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Interview

 Clinton: I Didn't Want The Job 

Obama gave his secretary of state the hard sell

Nov 17, 09 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton accepted the Secretary of State job only because Barack Obama badgered her into it. In a glowing profile in Vogue , Clinton tells Jonathan Van Meter that she was “stunned” Obama wanted her. “I didn't want to do it. I just really had a lot of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • State Department • David Miliband • Vogue • interview • Obama administration

GOING COY

 Palin to Walters: 2012 
 'Not on My Radar,' But... 

'If people will have me, I will' do something in 2012

Nov 17, 09 9:35 AM CST
(AP) - Sarah Palin says that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict... More »

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presidential campaign • Barbara Walters • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate • Election 2012 • Going Rogue • book tour • Sarah Palin Barbara Walters

ANALYSIS

Crazy Questions Google
Asks During Interviews

Search giant wants employees good at brain-teasers

Nov 5, 09 9:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is hiring, and we hear it’s a great place to work. But even if you’re an Ivy League grad with a great GPA, you’re going to have to survive the dreaded Google Interview process. How dreaded? Well, here are some questions they’ve asked, along with... More »

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Google • puzzles • job interviews • Monopoly • interview

Interview

Pelosi to Liberals:
Cheer Up, Shut Up

Get on board, says speaker, and don't expect amendments

Oct 30, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The health care bill Nancy Pelosi unveiled yesterday may not be as liberal as some of her colleagues would like, but she says they’d better get over it. The speaker intends to keep debate to a minimum, and squash any attempt to add an amendment that would strengthen the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Medicare • House of Representatives • health care reform • interview • public option • women's issues

Interview

Ex-Marine: Afghan War Not Worth Fighting

Former official explains why he resigned his post in protest

Oct 27, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Matthew Hoh resigned in protest last month, it sent a small tremor through the Pentagon and White House. Hoh, an ex-marine, was the US’ top civilian in Zabul province, until he reached the conclusion that the war wasn’t worth fighting. “My resignation is based not upon how... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • interview • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

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Plus-Size Model: Anorexia Felt Like 'the Flu Times 10'

Crystal Renn recalls battle back to good health

Oct 26, 09 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - In her teens, Crystal Renn punished herself relentlessly in pursuit of her dream of becoming a model. After years of self-inflicted hell, the 5-foot-9, 165-pound Renn has found success by being herself—she is now the world's highest-paid plus-size model. Time chats with her:
  • On her introduction to modeling:
... More »

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anorexia • eating disorder • model • interview • eating disorders • Jay-ZTV • Crystal Renn • plus-size • fashion model

Orly Taitz
Keeps the Faith in Obama Quest

She's a top birther,
and her dental business is bustling

Oct 6, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Say what you will about Orly Taitz, but she appears to be a successful dentist. The Washington Post drops in on America’s top birther (a word Taitz, incidentally, dislikes) to find her office bustling, and their interview is constantly being interrupted by calls from dentists eager to fill... More »

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Barack Obama • interview • birther • Orly Taitz

Interview

 Sotomayor 
 Reminisces About 
 Life-Changing Call 

Says she burst into tears when Obama gave her the news

Sep 25, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor sat by the phone for 12 hours waiting for the call. When it finally rang, “I had my left hand over my chest, trying to calm my beating heart,” she recalls in an interview with C-SPAN. When President Obama offered her the Supreme Court appointment, “... More »

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Barack Obama • US Supreme Court • interview • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - America is getting to see a whole different side of Tom DeLay on Dancing with the Stars, and he wants you to know it's the real Tom DeLay. Maureen Dowd chats up the man once dubbed the “meanest man in Congress” and ponders the meaning of his transformation.... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Dancing with the Stars • Tom DeLay • Maureen Dowd • interview • tango

Historian Sheds Gossipy Light on Clinton Years

In new book, ex-prez discusses Lewinsky, Yeltsin's drunken caper

Sep 21, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Between 1993 and 2001, historian Taylor Branch met regularly with then-President Clinton for a series of taped interviews. The transcripts form the basis of a new book, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, to be released next week. USA Today got a look and singles out some highlights:... More »

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John McCain • Al Gore • Boris Yeltsin • White House • Bill Clinton • president • Democrat • Clinton administration • Monica Lewinsky • George W. Bush • interview • Taylor Branch • Blair House • The Clinton Tapes

