news.yahoo.com - 11/19/2008
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AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has engaged three prominent lawyers to help President-elect Barack Obama vet her candidacy for secretary of state even as some insiders criticized the pick and advisers to the former first lady said she was weighing whether to take the job if Obama offered it.
guardian.co.uk - 11/17/2008
politico.com - 11/21/2008
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Clinton lawyers vetting her for secretary of state
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... with foreign governments. Bruce Lindsey, a longtime Clinton adviser who now heads the former president's charitable foundation, has taken a leadership role in the process, aides said. All represented the Clintons on legal matters in the White House, including President Clinton's dalliance with intern Monica Lewinsky that led to his impeachment in 1998. Officials knowledgeable about the vetting said it has gone smoothly and that both Clintons were cooperating fully. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/clin...
Bill 'Helping' Hillary to Become the Next Secretary of State
Taylor Marsh —
... to the Obama-Biden transition team. It’s people
like Corn, Chris Matthews, and Christopher Hitchens and the hack pack press
who are doing the writing, relying on people with a "predilection for leaking
things." What do these guys expect? That Hillary should be content
to live with her senate and first lady resume, as good as it is, because the
boys can’t handle her prowess? The "Obama drama" isn’t HRC’s fault.
It’s Corn, et al.
Clinton
to help Hillary get State job, says an AP headline by Beth Fouhy. Details of the ...
Gallup Poll: Clinton As Secretary Of State OK For Most Americans
The Moderate Voice —
... Still, the political drama is hardly over yet. The Obama team is looking into a variety of Clinton-related factors such as her husband’s financial dealings. Reports based on Democratic sources say Bill Clinton is working to help his wife get the job, by offering some concession on how he’d operate in the future. ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 11/18/2008 — ABC News has learned that serious progress has been made on the notion of a Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It is not yet a done deal, but sources say both President-elect Obama and Sen. Clinton are increasingly optimistic that...
Hillary Clinton For Secretary Of State
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/14/2008 —
That's the buzz . Marc reports that Clinton and Obama met yesterday in Chicago. For my part, I think making her secretary of state is an inspired idea.
Obama has to offer something to Clinton. She's his main threat now and rightly regards ...
Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State?
swamppolitics.com 11/14/2008 — by John McCormick and Rick Pearson
Senior officials with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team said late Thursday that Sen. Hillary Clinton would be an asset to the new administration, but declined to confirm reports she was under ...
Bill Clinton Has No Problem With Vetting: 'Talk to Them'
observer.com 11/19/2008 — 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 »
Clinton job for Obama may depend on Bill —
Reuters: Politics 11/18/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Sen. Hillary Clinton is to be picked by President-elect Barack Obama as his secretary of state, it may well depend on a review of the business activities of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
Clinton job for Obama may depend on Bill —
Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Sen. Hillary Clinton is to be picked by President-elect Barack Obama as his secretary of state, it may well depend on a review of the business activities of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
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