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Monday May 8 1:31 AM ET
Clinton Muses About Life After White House
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sitting aboard Air Force One, wearing a flight jacket with his signature stitched on it, President Clinton mused about his life after the White House and said he has not decided how he will earn his living.
The hard-charging Clinton, who insists he will work hard until his last day in office, did not want to dwell on questions about what he thinks his legacy will be.
``I'm still working on my legacy,'' he told reporters on the flight home from Arkansas on Sunday night.
A top post-presidency priority will be projects in two states: His presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas, and fixing up his old house in Chappaqua, New York, where first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is spending a lot of time in her race for a Senate seat from New York.
Indeed, he had just spent a half hour with Mrs. Clinton and her mother, Dorothy Rodham, in Little Rock discussing how to fix the floors in the Chappaqua house.
``It's a great old house, but it's 110 years old,'' Clinton said.
Clinton was talking aboard the presidential aircraft on a flight back from Little Rock after a restful weekend in his home state.
He attended a wedding, took what may have been the longest motorcade ride of his presidency -- 3 1/2 hours -- through the Ozark mountains, spent the night with some friends, then saw more friends in Little Rock at a fund-raiser for his wife's Senate campaign.
Clinton spoke with pride about his plans for his presidential library, projected to cost about $125 million and subject of an aggressive fund-raising campaign.
Once out of office, Clinton said, he plans to spend much time getting the library started and spend the weekends with Mrs. Clinton at the Chappaqua house.
He said he realized that he was going to have to earn a living but would put off deciding what sort of jobs he would take after he leaves office.
There has been a great deal of speculation about this and many aides believe he will make a lot of money as a speaker and perhaps write a book or two.
Clinton said presidential libraries typically take four years and some months to be completed but that ``I'm trying to move mine a little faster.''
It will have a penthouse apartment for his living quarters like those of former presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, but until that is finished, he said he plans to live with his mother-in-law for a couple of years in her Little Rock condominium.
``I really like her. We get along great,'' he said.
The president, barred by the U.S. Constitution from running for a third four-year term, played down reports that he has become an important behind-the-scenes political adviser for his wife and Vice President Al Gore in their campaigns.
``If they ask my advice, I give it to them,'' he said. ``But it's way overrated.''
He said whatever advice he gives is informal and that there is no ``regular system'' that is used for him to give them advice.
Clinton spent a lot of time talking about American history and former presidents. He said he has a land grant document hanging in the White House signed by John Quincy Adams, who left the White House and served 16 years as a member of Congress.
And he laughed as he recalled a famous line from Adams: ''There is nothing in life so pathetic as a former president.''
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Monday May 8 1:31 AM ET
Clinton Muses About Life After White House
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sitting aboard Air Force One, wearing a flight jacket with his signature stitched on it, President Clinton mused about his life after the White House and said he has not decided how he will earn his living.
The hard-charging Clinton, who insists he will work hard until his last day in office, did not want to dwell on questions about what he thinks his legacy will be.
``I'm still working on my legacy,'' he told reporters on the flight home from Arkansas on Sunday night.
A top post-presidency priority will be projects in two states: His presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas, and fixing up his old house in Chappaqua, New York, where first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is spending a lot of time in her race for a Senate seat from New York.
Indeed, he had just spent a half hour with Mrs. Clinton and her mother, Dorothy Rodham, in Little Rock discussing how to fix the floors in the Chappaqua house.
``It's a great old house, but it's 110 years old,'' Clinton said.
Clinton was talking aboard the presidential aircraft on a flight back from Little Rock after a restful weekend in his home state.
He attended a wedding, took what may have been the longest motorcade ride of his presidency -- 3 1/2 hours -- through the Ozark mountains, spent the night with some friends, then saw more friends in Little Rock at a fund-raiser for his wife's Senate campaign.
Clinton spoke with pride about his plans for his presidential library, projected to cost about $125 million and subject of an aggressive fund-raising campaign.
Once out of office, Clinton said, he plans to spend much time getting the library started and spend the weekends with Mrs. Clinton at the Chappaqua house.
He said he realized that he was going to have to earn a living but would put off deciding what sort of jobs he would take after he leaves office.
There has been a great deal of speculation about this and many aides believe he will make a lot of money as a speaker and perhaps write a book or two.
Clinton said presidential libraries typically take four years and some months to be completed but that ``I'm trying to move mine a little faster.''
It will have a penthouse apartment for his living quarters like those of former presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush, but until that is finished, he said he plans to live with his mother-in-law for a couple of years in her Little Rock condominium.
``I really like her. We get along great,'' he said.
The president, barred by the U.S. Constitution from running for a third four-year term, played down reports that he has become an important behind-the-scenes political adviser for his wife and Vice President Al Gore in their campaigns.
``If they ask my advice, I give it to them,'' he said. ``But it's way overrated.''
He said whatever advice he gives is informal and that there is no ``regular system'' that is used for him to give them advice.
Clinton spent a lot of time talking about American history and former presidents. He said he has a land grant document hanging in the White House signed by John Quincy Adams, who left the White House and served 16 years as a member of Congress.
And he laughed as he recalled a famous line from Adams: ''There is nothing in life so pathetic as a former president.''
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Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...
I voted for the Neal Knox 13
I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!
