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Clintons close out NYC global issues conference

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined steps to deal with world hunger in the closing address Friday at the annual global issues conference started by her husband.

Clinton confab discusses poverty, climate change

Global warming and poverty are intertwined because the world's poorest people are the ones hardest hit by changes in the climate, and solutions for both problems need to be found, panelists said Thursday at the second day of an annual conference spearheaded by former President Bill Clinton.

Bill Clinton Hosts Celebs for NYC Talk

After getting hundreds of pledges to tackle the world's problems at his philanthropic summit this past week, former President Bill Clinton did what any good host would: He threw a party.

Branson Plans $3B Against Global Warming

British business mogul Richard Branson said Thursday he would invest about $3 billion to combat global warming over the next decade.

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Bill Clinton adores his future son-in-law
Source: msnbc.com

Marc Mezvinsky has an impressive fan in his future father-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, who says he is "very" excited about the engagement of his daughter Chelsea to the investment banker. "He is great. He is a great human being," the former president said.

Bill Clinton adores his future son-in-law
Source: msnbc.com

Marc Mezvinsky has an impressive fan in his future father-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, who says he is "very" excited about the engagement of his daughter Chelsea to the investment banker. "He is great. He is a great human being," the former president said.

Modern Slavery: A New Hope
Source: Earthling-Concerned

It seems that 2009 might be the year that wide-scale awareness regarding the scourge that is Modern Day Slavery will be brought to light. A commentary on what Bill Clinton, the Obama Administration, and the new UN Report on Human Trafficking have to say.

Sen. Cornyn's (R-TX) gross hypocrisy regarding possible objection to SoS-designate Clinton on her husband's ties to global humanitarian donors
Source: burntorangereport.com

Globetrotter Payne ensured that he greased the wheels of Big John's Senate Re-Election campaign this past fall to the tune of thousands of dollars.  Apparently Big John wasn't at all troubled that America's foreign policy or any diplomatic missions might be encumbered by Mr.

Bill Clinton's Ties To Colombia Trade Deal Even Stronger Than (Hillary Advisor) Penn's
Source: The Huffington Post

Former President Bill Clinton has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars speaking on behalf of a Colombia-based group pushing the trade pact, and representatives of that organization tell The Huffington Post that the former president shared their sentiment.

Hey Media!! Pencils UP For John Edwards!!
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A note to mainstream media: How about dropping the curtain on the Clinton-Obama drama, and setting the stage for John Edwards? THE PEOPLE are done with your theatre of the absurd. If your punditz must do theatre, then make them do it legit!

Bill Clinton: Hillary wants me to restore image of US
Source: Guardian Unlimited

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidency, Bill Clinton will be given the job of repairing America's damaged international reputation, the former president tells the Guardian in an interview today.

Al Gore, Bill Clinton Reunited, with roles reversed.
Source: msnbc.com

It is rather rare for anyone to upstage Bill Clinton. But at Wednesday's opening session of the former US president's very own Clinton Global Initiative in New York, it was Al Gore, his former vice-president, who was the man dishing out the charisma.

Bill Clinton on the causes of terrorism
Source: Yahoo! News

On NBC's "Meet the Press," also taped Friday and aired Sunday, Clinton told interviewer Tim Russert that the biggest problem confronting the world today is "the illusion that our differences matter more than our common humanity."

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