnam War. Clinton would do everything in his power to evade his inevitability of going to the war tortured land in Southeast Asia. If there was one man to turn to, it was Uncle Raymond who would use his many connections to get his nephews draft delayed. Eventually, Raymond Clinton worked his magic and his nephew was off to Oxford for his first year, but as soon as Bill returned he would once again have to confront the draft issue. Bill Clintons career at Oxford was scarred with his concern over being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. Hillary Rodham was born into a more ...

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