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President Bill Clinton's advisers estimated early in his term that passing a health care overhaul would require a delicate balance of Democratic and Republican support, needing at least eight moderate Republicans in the Senate and 15 or more in the House to win approval, according to documents released Friday.

President Bill Clinton's advisers estimated in 1993 that they would need at least 8 moderate Republicans in the Senate and more than 15 moderate Republicans in the House to pass their ill-fated health care reform bill.

Original caption: "Packing shipment of Matzoths [i.e. matzos] for the 77th Division for men of Jewish faith in the A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Force] for the Passover Holiday, at Warehouse #40, Q.M.C. Depot, St. Denis [France] / Signal Corps.

Mohammad Anin Pandith was shot dead by gunmen outside hisresidence at Awantipora in Pulwama late last night, they said.

In the more than three decades since getting their start at a Christmas party in Washington, D.C., the Capitol Steps have thrived on scandals, missteps and gaffes from politicians.

Clinton praised the Rain Forest Foundation and thanked Sting, Styler, and others for their efforts Thursday night.

Frantic calls to police from the scene of last week's deadly crash between a tractor-trailer and tour bus carrying students included one from a dazed student who struggled to put into words what just had happened.

Call it the year of the baby: Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child later this year.

Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers is taking her West Wing experience to the West Coast.

Mr. Met once had his life threatened by the Secret Service. Kind of. A.J. Mass , a writer for ESPN who played the part of Mr. Met from 1994 to 1997, has a book coming out.

Conan O'Brien mocked former president George W. Bush on Wednesday night, not for his politics or intelligence -- but his artistic skills when he critiqued Bush's art work, which recently went on display.

The former British Legion hall in Killester was built in a Dublin suburb that became known as Little Britain, due to the number of Irish-born British soldiers who were housed in the area after World War One One of the last British Legion halls in the Republic of Ireland has been agreed for sale, despite a public campaign to turn it into a World War ... (more)

As legend has it, Paul Sperry - Dartmouth man, World War I naval officer - was sailing his cutter Sirocco on a cold day in 1935 when he nearly slipped on the wet deck and killed himself.

When President Barack Obama meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a summit next week, they will be battling negative undercurrents that could undermine their message that Asia's most important security alliance is firm.

The City of Amsterdam collected more than $10 million from Holocaust survivors who were charged ground lease fees for periods they spent in hiding or in concentration camps, researchers said.

The National Archives is scheduled to release about 7,500 pages of documents on Friday from former President Bill Clinton's administration.

The U.S. Green Building Council and Hanley Wood announced that the 2016 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo will move from San Diego to Los Angeles.

Former president Jimmy Carter, shown here speaking at The Washington Post earlier this month, now opposes construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Arion Press & Grabhorn Institute invite you to a talk by historian Adam Hochschild, The War Within the War: An Unknown Story of World War I, tonight, April 16, 2014, refreshments at 5:00 p.m. and the talk is at 6:00 p.m. 1802 Hays Street, The Presidio, San Francisco.

President Obama on Friday formally nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Department of Health and Human Services following the botched resignation of Kathleen Sebelius.