In every presidential election since 1992, the candidate with the less distinguished military résumé has triumphed. Bill Clinton defeated war heroes George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole; National Guard pilot George W. Bush beat Vietnam veterans Al Gore and John Kerry; and Barack Obama was decisively elected over John McCain, who had displayed extraordinary valor during years of captivity as a Navy pilot in North Vietnam. Read full article > >

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Does military service still matter for the presidency?

State Department cyber experts recently hacked into Web sites being used by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen and substituted the group’s anti-American rhetoric with information about civilians killed in terrorist strikes, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. Read full article > >

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U.S. hacks Web sites of al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen

Mitt Romney was against Bill Clinton before he was for him. There was Romney, campaigning Tuesday in Iowa , praising the nation’s previous Democratic president and casting him as far superior to the current incumbent. Read full article > >

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Romney’s air kiss to Bill Clinton

Troubled retailer Clinton Cards, which is in administration, is to close almost half its stores across the UK, leading to the loss of almost 2,800 jobs.

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Clinton Cards to close 350 stores

Trouble retailer Clinton Cards warns that it expects its largest supplier to begin steps to place it into administration later on Wednesday.

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Pressure piles on Clinton Cards

In her first statement on Chen Guangcheng since arriving in China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday that she was encouraged by “progress” in the diplomatic crisis.

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Clinton Cites ‘Progress’ on Chinese Dissident

Chen Guangcheng says he regrets leaving the refuge of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and is pleading for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help him get to the United States.

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Chinese activist says he wants to go to U.S.

THE DEAL UNDER which Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday was bold, risky and potentially groundbreaking for human rights in China. It could also prove disastrous. By late Wednesday, Mr. Chen, who was then in a Beijing hospital, was telling Western news organizations that his decision had been forced by threats to his family and that he wished to exit China for the United States. That may or may not reopen a six-day crisis over his status . What’s clear is that the Obama administration now bears moral responsibility for Mr. Chen’s freedom and welfare. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Defending Chen Guangcheng

President Obama ’s campaign has launched an interesting new line of attack on Mitt Romney — questioning whether the former Massachusetts governor would have killed Osama bin Laden. In a Web video released Friday morning called “One Chance,” former president Bill Clinton praises the “decider-in-chief” for ordering the Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden’s compound. Read full article > >

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Obama campaign implies that Mitt Romney would not have killed Osama bin Laden

Since 1988, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mali, Pakistan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Senegal and Turkey have been led, at some point, by a Muslim woman president or prime minister. Juxtapose this to Hillary Clinton, who ran for President of the U.S. in 2008 and noted in her concession speech, “I am a woman and, like millions of women, I know there are still barriers and biases out there, often unconscious, and I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential of every last one of us.”

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10 Muslim Women Every Person Should Know

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations accused Syria of failing to carry out a peace plan, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hinted at a NATO role.

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Syria Accused of Failing to Live Up to Peace Plan

Hillary Clinton says North Korea should not go ahead with its planned rocket launch if it wants a “peaceful, better future” for its people.

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Clinton warns N Korea over rocket

RIYADH — The United States’ commitment to Arab nations of the Persian Gulf is “rock-solid and unwavering,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday at a conference with their governments. Read full article > >

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The mystery behind four days of unexplained shaking and odd sounds rattling Clintonville, Wisconsin, has been solved.

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Mystery of town’s odd noises solved

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet with her Pakistani counterpart in London this week in a sign that months of tension between their two governments may be easing. The meeting, which U.S. officials said would take place on the sidelines of an international conference on Somalia on Thursday, is the first between Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar since 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a U.S. airstrike near the Afghanistan border in November. Read full article > >

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Clinton to meet Pakistani counterpart in London