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motherwerehere.shewouldhaveenjoyedseeingallofyou,evenintherain,andipromiseyou--(helaughs)--youwouldhaveenjoyedseeingher.

mostofall,iwanttothankhillaryandchelsea.nowhillary''sasenatorandshehasallthepowerinourfamily,butshe''sprovingwhatialwayssaid.shehasthebestcombinationofmindandheart,convictionandcompaioni''veeverencountered,thoughimustsaychelseaisgivinghermotheragoodrun.chelsea,yourlifeandourloveforyougavemeaningtoourpublicservice.theymadethepresidencythesecond-mostimportantjobieverhad.

iloveyoubothsomuch.thankyou.

andletmelastlythankthepeoplewhohavecontributedtoandbuiltthislibrary:theschoolofpublicserviceandthefoundation,mystaff,myformerstaff,theboard,thearchitects,theexhibitdesigners,thelandscapers,thecontractors,the1,500peoplewhoputthisbuildingup,thecityandstateofficialswhosuortedit.ithankeeciallythearchitects,jimpolshekandrichardolcott;ralphalebaumforthewonderfulexhibitandmylongtimefriend,billclark,whosecompanybuiltthisbuilding.

ialsowanttosaythatithankthoseofyouwhoarecontinuingtohelpintheworkofthelibraryandthefoundation.

thislibrarytellsthestoryofamericaattheendofthe20thcentury,ofadramaticallydifferenttimeinthewayweworkedandlived.wemovedoutofthecoldwarintoanageofinterdependencewithnewpoibilitiesandnewdangers.wemovedoutofaninformation--imean,anindustrialeconomyintoaninformation-ageeconomy.wemovedoutofaperiodwhenwewereoeedwithovercomingthelegacyofslaveryanddiscriminationagaitafrican-americatoapointwherewewerechallengedtodealwithanexplosionofdiversity,ofpeoplefromallracesandethnicgrouandreligiofromaroundtheworld,andwehadtochangetheroleofgovernmenttodealwiththat.

thatwholestoryishere,in80milliondocuments,21millione-mails--twoofthemmine--(laughter)--2millionphotographs,and80,000artifacts.intheinterestsofopeeandpublicacce,weareaskingmorethan100,000ofthesedocumentstobeopenedearlybeforethelawrequires.

ithankthosewhoareworkingontheclintonschoolofpublicservice,becauseiwantmoreyoungpeopletogointopublicservice.

ithankthosewh

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