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observer.com - 11/19/2008

Bill Clinton Has No Problem With Vetting: 'Talk to Them'

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Bill Clinton said he'd do "whatever they want" with respect to the vetting process and information he'd have to disclose to the Obama administration to help Hillary Clinton become Obama's secretary of state.  read more »

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washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008

Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?

— washingtonindependent.com — Many foreign policy experts wonder whether a Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would reach beyond loyalists to bring in progressive Obama supporters after an acrimonious primary. (more) Would Clinton’s State Team Include Obama Thinkers?

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nytimes.com - 11/18/2008

Many Dealings of Bill Clinton Under Review

— nytimes.com — Aides said Barack Obama would not formally offer Hillary Rodham Clinton a post unless he was satisfied that Bill Clinton’s activities would not pose a conflict. > (more) Many Dealings of Bill Clinton Under Review

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observer.com - 11/17/2008

Obama's Clinton Initiative

— observer.com — Why would Barack Obama invite Hillary Clinton into a serious discussion of her potential appointment as Secretary of State without reaching his own conclusions about the risks and benefits of that possibility? That seems frivolous and foolish, ... (more) Obama's Clinton Initiative

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Clinton: "I'll Do Whatever They Want"
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The former president tells reporters in New York Wednesday he won't stand in the way of the vetting process. "Whatever they want. This is a deal between Senator-- President-elect (Obama) and Hillary. You should talk to them. I'll do whatever they want." Earlier: ...

Bill Clinton: "I'll Do Whatever They Want"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — The New York Observer reports: Bill Clinton said he'd do "whatever they want" with respect to the vetting process and information he'd have to disclose to the Obama administration to help Hillary Clinton become Obama's secretary of state. Standing on stage and signing autographs after a ceremony to rename the Triborough Bridge after the late Robert F. Kennedy, Clinton was asked about the vetting process. "Whatever they want. This is a deal between Senator--" he corrected himself, "President-elect [Obama] and Hillary," ...

Bill Clinton: "I'll Do Whatever They Want"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — The New York Observer reports: Bill Clinton said he'd do "whatever they want" with respect to the vetting process and information he'd have to disclose to the Obama administration to help Hillary Clinton become Obama's secretary of state. Standing on stage and signing autographs after a ceremony to rename the Triborough Bridge after the late Robert F. Kennedy, Clinton was asked about the vetting process. "Whatever they want. This is a deal between Senator--" he corrected himself, "President-elect [Obama] and Hillary," ...

'Whatever they want'
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Bill Clinton's spokesman, Matt McKenna, blasts out a Politicker item with the headline, "Bill Clinton has no problem with vetting." ...

Obama Introduces Bubba To New Concept -- Submission
BAGnewsNotes — ... . (So remarkable was this turn of events, by the way, that the NY Observer ran this micro-article re-quoting Clinton saying "I'll do what they want" three different times.) ...