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William Clinton and George Bush were both great leaders of our country. Bill Clinton, the 42nd leader and George Bush the 43rd have both done their best for our country. They have been brought up differently but their way of guiding our nation through the tough times are similar. President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. His father died 3 monthes before he was born. When he was four years old, his mother got married to a man named Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name. He got good grades as a student and as a saxophone player. He once considered becoming a professional musician. While in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden, as a delegate to Boys Nation. Clinton graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics. In 1975 he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law S