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16 min ago | Albany Times Union

Obama no fool in waiting on Syria

Last week, Bill Clinton warned that President Barack Obama risked looking like a "wuss" and "a total fool" for not acting sooner on Syria.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Bill Clinton, US News, Barack Obama, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Opinion

4 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Ed's partisan puffery

Massachusetts voters could be forgiven if they thought Bill Clinton was back for another shot at the big time, given the obsequious introduction that U.S. Rep. Ed Markey afforded the 42nd president at a campaign event in Worcester on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Worcester, MA, Opinion

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Star-studded party for Israeli president's 90th

Israeli President Shimon Peres chats with former US President Bill Clinton during Peres' 90th birthday gala in Jerusalem, Tuesday June 18 2013.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Shimon Peres, Bill Clinton, Celebrities, Barbra Streisand, Vocal

Christian Science Monitor

'Ready for Hillary': Are Democrats behaving like Republicans?

Gert Hobson and other supporters of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, stand outside DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she was scheduled to speak at the annual dinner of the Club of Grand Rapids on Monday.

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Related Topix: US News, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Grand Rapids, MI, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Clinton

The Jewish Journal

Israel's austerity budget advances in Knesset

Iran's President-elect Hassan Rohani said he would strive for transparency in his country's nuclear program but would not stop enriching uranium.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Bill Clinton, Shimon Peres, Porter-Ranch, CA, Theater, Arts

The Guardian

Barbra Streisand courts controversy in Israel before Shimon Peres party

As birthday parties go, it has a stellar guest list: Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair, Sharon Stone, Robert De Niro, to name a few - and global diva Barbra Streisand to deliver her own version of Happy Birthday Mr President more than 50 years after Marilyn Monroe's ode to JFK.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Shimon Peres, Bill Clinton, Stone, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure,

Journal and Courier

Christie to put off presidential decision until 2015

The Republican, who is seeking a second term in November as governor, has taken heat recently for appearances with President Obama and former President Bill Clinton.

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Related Topix: US News, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, US Politics

Politico

The Clinton paradox

Listen to Bill Clinton's speeches this spring and you would have heard him talk at a father-of-the-year event about the satisfactions of parenting - "the greatest thing that ever happened to me."

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Family, Parenting, Howard University, Georgetown University, Arkansas, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

The Raw Story

Bill Clinton to Israelis: There is 'no alternative' to a Palestinian state

Former US president Bill Clinton said during a visit to Israel on Monday that he saw "no alternative" to a Palestinian state.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Bill Clinton, Shimon Peres

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Opinion: Moonlight Serenade

Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress two years ago this Friday in a side-splitting social-media scandal, is running for mayor of New York? We don't know why, but we're now pretty sure it's not for the money.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Bill Clinton, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Opinion

Trend

US names special envoy for Guantanamo closure

A diplomat has been appointed to focus on coordinating with other governments to accept inmates from the US prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, the US State Department announced Monday, dpa reported.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Guantanamo Bay, Bill Clinton, W.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bill Clinton: Israel must make peace to survive

In this Jan. 21, 2013 file photo, Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, touches the stones of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Bill Clinton, Palestinian Territories

US News & World Report

Obama Passive-Aggressive in the Face of Syria Hawks

Actually he can't outrun the hawks some from within his own administration prodding him toward the bitter bloodbath going on in a lawless country ruled by a ruthless tyrant.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, US Politics, John McCain, Opinion

CBS News

Video: CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson's computer hacked

CBS News has confirmed that someone has been breaking into the computer of investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

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Related Topix: CBS This Morning, Entertainment, Television, Immigration Reform, Face the Nation, Chris Christie, US Governors, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

CBS 3 Springfield

Man found dead in Fairfield was 59-year-old artist

A man found dead of an apparent drowning in a Fairfield marsh was a 59-year-old artist whose work was admired by former President Bill Clinton and actress Kathleen Turner.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Holyoke, MA, Springfield, MA

Detroit Free Press

Hillary Clinton addresses Michigan business group

Former secretary of state and possible 2014 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is giving a speech to business leaders in western Michigan.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Michigan, George Bush, Bill Clinton

WPMT-TV York

Its Toth vs. Food in this battle of Gettysburg

This week, Bill goes to the Blue and Gray Bar and Grill in Gettysburg and he takes on the Pickets charge challenge.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The American Conservative

Fighting Terrorism by Arming Terrorists

The Obama administration appears to be moving toward arming rebels in Syria, though the White House has only publicly confirmed an increase in the "scope and scale" of its military support.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Bill Clinton, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, John McCain

Asbury Park Press

Christie maintains a political balancing act

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be... Former President Bill Clinton shakes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's hand as he arrives on stage during the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Bill Clinton, Chris Christie, US Governors, New Jersey, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican

Tony's Kansas City

TKC Breaking News!!! Clay Chastain Starts his Mo Supreme Court Battle ...

TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! CLAY CHASTAIN STARTS HIS MO SUPREME COURT BATTLE AGAINST A "WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING" OVER RAIL TRANSIT!!! Here's what we like .

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