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Clinton’s draft dilemma leads to ROTC path in Arkansas
Indecision over the Vietnam War draft drives Bill Clinton to seek alternatives. He explores Yale ROTC, state National Guard physics, and Oxford contacts before turning to the University of Arkansas ROTC program in Fayetteville. After pressure from Fulbright aides and a Garland County draft-board deferment, Clinton joins ROTC, postponing official activism but remaining unsettled about his stance.
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Yale Law School
Graduate Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
State National Guard
Cliff Jackson
Selective Service System
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jackson
Rockefeller
Clinton
Oxford
Parish
Heathrow
Sara Maitland
Maitland
Bill
Arkansas
Denise Hyland
National Guard
Air Force
Navy
University of Arkansas School of Law
Fayetteville
Lee Williams
Fulbright
Washington
Capitol Hill
Williams
Law School
University of Arkansas
Eugene J. Holmes
Holmes
Bill Clinton
Garland County Draft Board
Sen
Rhodes
Rick Stearns
Stearns
David Mixner
Martha’s Vineyard
California