Vilonia, Ark., May 4, 2014 -- State and local officials along with former President Bill Clinton and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson accompanied by U.S. Congressional leaders and local officials meet Arkansas disaster survivors and answer questions from the media at a press conference (held in a parking lot near Vilonia City Hall) regarding the April 27 tornadoes that struck the communities of Mayflower and Vilonia. From left to right: Gail J. McGovern, American Red Cross CEO; Jason Rapert, State Senator (35th District); Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas; Tim Griffin, U.S. Representative (2nd Congressional District); former President Bill Clinton (at the lectern); U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (behind Clinton); Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Randy Holland, Mayor of Mayflower; Timothy Scranton, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer; Allen Dodson, Faulkner County Judge; Jim Firestone, Mayor of Vilonia. Photo by Christopher Mardorf/FEMA
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Date Taken: 2014-05-04 11:27:55 UTC
Photographer Name: Christopher Mardorf
City/State: Vilonia, AR
Keywords: Tornado
Disasters: Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (DR-4174)
Disaster Types: Tornado
Categories: Press Conferences
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the Presidency, he was the 40th Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and the state's 42nd Governor from 1983 to 1992. Before that, he served as Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas; he was named William Jefferson Blythe III. He was the son of William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (1918–1946), a traveling salesman who had died in an automobile accident three months before his birth, and Virginia Dell Cassidy.
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