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To: Little Joe who wrote (167613)8/3/2001 10:26:39 PM
From: puborectalis  Respond to of 769667
 
Clinton Announces Library Donation

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former President Clinton said Friday he will spend his post-White House years building bridges across racial and ethnic divides.

Clinton also announced a $250,000 donation by the SBC Foundation for his planned presidential library and policy center on the bank of the Arkansas River near Little Rock.

The SBC Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the SBC Corp., parent corporation of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Speaking to about 40 guests at the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, Clinton said the donation will fund the center's work to resolve racial and cultural conflicts worldwide.

``We have to close the disparities in social welfare ... that run along racial and ethnic lines,'' Clinton said.

Clinton said his main goal as a private citizen would be to promote ``one America.'' He spoke of race riots in Los Angeles during his first campaign for president, and riots this spring in Cincinnati.

``We've come a very long way ... but we still have a lot to do both to deal with our unfinished business of the past and to deal with our exploding diversity,'' he said.