More than 400 businesses, schools, community groups and volunteers have signed up, Clinton said. Moreover, he urged them to expand internships, particularly for women and minorities, who are underrepresented in most information technology jobs. Saying there is a limit to what the federal government can do, the president also encouraged more technology partnerships with schools, local communities and local governments. But secondly, I think it's in our economic interest to do it. He said Washington policy-makers spend a lot of time wondering how to prolong the economic expansion.
New markets mean creating new businesses and new employees, as well as new customers.
And if you do both, it means you can have growth without inflation. On his way out of town, Clinton stopped at a restaurant to help Chicago Mayor Richard Daley celebrate his 58th birthday. Clinton turns 54 in August. Returning to Washington after five days on the road, the president heads out again Wednesday to help dedicate a memorial in Oklahoma City to the 168 people killed five years ago in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.