Bill Clinton: Work in Haiti Goes Beyond Politics
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Bringing bipartisan leaders together to tackle issues like the recovery efforts in Haiti is important because it reminds people that "there are some things beyond politics, that are human and personal," former President Bill Clinton said today.
People "just get sick of all of us fighting all the time," he said.
Mr. Clinton is working with former President George W. Bush to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti, where a devastating earthquake killed hundreds of thousands in January. Speaking with former President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna Bush Hager on NBC's "Today Show," Mr. Clinton said Americans like seeing the two former presidents work together.
"They know that your father and I, our political days are over -- we're doing this because it's the right thing to do," he said.
The former president said that the upcoming generation of leaders has a better grasp of the need to work collaboratively. He launched the Clinton Global Initiative University in 2007 to spur young people on college campuses to address global challenges.
"There's this understanding they live in an interdependent world and that they have to find ways to get along, work together," he said. "It's very different from a generation older."
