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Bill Clinton would consider Obama job

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Wednesday December 03, 2008, 5:55 AM

Former President Bill Clinton says he is open to the possibility of a role in the Obama administration, but said he otherwise plans to be deferential to both the president and his wife, the Secretary of State. Clinton could be...

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Clinton's next act: The show goes on

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Wednesday December 03, 2008, 4:44 AM

Hillary Rodham Clinton has a favorite expression for turning setback into opportunity: “Bloom where you’re planted.” Her three-decade career on the public stage has produced countless examples of Clinton sprouting a flower in a pile of manure. Few of them...

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Evolution of the Obama-Clinton connection

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Monday December 01, 2008, 4:39 AM

CHICAGO – When Sen. Hillary Clinton joins President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today for the rollout of his foreign policy team, with her as secretary of State, it will mark the latest evolution in a fast-changing relationship that began just...

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Mayors look to Obama for help

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Monday December 01, 2008, 4:31 AM

To the nation’s mayors, Barack Obama seems a little like Santa Claus — with a big sack of federal money to build local projects that would help stimulate the nation’s faltering economy. With infrastructure investment a key tenet of the...

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Russia poses challenge to Obama

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Wednesday November 26, 2008, 4:45 AM

Joe Biden has warned that hostile nations would quickly "test" the young new president with a "generated crisis," and Biden seems to have been right. But the challenge didn't come from the part of the world Obama spent the most...

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Reports of GOP death exaggerated

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Wednesday November 26, 2008, 4:41 AM

Sure, Republicans have had a hard couple of elections. But you’ll excuse me for suggesting that reports of our death have been more than a little exaggerated.  In fact, the electorate shifted only about 4 points from Republicans to Democrats...

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Obama spending plans a work in progress

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Tuesday November 25, 2008, 5:03 AM

While Barack Obama's presidential campaign began with stern talk about the federal deficit, he has been sounding a different note about government spending lately, signaling in his public remarks a newfound willingness to take on additional debt, at least in...

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Paths to recovery

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Tuesday November 25, 2008, 4:53 AM

Congress has punted to next year the prospects for a stimulus package with an infrastructure investment that could provide more jobs, a stronger transportation network and a better-running economy. The clock stopped on legislative action, but not on the deterioration...

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