San Francisco, April 19. "I hope that during the course of your first administration that I can regain some sense of joy rather than fear from saying that I am a citizen of the United States," said this San Francisco woman.

San Francisco, April 19. David Bacci said: "Dear Mrs. Clinton, I am 54 years old. I have never voted in any election of any type in my entire life because I never believed in the government and the way it was run. Now that you are running for president, I have a reason to vote."

Oakland, Calif., April 18. Ashin Kovida, one of the organizers of the September protest marches in Myanmar, said: "I don't like war. Many people are being killed and I don't like that. ...I was born in Burma. I didn't like the dictatorship in my country. I'm a Buddhist monk and participated in peaceful demonstrations. I was hiding in Thailand and then applied to come here. I would like all countries to live peacefully."