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Bill Clinton stories: 333 news summaries

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 Bill, Gore, Rubin 
 Guide Obama 
 in Spirit 

Bill, Al Gore and Robert Rubin leave mark on transition

Jan 20, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Three of Barack Obama’s most important advisers will accompany him to the Oval Office only in spirit, Gerald Seib writes in the Wall Street Journal: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Robert Rubin. In leaving behind a healthy record as Democratic building blocks, the Clinton years left Obama “what... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Al Gore • White House • Bill Clinton • Robert Rubin • legacy • transition team • President Obama

 This Picture Is Worth $6K 

Leaders traditionally release limited number of pictures

Jan 19, 09 8:02 AM CST
(Newser) - When the five current, former, and future occupants of the Oval Office mugged together at the White House last week, one could almost hear the cash registers cha-chinging, reports Politico. All five will sign a limited 250 copies of the photo—with each keeping 50—instantly jacking the value to... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • president • photograph • George HW Bush • autographs • George W. Bush

analysis

Hey Brother,
Can You
Spare a Job?

Bush's prospects appear grim in
crippled economy

Jan 17, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush is looking for work in the worst job market in decades. He might call it unemployment, but his critics call it "poetic justice," Daniel Gross writes in Slate. After leaving Washington, Bill Clinton reported income of $90 million—a figure Bush is unlikely to match given... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • job • George W. Bush

Speechwriter Obama Gets Competitive

Inaugural address pressure is on, but Lincoln may help

Jan 16, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has nearly completed his inaugural address, and he's uniquely qualified to take on a seemingly insurmountable challenge: living up to the example set by the likes of Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy. "I would think we would hear the most eloquent speech since JFK’s 48... More »

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Barack Obama • John F. Kennedy • Bill Clinton • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • President Obama • Theodore Sorensen

OPINION

Real Reason for Rich Pardon: Israeli Pressure

It's a taboo topic in
DC, as evidenced
by Holder's hearing

Jan 16, 09 8:59 AM CST
(Newser) - For the sake of a quiet confirmation, attorney general nominee Eric Holder is letting us forget the real reason for Bill Clinton’s controversial Marc Rich pardon. Clinton didn’t let Rich off the hook because of his generous wife, writes Joe Conason in Salon. He did so because of... More »

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Israel • Bill Clinton • Arlen Specter • Ehud Barak • pardon • attorney general • Eric Holder • Marc Rich

 Inaugural Bibles: 
 Past Presidential Picks 

Lincoln provided the Bible, but Obama must turn to others for verse ideas

Jan 15, 09 11:52 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office Tuesday with his hand on the Lincoln Bible, the Wall Street Journal offers a sample of the Bibles other presidents have chosen—and the passages they've chosen to open them to. Eisenhower, Carter, and Bush Sr. took their oaths on... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • John F. Kennedy • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • Abraham Lincoln • Bible • inauguration • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath

Obama Staffers Stocking Up on Midnight Oil

President may encourage having families to White House for evening meals

Jan 15, 09 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The early-bird White House of the Bush administration is almost history, Politico reports. Unlike President Bush, who was usually out the door by 6pm, President-elect Obama’s staffers are expecting long, late hours to match their heavy workload. The Obama team is already working on ways to keep workers in... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Bill Clinton • George W. Bush • transition team • President Obama

 Senate 
 Committee 
 Approves 
 Clinton 

GOP's Vitter is lone dissenter in 16-1 vote

Jan 15, 09 9:38 AM CST
(AP) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next US secretary of State. The 16-1 vote paves way for a full Senate vote after Barack Obama takes office Tuesday. The junior senator from New York earned the near-unanimous support of her colleagues—Louisiana Republican David Vitter... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Senate • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • David Vitter • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Clinton Collected $500K From Japanese Firm for...Nothing?

Pricey non-speech could raise difficult questions for Hillary

Jan 13, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate panel considering Hillary Clinton's secretary of state nomination today may ask why her husband's most expensive speech was one he never gave, the Los Angeles Times reports. Clinton received $500,000—double what he received for other speeches on the same tour—for the canceled speech he was... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • confirmation hearings • speech • conflict of interest • Clinton Foundation

Holder Pushed Clemency
for Puerto Rican Militants

Obama's attorney-general pick helped commute sentences for PR nationalists

Jan 9, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s attorney-general nominee fought for clemency for 16 militant Puerto Rican nationalists during his time in the Clinton administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eric Holder pushed Justice Department subordinates to pave the way to Clinton’s clemency grant, documents show, sparking fury from law-enforcement officials who’d... More »

