Autographs from Bill Clinton and Emmitt Smith on the same day

Posted Aug 25, 2012
Matt Merletti and his older brother Mike were excited about getting the chance to talk to President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office in 1996. But they had a request. The sons of Lew Merletti, Special Agent in Charge for Clinton’s Secret Service detail, wanted their dad to ask for an invite when the Super Bowl XXX champion Dallas Cowboys visited the White House. (Indianapolis Star)

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