Draft issue a worry of Bill Clinton’s Vietnam trip

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As Bill Clinton prepared for the first trip by a U.S. president to Vietnam since the war, White House advisers worried about deflecting questions about how he steered clear of the Vietnam draft as a young man.

Clinton White House records released by the National Archives on Friday show their concern in November 2000.

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