When the president climbed onto a stage to address the troops,
their heads were turned toward Clinton's daughter, who was
happily smiling and shaking hands.
Clinton good-naturedly complained about it after he was
introduced by a base commander.
``From the reception you gave my daughter, I thought he was
going to say I was Chelsea's father, too,'' Clinton said.
Throughout their eight-hour visit, it was Chelsea's hand that
the
troops most wanted to shake.
``Where's Chelsea?'' shouted Pfc. Wendy Pierre-Francois of
New York City.
Chelsea, a junior at Stanford University in California, is a frequent
traveler with her parents. She was with her father solo after
first
lady Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped off a 10-day European
tour to return to the United States and campaign for a New York
Senate seat.
On Monday night in Sofia, Bulgaria, she was out late with her