Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri today announced her support for “Ready for Hillary,” the super-political action committee that’s laying the groundwork for a second Hillary Clinton presidential bid. McCaskill, a Democrat who said in February that she hopes Hillary Clinton...
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Volunteers with the national organization "Ready for Hillary'' hold a rally across the street from the Beverly Wilshire hotel where the former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be honored with the inaugural Warren Christopher Public Service Award at the Pacific Council on International Policy's Chairman's Gala on May 8, 2013.
McCaskill Backs ‘Ready for Hillary’
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Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds hands after she introduced Rio de Janiero Mayor Eduardo Paes at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Mid-Year Meeting on May 6, 2013 in New York.
Hillary Clinton’s Cloudy View of Economy (Was Obama Listening?)
Much was made of how Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton evolved from nasty rivals to working partners after he became president and she served him as secretary of state. Their transformation was spotlighted by the mutual admiration they lavished on one another...
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, smiles with Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, center, and daughter Chelsea Clinton, left, after the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, on Sept. 22, 2011.
Being Clinton: Three Better Than One
The 42nd president of the United States is headed for his 45th reunion at Georgetown University this weekend, and sent along a photo of that kid before the comeback kid who turned out with a tassel, mortarboard and gown: Looking...
Read more »Americans Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Just 24 percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going, down from 30 percent in April, according to the Gallup Poll. The rate of satisfaction has average 25 percent so far this year. Most Americans surveyed were...
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Newly sworn-in Rep. Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky, D-Pa. along with her family, take part in the opening session of the 103rd Congress on Capital Hill in Washington on Jan. 5, 1993.
Ex-Rep. Margolies Nears Decision on Pennsylvania Comeback
Former Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Marjorie Margolies, who lost her seat in Congress two decades ago after backing a deficit-reduction law, is making preparations for a comeback House campaign as she nears a final decision on the race. “Marjorie 2014“ was organized...
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Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with her husband former president Bill Clinton as they attend the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
Bill Clinton: Hillary 2016 Speculation Waste of Time
Bill Clinton says it’s a waste of time to speculate about his wife’s ambitions for 2016. “That is the worst expenditure of our time,” the former president said today at a 2013 Fiscal Summit sponsored by the Peterson Foundation. Hillary...
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Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, talks with former President Bill Clinton, right, during the closing plenary session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 23, 2010 in New York City.
Washington Daybook: Bill and Bill’s American Adventure
Former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft’s Bill Gates discuss America’s future at the annual Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit. They’ll be followed by speakers including Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan and Assistant to the President for...
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The Twitter Inc. page belonging to Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is seen in this screen grab taken on May 2, 2013. Buffett topped 50,000 followers on Twitter as he sent his first message on the social media site.
Warren Buffett ‘Is In The House’ — With More than 270,000 Guests
Updated May 3, 2013, 8:20 am EST Bill Clinton and Warren Buffett are keeping company. With friends like Stephen Colbert. And “where else can you hear from Bill Gates, John McCain, Ellen Degeneres and Usher in one day?” The 43nd...
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Former President George W. Bush and Alan Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Center arrive for a signing ceremony for the joint use agreement between the National Archive and the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University on April 24, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.
George W. Bush Unplugged
George W. Bush hasn’t done much talking since leaving the White House. Tomorrow, with the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas, the former governor of the Lone Star state and two-term president is uncapping. Charlie Rose...
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Marriage equality supporters wave flags and signs as they rally in front of the Supreme Court before oral arguments in the United States v. Windsor case, which will test the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act on March 27, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 84
That’s the percentage of members of Congress in 1996 who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act barring same-sex couples from claiming federal benefits available to other married couples. President Bill Clinton signed the measure into law after 342 of...
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