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Report: Bill Will Speak at Convention

(Newser Summary) – Bill Clinton has accepted an offer from the Barack Obama campaign to speak at the Democratic convention, MSNBC reports. Clinton reportedly will speak in a prime spot—on Wednesday evening just ahead of the vice-presidential candidate. The Obama camp rushed the offer into place to soothe tensions over the latest Obama-Clinton dust-up, in which Hillary suggested she may allow her name to be put up for nomination at the convention, MSNBC says.

Source: MSNBC

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Democratic National Convention

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts to the crowd as...
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts to the crowd as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, listens during a rally in Sioux Falls, S.D., in June.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Bill Clinton addresses a philanthropy summit in New...
Bill Clinton addresses a philanthropy summit in New York in this June file photo.   (AP Photo)
Bill Clinton frowns as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Bill Clinton frowns as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington Saturday, June 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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