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“I told my husband about this incredibly bright rising star Rhodes scholar, Yale Law School,” Clinton said of Sullivan during a foreign policy conference at the time.
“And my husband said, ‘Well, if he ever learns to play the saxophone, watch out,’ ” she added to laughter from the crowd. “Now we travel all over the world together and people say how excited they are to meet a potential future president of the United States, and of course they mean Jake.”
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The line was made as a wink-wink moment for Clinton s own presidential prospects. But nearly nine years later, it doesn t seem as far-fetched for Sullivan, who at 44 is the youngest national security adviser in 60 years.