INTERVIEW

Bill Clinton:
Obama Will Win Health Battle

Up to 6 GOP senators may back Baucus bill, says former president

Sep 18, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will prevail in his fight to pass a health reform bill, his predecessor Bill Clinton insists in an interview with Bloomberg. The former president predicts that Olympia Snowe and probably Susan Collins, Maine's two moderate Republican senators, will be persuaded to vote for the Baucus bill, which he... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • president • Olympia Snowe • Susan Collins • health care reform • Clinton Global Initiative • interview

Obama on Health Reform:
'I Own It'

Says he 'intends to be president for a while,' expects credit, blame

Sep 12, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters can rest assured that Barack Obama is doing his best to get health care reform right, because his political future depends on it, the president tells 60 Minutes in an interview airing tomorrow. “You know, I intend to be president for a while, and once this bill... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • 60 Minutes • interview • President Obama

INTERVIEW

 Forget GOP, 
 Full Speed 
 Ahead on Health 
 Reform: Clinton 

It's OK Obama's 'jamming a lot of change down the system'

Sep 8, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton has a hopeful exhortation for Congressional Democrats trying to push through health care reform. “The president's doing the right thing. It is both morally and politically right,” Clinton tells Esquire. “I wouldn't even worry about the Republicans,” who are just “sitting around... More »

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Barack Obama • Al Gore • Bill Clinton • Republican Party • health care reform • Election 2000 • interview • former presidents • Obama administration • President Obama

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 Jay-Z to Oprah: 
 Drug Dealing 
 Was 'Natural' 

Says his generation 'disarmed' the N-word

Sep 3, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Becoming a teen drug dealer was “natural” for Jay-Z, and it didn’t scare him a bit, given his environment in the projects, he tells Oprah in her O Magazine. “At some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • hip-hop • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • interview • Jay-Z • O, the Oprah Magazine • Jay-ZTV

 Kate Abused Me: Jon Gosselin 

Reality star talks about marriage on Good Morning America

Sep 2, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Gosselin took "a lot of abuse" during his decade-long marriage to his soon-to-be ex-wife Kate, he tells Chris Cuomo on Good Morning America in his first interview since the infamous reality couple filed their divorce papers. Gosselin, 32, says he received little thanks from his wife for playing... More »

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divorce • interview • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Jon Kate divorce • Jon Gosselin interview

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 Daschle: 
 Insurers 
 Can Talk to 
 Rush—Or Me 

Says Dems need to 'do better' at selling health care reform

Aug 30, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why is Tom Daschle taking money to advise an insurer that’s against the creation of a public health care option—a measure he supports? Pish-posh, the former Senate majority leader tells Deborah Solomon in the New York Times. Who would doubters on the left “advise these insurance companies... More »

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Democrats • politics • Glenn Beck • health care reform • health secretary • Tom Daschle • Sarah Palin • interview • President Obama

 Portman Loves 
 'Dirty Rap' 

The word 'dick' just makes Natalie giggle

Aug 28, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the confessions Natalie Portman makes to interviewer—and co-star—Jake Gyllenhaal in Interview: She was scared of Smurfs, is obsessed with Carvel ice cream cake, and loves “really, really obscene hip-hop,” she says. “I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • rapper • rap music • Jake Gyllenhaal • Natalie Portman • interview • celebrity interview

Interview

Released Lockerbie Bomber Chats With UK Reporter


Aug 22, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - London Times reporter Martin Fletcher didn’t expect to be admitted when he visited the home of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber who was released and flown home to Tripoli to a hero's welcome. But admitted he was. “You came to our house,” Megrahi explained... More »

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Libya • bombing • Lockerbie • interview • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - Damon Weaver, not yet out of elementary school, made his name on the Internet when he interviewed Joe Biden during the 2008 campaign for his school's TV station. Yesterday, the grizzled journalistic veteran bagged his biggest sit-down yet following 8 months of requests—a 10-minute grilling of Barack Obama at... More »

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education • Barack Obama • White House • student • elementary school • school lunch • interview • President Obama • Damon Weaver

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Birther Queen Has Some Bees in Her Bonnet

Taitz shares theories on Obama (he's gay), conspiracies, flu shots

Aug 13, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama or one of his operatives has tried to kill birther leader Orly Taitz many times—according to Taitz. The lawyer/dentist/real estate agent gives Gabriel Winant of Salon an earful of accusations, including:
  • Obama may have had his gay lovers killed. Taitz says a few homosexuals from
... More »

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vaccine • flu shot • Hugo Chávez • conspiracy theory • interview • Obama administration • President Obama • H1N1 virus • birther • Orly Taitz

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