And then there were five … which made for a feisty evening of misstatements. We focused on 11, and may come back for more later in the week. Let’s take them in the order in which they were made. “As [House] speaker, I came back, working with President Bill Clinton. We passed a very Reagan-like program: less regulation, lower taxes. Unemployment dropped to 4.2 percent. We created 11 million jobs.” Read full article > >

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Fact Checking the Fox News-WSJ debate in South Carolina

Dorothy Rodham, 92, a suburban Chicago homemaker who endured a devastating childhood and served as an inspiration to her daughter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the most accomplished women in American government, died Nov. 1 at a hospital in Washington. Mrs. Rodham spent decades as a familiar but unflashy presence alongside her daughter, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and son-in-law, former President Bill Clinton. Read full article > >

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Dorothy Rodham, mother of Hillary Clinton, dead at 92

Facebook on Wednesday named political veteran Erskine Bowles to its board of directors, saying the former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton will lend his expertise as the firm plans further global expansion. With its growth — and the accumulation of more than 750 million active users — Facebook has encountered a slew of political and policy battles. It is grappling with different government rules on online privacy , government censorship, copyright and intellectual property protection, Internet safety and Internet access restrictions. Read full article > >

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Facebook names political veteran Erskine Bowles to board

Warren M. Christopher, a Democratic Party mandarin who led the State Department during President Bill Clinton’s first term and found himself confronted by an array of foreign policy crises, most profoundly the ethnic slaughter in the Balkans and Rwanda, died Friday night in Los Angeles of complications from kidney and bladder cancer, the Associated Press reported. He was 85.

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Former secretary of state Warren Christopher dies at 85

The president is adopting a model for his message much like the one that President Bill Clinton delivered after the Oklahoma City bombings.

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The Caucus: Obama Plans Call for Unity at Memorial for Tucson Victims

Former US President Bill Clinton says he is frustrated at slow reconstruction in Haiti, a year after the devastating earthquake, but things are picking up.

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Frustration over Haiti aid effort

President Obama is seeking the advice of former President Bill Clinton, who dealt with his own “shellacking” in 1994 and a hostile House during his second term 16 years ago. On Friday, Clinton and Obama will meet to discuss ways to move Obama’s agenda…

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Obama to Meet With Bill Clinton

A card with codes to access instructions for launching a nuclear attack went missing for months, says a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Bill Clinton.

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Ex-general: Nuke launch card went missing for months

Talk about burying the hatchet. When former President Bill Clinton turned out to rally for California Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown on Friday night, the former rivals hugged and made up.

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Clinton stumps for former foe in Calif.

The former US President Bill Clinton unveils his ideas for building economic prosperity in Northern Ireland during a visit to Londonderry.

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Clinton plans to boost NI economy

The U.S. Senate on Monday started the impeachment trial of federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. — the first such trial since the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton in 1999.

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Judge faces impeachment

A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a military base in Georgia faces multiple charges that include threatening to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday.

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FBI: Ex-soldier threatened to kill Obama