From Kindergarten Friend to Chief of Staff

By Kyle Kellams

Published February 27, 2023 at 2:35 PM CST

This week's trip through Pryor Center Archives lets us learn more about Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty. He met Bill Clinton in kindergarten and would serve as President Clinton's first chief of staff at the White House.

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