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Senate Democrats are looking to former President Bill Clinton to jump-start their push to overhaul America's health care system, hoping a battle-scarred veteran of past health care fights can motivate their ranks to finish the politically tricky job this time.
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have canceled February appearances in Los Angeles and New York because a promoter wrongly billed the events as debates.
He has charmed millions, demonstrated his political heft and now as President Obama heads to Fort Hood for a memorial service for fallen soldiers, he must show he can comfort and console victims' families.
Where does China fit into the U.S. vision of world order? Like former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama seeks a China that plays by global rules, which would require both political and economic liberalization.
The annual Glamour Women of the Year awards always honor a group of eclectic women, and this year was no exception. Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Tennis star Serena Williams was there, too, in a bright red, one-shoulder number. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were presenters; so were Katie Couric and former President Bill Clinton.
Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama's signature issue by year's end.
Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaulAmerica's health care system.
Over Halloween weekend, New York state assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found his health reform efforts seriously complicated Monday by the explosive issue of abortion, as key centrist senators said they wanted to see airtight language in the bill blocking federal funding for the procedure.
In network television, Sunday mornings are not for sleeping in, going to church or Belgian waffles. They're for the Sunday morning talk shows, serious political palaver platforms that sometimes make news and consistently attract a demographically attractive audience.
The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration will accept North Korea’s invitation for a senior U.S. official to visit Pyongyang for talks to bring the nuclear-armed regime back to disarmament negotiations, a White House official said today.
Former president Bill Clinton is to be the featured speaker at the Delaware Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- More than two-thirds of U.S. teachers disapprove of how their public schools are run and 90 percent say “routine duties and paperwork” interfere with their teaching, a report found.
Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care
Barring clemency from Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, Beltway sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed this evening at 9 p.m. ET for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002 and left 10 people dead.
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