Because She Promised Aleatha
By SusanUnPC on June 23, 2008 at 8:15 PM in Education, Hillary Clinton
“Clinton fulfills girl’s graduation wish,” CNN and A.P.: “Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, who attended the school’s commencement ceremony at nearby Fordham University, said students should always remember that an American hero spoke at their graduation.”
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fulfilled a pledge to a young supporter by speaking at the teenager’s high school graduation on Sunday.
The girl, Aleatha Williams, a campaign volunteer and the daughter of a supporter, introduced the senator to fellow graduates from Pelham Preparatory Academy in the Bronx as “my aunt.”
Clinton said she had known Aleatha “and her wonderful mother, Patricia,” since the girl was 2 and had promised her when she graduated from eighth grade that she would attend her high school graduation.
“Four years later, here I am with all of you,” Clinton said.
Read all: “Clinton fulfills girl’s graduation wish,” CNN and A.P.
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