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 U.S. President Bill Clinton, his wife Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton speak to guests at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on June 14, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.
Hillary, Chelsea Clinton: ‘Selfie’ Fest
Is this why we have Twitter? Having so much fun with Chelsea, taking selfies back stage. MT:@ChelseaClinton http://t.co/QXvdrgDH7n — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2013 Chelsea started it: My first #selfie w my mom @HillaryClinton back stage at #CGIAmerica. #ProudDaughter...
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Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state, speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative CGI America meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on June 13, 2013.
Hillary Clinton: Medical Research Hampered by Budget Cuts
Hillary Clinton criticized Washington’s budgetary gridlock as she helped raise money for epilepsy research last night in Chicago, returning as the keynote speaker for an annual event hosted by the top strategist of her former political nemesis. As first lady...
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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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Hillary Rodham Clinton writes on her cell phone with Roberta S. Jacobson, left, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon, right, in Brasilia, Brazil, before heading to Brussels on April 17, 2012.
#tweetsfromHillary: Wife, Mom, Hair Icon, Pantsuit Afficionado
Updated at 1:45 pm EDT Question: What goes from Zero to 65,301 in 60 minutes? Hint: “Wife, mom, lawyer…” Need more hints? “Women & kids advocate…” This should settle it: “FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState” Then there are bonus hints:...
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Samantha Power, former Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council, and foreign policy adviser to President Barack Obama, emerges from the West Wing of the White House in this 2010 file photo.
Power Play: Obama vs. Republicans
Samantha Power once called Hillary Clinton “a monster.” That was during Barack Obama’s campaign for president, when Clinton was his primary threat. Now Clinton is a retired secretary of state, formerly of the Obama administration. And Power, a national security...
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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...
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 23, 2013 about the security failures during the September 11 attacks against the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, that led to the death of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Hillary Clinton’s Slide: Benghazi Toll?
Fresh evidence here that, for Republicans, Benghazi is all about Hillary: While the former secretary of state is potentially the Democrat to beat in a 2016 presidential contest, her handling of the fatal assaults on a U.S. mission in Benghazi,...
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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 in Beverly Hills, California.
Ready for Hillary: ‘Foresight’
Ready for Hillary, the super-political action committee supporting Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, today announced some big fundraisers. Susie Tompkins Buell, who raised more than $100,000 for Clinton’s 2008 presidential run, and Steve Mostyn, who contributed $3 million to...
Read more »Weiner, Quinn, Other NYC Mayoral Prospects in ‘Tell All’ Mode
Once upon a time TMI was shorthand for Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that in 1979 created a crisis with a partial meltdown of its reactor core. Today, in New York City’s political cauldron, TMI is more than...
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