On a cool spring morning, the 42nd president, almost 16 years removed from the White House, was standing on the blacktop outside a school in a blighted section of Oakland. Bill Clinton knows this better than anyone. ![]() ![]() You're a historic figure now, and that makes living in the present-or making the case for the future-a bit tricky. Crowds still gather and men in dark suits still hover protectively nearby. You write books and build museums to preserve your great moments, to commemorate a time when you led the free world. To be an ex-president is to live forever in the past.
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