Laura Ling Names Baby After Clinton

Former prez 'has checked in on me several times,' she says
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 3, 2010 8:17 AM CDT
Laura Ling Names Baby After Clinton
Journalists Lisa Ling, left, and her sister Laura Ling attend the Glamour Magazine 2009 Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

To honor Bill Clinton for getting her safely home from North Korea, journalist Laura Ling named her daughter, born yesterday, after him. But rather than a girl named Bubba, she's christened the tyke Li Jefferson Clayton. Namesake William Jefferson Clinton “has been so concerned and caring,” Ling tells People. “He's such a wonderful human being.” Less entertainingly, the “Li” is in honor of her sister, Lisa Ling.
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