○  克林顿推销自传《我的生活》所发表的演讲  ○

ethimandhiswife,judy,duringoneofmystoinnortherncalifornia.wehadahayvisitandsincethenwe''vecorreondedinholidayseaso.heandilookalike,hisbirthcertificatesayshisfatherwasmine,andiwishi''dknownabouthimalongtimeago.

somewherearoundthistime,ialsoreceivedinformationconfirmingnewsstoriesaboutadaughter,sharonpettijohn,bornsharonleeblytheinkaascityin1941,toawomanmyfatherlaterdivorced.shesentcopiesofherbirthcertificate,herparents?marriagelicee,aphotoofmyfather,andalettertohermotherfrommyfatheraskingaboutyourbaby?tobetseywright,myformerchiefofstaffinthegovernor''soffice.i''msorrytosaythat,forwhateverreason,i''venevermether.

thisnewsbreakingin1993cameasashocktomother,whobythenhadbeenbattlingcancerforsometime,butshetookitallinstride.shesaidyoungpeopledidalotofthingsduringthedepreionandthewarthatpeopleinanothertimemightdisaroveof.whatmatteredwasthatmyfatherwastheloveofherlifeandshehadnodoubtofhisloveforher.whateverthefacts,that''sallsheneededtoknowasherownlifemovedtowarditsend.asforme,iwa''tquitesurewhattomakeofitall,butgiventhelifei抳eled,icouldhardlybesurprisedthatmyfatherwasmorecomplicatedthantheidealizedpicturesihadlivedwithfornearlyhalfacentury.

in1994,asweheadedforthecelebrationofthefiftiethaiversaryofd-day,severalnewaperspublishedastoryonmyfather''swarrecord,withaahotofhiminuniform.shortlyafterward,ireceivedaletterfromumbertobaronofnetcong,newjersey,recountinghisownexperiencesduringthewarandafter.hesaidthathewasayoungboyinitalywhentheamericaarrived,andthathelovedtogototheircamp,whereonesoldierinparticularbefriendedhim,givinghimcandyandshowinghimhowenginesworkedandhowtorepairthem.heknewhimonlyasbill.afterthewar,baroncametotheunitedstates,and,iiredbywhathehadlearnedfromthesoldierwhocalledhim"littlegijoe",?heopenedhisowngarageandstartedafamily.hetoldmehehadlivedtheamericandream,withathrivingbusineandthreechildren.hesaidheowedsomuchofhissucceinlifetothatyoungsoldier,buthadn''thadtheoortunitytosaygood-byethen,andhadoftenwonderedwhathadhaenedtohim.then,hesaid,"onm

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