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Clinton relaxed in Aspen style
Christine Benedetti - Aspen Daily News Staff Writer

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Fri 07/07/2006 10:01PM MST

Former President Bill Clinton -- "the most popular man in the world" as introduced by moderator James Fallows -- was greeted by many of the world's most prominent leaders and luminaries for an Aspen Ideas Festival discussion on Friday evening.

"There's slim pickings," joked Clinton in response to Fallows' introduction as a venerated world figure.

Stepping onto the stage in true Aspen summer attire -- a pale yellow golf shirt with khakis topped by a navy blue blazer and a pair of hybrid street-hiking shoes -- Clinton immediately made himself comfortable onstage. Starting off the one-hour conversation laughing with a crowd that included former Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and CNN news anchor Wolf Blitzer.

Later, when Fallows (The Atlantic Monthly's national correspondent) repeated a statement of Clinton's worldwide adoration, Clinton replied, "You say that to me one more time and I'm going to get sick; half of them are already sick," in reference to front-row attendee Powell who made a trip to Aspen Valley Hospital for altitude sickness the previous evening.

The discussion, which consisted of some light-hearted moments but many that focused on current and past foreign affairs, made Clinton most heated when he leaned toward the crowd with a shaking finger and decried the Bush administration for an unwillingness to provide port security funding, but a willingness to cut what he said was 20 times the same amount from estate taxes.

Using aphorisms such as "once you break the egg, you have the responsibility to make an omelet," Clinton connected with the crowd in a way that allowed him to explore pressing political situations, but break them down into a conversational tone rather than a prepared speech.

At one point, he uttered some advice -- "you take it, you own it" - that he had been given in terms of foreign policy, but then consulted the audience on the correct phrase, which is "you break it, you own it."

A more poignant moment of the evening, during a question and answer session, came in a letter from a 10-year-old boy having undergone five years of chemotherapy. He asked the former commander-in-chief what he had to look forward to in the future.

"Most honestly, what you decide to look forward to," said Clinton. "You rekindle your dreams and think that you are going to live to be 80."

The end of the discussion, cut short by time, was followed by 10 to 15 minutes of Clinton greeting attendees, signing autographs and posing for photos.

Many of the dignitaries in attendance could be seen on the Aspen Institute grounds post-discussion. Aspen Institute Director of Communications Jim Spiegelman said that security had not been bolstered for Clinton's appearance. While Clinton travels with his own Secret Service detachment, the Institute's security for the event stayed the same.

"Whenever you are preparing for a large group like this you need to take all the precautions," said Spiegelman. "That way you don't have regrets."

christine@aspendailynews.com

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