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riversedge

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Tue Oct 25, 2016, 09:03 AM Oct 2016

Nearly two decades later, Albanian family thanks Bill Clinton for helping bring them to America

Lovely story to start your day with.


http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/nearly-two-decades-later-albanian-family-thanks-bill-clinton-for-helping/2299979


Nearly two decades later, Albanian family thanks Bill Clinton for helping bring them to America (w/video)

Megan ReevesMegan Reeves, Times Staff Writer

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 8:00am

It was 1999 when the Shala family first met Bill Clinton.

He was still president when he visited the refugee camp in Macedonia, where the Albanian family of 30 fled after war pushed them out of Kosovo, their southeast European home near Serbia.....................


............"Clinton, refugee Kosovo," he yelled in broken English. "I love you. … I love you. … Thank you."

It took the former president a few moments to catch on to what was happening. Then Raif Shala showed him the photo.

"He put on his reading classes and said he remembered my family and our children," the patriarch said. "Then he hugged us."...........................














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Nearly two decades later, Albanian family thanks Bill Clinton for helping bring them to America (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2016 OP
He did it just so they could vote for Hillary Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2016 #1
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