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Bill Clinton advised Abdul El-Sayed to enter politics after 2007 speech

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Abdul El-Sayed's 2007 student commencement speech at the University of Michigan, focusing on the value of student diversity and passion, deeply impressed former President Bill Clinton. Clinton, who was the main commencement speaker, advised the then-22-year-old El-Sayed to consider a career in politics instead of medicine. El-Sayed took this advice a decade later, eventually becoming the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. AI

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Bill Clinton advised Abdul El-Sayed to enter politics after 2007 speech

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Preston Fore ·

    Abdul El-Sayed’s commencement speech in 2007 was so good it led Bill Clinton to tell him to go into politics at just 22 years old

    Abdul El-Sayed’s University of Michigan speech impressed Bill Clinton so much that he encouraged the future senator-elect to go into politics.

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