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Attorney General • Bill Clinton • Clinton administration • clemency • Puerto Rico • nationalism • militant • Eric Holder • transition team • President Obama

Former Fugitive Marc Rich Lost With Madoff

Disgraced financier's latest victim is a disgraced financier

Jan 9, 09 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Many of Bernard Madoff’s former clients are seeking legal recourse to recover their money, but onetime fugitive Marc Rich likely won’t be among them, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times. Rich, who lost $10 million to $15 million through a third party who invested with... More »

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Bill Clinton • presidential pardon • hedge funds • financial crisis • Marc Rich • Andrew Ross Sorkin • Bernard Madoff

39, 41, 42, 43, 44 Have Lunch at the White House

Bush wishes Obama success in the future

Jan 7, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama met with a pair of George Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter today for a photo-op and lunch at the White House, the Chicago Tribune reports. "I want to thank the president-elect for joining the ex-presidents for lunch,'' Bush said, looking to Obama. "And one... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • President-elect Obama

Keep Richardson Cabinet Spot Hispanic, Leaders Urge

Latino activists disappointed NM governor won't head Commerce, push new list

Jan 5, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Richardson’s Cabinet nomination was big for the Hispanic community, and with the New Mexico governor backing out, Politico reports, Latino leaders are pushing Barack Obama to choose another of their own for the Commerce slot. Says the head of one group, “We hope we can keep that... More »

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Bill Richardson • Cabinet • Bill Clinton • nomination • grand jury • George W. Bush • Hispanics • President Obama • commerce secretary • Manny Diaz • pay to play • Xavier Becerra • Marty Chavez

 Do Deciders Age Prematurely? 

Stress causes grays and wrinkles, but nobody agrees whether presidents die early

Jan 4, 09 5:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Four to eight years as leader of the free world gave George W. plenty of wrinkles and gray hairs—but just what are the presidency’s long-term aging effects? One doctor found that presidents generally have shorter-than-average lifespans, the Boston Globe reports, while another pegs two years for every one... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • Jimmy Carter • age • Bill Clinton • wrinkles • aging • life expectancy • stress • Ronald Reagan • heart attack • George HW Bush • aging process • George W. Bush • former presidents

 Bill Reaped $100K From 
 Bizman Aided by Hillary 

No quid-pro-quo, say both sides

Jan 4, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - A New York developer donated $100,000 to Bill Clinton’s foundation about the same time Sen. Hillary Clinton pushed for millions in federal assistance that helped the developer, the New York Times reports. Robert J. Congel was building a mall that Clinton supported “purely as part of her... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • charity • donor • New York state • Clinton Foundation

(Newser) - Barack Obama is moving to DC this weekend, and he's already got an interesting lunch date lined up next week with some fellows named George Bush (both of them), Clinton, and Carter, ABC News reports. Wednesday's meeting at the White House will bring together the president-elect with all the living... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • White House • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • President Obama • President-elect Obama

 Clintons to Lead 
 NYC New Year's 
 Countdown 

Clintons will join Bloomberg for ceremonial ball drop

Dec 30, 08 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton will get a raucous sendoff from her adopted hometown New Year's Eve, when the New York senator is slated to join hubby Bill and Mayor Michael Bloomberg as they push the ceremonial button to signal the descent of Times Square's iconic ball, Reuters reports. That begins the 60-second... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Michael Bloomberg • New Year's Eve • Times Square

Clinton Rents Campaign Mail List to Pay Debt

Renter in chief? Bill, as Hillary races to raise cash before State gig

Dec 25, 08 7:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's campaign has hit on a novel way of repaying its debt, ABC News reports.  The campaign is renting out the vast list of email addresses compiled during the course of Clinton's failed presidential bid. Among the customers for the list, believed to be 5 million names strong,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • email • Bill Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008 • Clinton Foundation • campaign debt

(Newser) - Forget for a second the Arab oil money that buoys the Clinton Foundation, Marty Peretz writes in the Wall Street Journal—“since when is the Clinton Foundation one of the approved charities of the United Way?” Nonprofits and foundations, from hospitals to universities to opera companies, are lining... More »

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philanthropy • Bill Clinton • charity • donation • Clinton Foundation • Martin Peretz

300K Have Sent Resumes to Obama (for 8K Jobs)

Transition team sees wave of applications

Dec 22, 08 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s transition team has seen an avalanche of resumes from individuals who want to work in his administration, CNN reports. More than 300,000 have applied for 8,000 positions. Many are new to politics but have impressive careers, says one analyst: “High-level people in private industry... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • application • George W. Bush • resume • President Obama

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