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Obama motorcade zooms past Bill and Hillary Clinton
January 27th, 2013
02:02 PM ET
115 days ago

Obama motorcade zooms past Bill and Hillary Clinton

(CNN) – People aren't kidding when they say Washington can be a small town.

While President Obama was returning from his daughter's basketball game Sunday, his motorcade sped past Bill and Hillary Clinton as they were walking a dog.
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Filed under: Bill Clinton • Hillary Clinton • President Obama
Bill Clinton to head back on campaign trail
January 23rd, 2013
11:48 AM ET
119 days ago

Bill Clinton to head back on campaign trail

(CNN) - Bill Clinton was arguably the Democratic Party's biggest rock star on the campaign trail last year, and now the former president appears to be getting ready to hit the trail again.

CNN has confirmed that Clinton will be in his native state of Arkansas on March 16 to help Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor kick off his 2014 re-election bid. The fundraiser, in Little Rock, the state capital, will be headlined by Clinton, who served 12 years as Arkansas governor before being elected president in 1992.
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Filed under: 2014 • Arkansas • Bill Clinton
Clinton explains hand tremor
January 18th, 2013
08:30 AM ET
124 days ago

Clinton explains hand tremor

(CNN) – Commenting on the controversial change in the rules of golf–the upcoming ban on anchored putting–former President Bill Clinton opened up about his hand tremor while elaborating on how he could benefit from the new rule.

"I have a condition that sometimes you get with aging," Clinton said. "You may have noticed it; my hand has a little tremor when I'm tired and a lot of people do when they're older."
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Filed under: Bill Clinton
January 15th, 2013
07:09 PM ET
125 days ago

Bill Clinton jokes about Hillary's future

(CNN) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may not know her plans for the future, but her husband certainly pictures her being around for a long, long time.

Talking about her recent health setback, former President Bill Clinton said his wife will be just fine and boasted of her "low blood pressure" and "standing heartbeat."

"I tell her…she's still got time to have three more husbands after me," he joked. "So I think she'll live to be 120."
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Filed under: Bill Clinton • Hillary Clinton
January 13th, 2013
09:49 PM ET
128 days ago

Surprise! Bill Clinton appears at the Golden Globes

(CNN) – The 42nd U.S. president introduced the 16th president Sunday night at a star-studded awards ceremony - well, kind of.

Former President Bill Clinton was on hand to present a clip for "Lincoln," the biographical film nominated for best motion picture - drama at the 70th annual Golden Globes. Receiving a 30-second standing ovation, the president walked in to deliver brief remarks about the film.
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Scorsese set to direct Clinton documentary for HBO
December 17th, 2012
02:54 PM ET
156 days ago

Scorsese set to direct Clinton documentary for HBO

(CNN) – Martin Scorsese, the director behind Travis Bickle from "Taxi Driver" and Billy Costigan from "The Departed," will focus his latest project on a real life character: Former President Bill Clinton.

The iconic filmmaker is partnering with HBO to produce a documentary about the 42nd president, and will have Clinton's full cooperation, according to a release from the cable network. HBO said the picture would "explore [Clinton's] perspectives on history, politics, culture and the world."
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Filed under: Bill Clinton
December 5th, 2012
12:19 AM ET
168 days ago

Gingrich's 'fiscal cliff' lessons from budget battles with Clinton

(CNN) - Newt Gingrich, a former Republican House speaker who knows something of negotiating with a Democratic president over budget issues, laid out his "fiscal cliff" advice to Republicans Tuesday on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight:” if necessary, go over the cliff without a deal.

"I am frankly not at all encouraged by what I see and a little bit worried by it," he said, assessing the negotiations - apparently now in impasse - in Washington to avert the tax increases and spending cuts which lay ahead in the new year.
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Filed under: Bill Clinton • Newt Gingrich
Obama plays golf with Clinton, McAuliffe
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton playing golf in September 2011.
December 2nd, 2012
02:21 PM ET
170 days ago

Obama plays golf with Clinton, McAuliffe

Washington (CNN) – On a brisk Sunday in Washington, President Barack Obama took a short trip to Joint Base Andrews to play golf with big names in the Democratic Party - former President Bill Clinton and Clinton's longtime aide and candidate for governor in Virginia Terry McAuliffe, as well as U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.

Clinton and Obama have a history of golfing with one another. In September of 2011, a golf outing by the former and current presidents fostered the tight relationship that was featured throughout the 2012 campaign.
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Filed under: Bill Clinton • President Obama • Terry McAuliffe
Bill Clinton op-ed in Iowa newspaper makes closing argument for Obama
November 4th, 2012
04:46 PM ET
198 days ago

Bill Clinton op-ed in Iowa newspaper makes closing argument for Obama

(CNN) – Former President Bill Clinton penned an op-ed published Sunday in Iowa's largest newspaper making a final appeal for President Barack Obama with just a couple days left until polls close on November 6.

Clinton - who has been highly visible on the campaign trail for the president and stumped with Obama Sunday morning in battleground New Hampshire - laid out his case to re-elect his Democratic descendant in The Des Moines Register.
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Filed under: 2012 • Bill Clinton • President Obama
Obama: Election up to supporters while he's a 'prop'
November 4th, 2012
01:27 PM ET
199 days ago

Obama: Election up to supporters while he's a 'prop'

Concord, New Hampshire (CNN) – President Barack Obama characterized his place in the upcoming election in surprising terms Sunday, slightly reframing a line he first used Saturday night.

"I looked at David Plouffe and some of you know he's my big campaign bus smart guy, Plouffe and I looked at each other and we said you know what? We're no longer relevant now, we're props," Obama told the crowd of 14,000 outside the Concord state capitol building.
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Filed under: 2012 • Bill Clinton • New Hampshire • President Obama
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