Mr Clinton will return home to New York to complete his recovery, doctors said. Dr Alpesh Amin, who oversaw the team of medics treating Mr Clinton, said in a statement: "His fever and white blood cell count are normalised and he will return home to New York to finish his course of antibiotics. The 42nd president, who served from to , shook hands with waiting medical staff as he left the facility with his wife of 46 years.
According to US media, Mr Clinton - who was in California to attend a private event for his foundation - had felt fatigued on Tuesday and underwent tests before being admitted to the hospital. President Biden said on Friday night that he had spoken with Mr Clinton and told reporters that he was "not in any serious condition".
The infection is the latest health scare for Mr Clinton. In , aged 58, he had a quadruple bypass surgery after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease and, ten years later, he had a clogged artery opened after complaining of chest pains. He easily defeated his Democratic primary opponents and did not have a Republican contender in the general election. Jimmy Carter, the Democratic presidential nominee, invited Clinton to chair his campaign in Arkansas.
The Carter campaign also invited Hillary to campaign for them in Indiana. In December, Clinton and Rodham moved from their little house in Fayetteville to Little Rock, though they owned the Fayetteville home until When he ran for re-election in , Clinton was defeated by Republican Frank White. Clinton re-grouped and Rodham legally changed her name to Hillary Rodham Clinton by In , Clinton sought re-election for Governor.
As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton pushed for the reform of schools, health care, and welfare. That same year Clinton announced that he was entering the presidential race. Critics felt that his lack of experience in national government gave him little understanding of foreign policy.
Clinton countered that his track record in Arkansas with the economy, education, and employment gave him plenty of experience. Clinton became the Democratic nominee, selecting Senator Albert Gore as his running mate. Clinton focused his campaign on economic issues, specifically unemployment and health care.
In Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives. A trial in the Senate found the president not guilty of the charges brought against him. President Clinton apologized for his conduct and vowed to keep working as hard as he could for the American people. Each summer, he attended a band camp in the Ozark Mountains.
His hard work paid off when he became a top saxophone player at his school and won first chair in the state band's saxophone section. Bill Clinton recognized that although college would be expensive, it would give him the education he needed to accomplish his goals. His hard work in school, combined with his musical ability, earned him many academic and music scholarships.
With the help of those scholarships and loans from the government, he was able to attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.
He chose Georgetown because it had an excellent foreign service program; he was also excited about going to school in the nation's capital. William Fulbright. There he learned how government worked and what it was like to be a politician. He admired Senator Fulbright for his accomplishments and beliefs.
When Bill Clinton finished college in , he won a Rhodes Scholarship, which allows select students to study at Oxford University in England. While at Oxford, he studied government and played rugby. Upon his return to the United States, he began law school at Yale University. At Yale, he continued to work hard. He maintained his interest in government by campaigning for a Senate candidate in Connecticut. He also met Hillary Rodham, whom he would later marry. When he graduated from law school in , Bill Clinton returned to Arkansas to teach law at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
There he could concentrate on his goal of running for political office. In , he had his first opportunity when he ran for Congress against Republican incumbent John Paul Hammerschmidt. Although he lost the race, Bill Clinton learned much about politics and met people who have remained his lifelong friends.
Hillary had joined him in Arkansas and helped him campaign. She also began teaching at the University of Arkansas. They were married on October 11, Two years later, at the age of thirty-two, he became the youngest governor in the United States. As governor of Arkansas, he concentrated on improving the state's educational system and building better roads.
On February 27, , the Clintons' daughter, Chelsea Victoria, was born. The Clintons describe this day as the happiest one of their lives. Later that year, in a close election, Governor Clinton lost the race for a second term to Republican Frank White.
Feeling that he had not accomplished all that he wanted to do, he ran as the Democratic candidate in the next gubernatorial election. Campaigning throughout the state, he assured the voters that he would address their needs, and he was re-elected in November Again, his most important goal as governor was to enhance the quality of education in the state.
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