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NEWS ABOUT: speaking engagements

speaking engagements stories: 8 news summaries

Lecture Circuit to Palin: Thanks, But No Thanks

Venues afraid ex-gov
is a 'blithering idiot,' industry insider says

Sep 30, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The lecture circuit isn’t sold on Sarah Palin. Though the ex-governor signed on with the prestigious Washington Speakers Bureau, which is hawking her services to the tune of $100,000 a speech, lecture buyers “are paralyzed with fear about booking her,” an industry insider tells the More »

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speaking engagements • Sarah Palin • lecture circuit • speaking fee

 Palin to Make First Trip to Asia 

Former gov will speak at Hong Kong investment conference

Aug 31, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once pilloried for her lack of foreign policy experience—except for Russia, which she said she could see from Alaska—Sarah Palin will make her first trip to Asia in September. The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a prominent conference of global... More »

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investors • Asia • Hong Kong • investment bankers • speaking engagements • Sarah Palin • speaking fee

OPINION

 Palin Poised 
 to Rake It In 

Quitting lets guv 'follow the money'

Jul 8, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - She says media sniping drove her from her job, but in fact, “the media invented Sarah Palin,” and now's her chance to cash in on that celebrity. “Can we stop pretending that Palin is interested in anything other than her own ambition?” Kathleen Parker asks in the... More »

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Alaska • resignation • governor • speaking engagements • Sarah Palin • book deal • agent

Condi Commands Same Speaking Fee as Ex-Boss

$150,000 price tag shows Bush may not be  biggest star of his own administration

Apr 17, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice isn't playing second fiddle to George W. Bush any longer: The former secretary of state charges a $150,000 speaking fee—the same as her old boss, The Hill reports. Rice will even get a jump on the former president later this month when she addresses the Economic... More »

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Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • Laura Bush • David Plouffe • Tucker Carlson • speaking engagements • Paul Begala • George W. Bush • speaking fee • Washington Speakers Bureau

(Newser) - George Bush is officially ready for his new job: speech-maker. Now signed up with the Washington Speakers Bureau, Bush plans to make at least 10 speeches around the world in the next year. The first—"A Conversation With George Bush"—will be March 17 in Calgary to business... More »

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Bush administration • presidency • White House • Calgary • speaking engagements • George W. Bush • lecture circuit

(AP) - Bill Clinton earned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, almost all of it from foreign companies, say financial documents filed by his wife. Of the former president's $5.7 million in 2008 honoraria, $4.6 million came from foreign sources, including Kuwait's national bank and firms in Canada,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • foreign donors • speaking engagements • Clinton Foundation

Blair Banks $20M in First Year as Ex-PM

Feat beats Clinton, but UN wonders if he's doing his peace job

Oct 29, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair took in around $20 million since stepping aside as British PM last October, the Times of London reports, six times what he’d made in his entire life and more than double Bill Clinton’s take in his first year out of office. Some at the UN have... More »

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United Nations • Tony Blair • Middle East • Bill Clinton • income • speaking engagements • consultant

Huckabee Hasn't Put
Down the Mic

Unlike presidential rivals, ex-governor still giving paid speeches

Dec 27, 07 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - As the presidential race heats up, candidates from both parties have backed off their lucrative speaking engagements, but not Mike Huckabee, the Politico says. The pastor-turned-frontrunner has been making the rounds at universities, charging $25,000 per speech. “If I don’t work, I don’t eat,” Huckabee... More »

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health care • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • weight loss • Republican nomination • Little Rock, Arkansas • speaking engagements • Church at Rock Creek

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