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Bill Clinton and Sir Bob Geldof to address AIDS 2014

President Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States and artist / activist Sir Bob Geldof will be among the high-level speakers who will join thousands of the world's top AIDS researchers, scientific and community leaders, people living with HIV and policy-makers at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) taking place on 20-25 July in Melbourne. Their presence is set to further enhance the very strong program that has been put in place for AIDS 2014. President Clinton has a very strong track record in advocating for HIV/AIDS treatment in disadvantaged communities around the world. Sir Bob Geldof has the ability to motivate millions of people as we have seen over decades of activism. His music and such events as Live Aid and Band Aid have raised global awareness of famine and poverty.




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Bill Clinton addresses AIDS 2014 delegates in Melbourne

Former US President Bill Clinton has told delegates at the 20th International AIDS Conference, AIDS 2014 in Melbourne, that finding more economically efficient ways to respond to HIV is vital to saving lives and preventing the spread of the virus. Mr Clinton’s speech was made to over 2,000 people at one of the most eagerly anticipated sessions at the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne.




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June 19, 2006. New Comic: Bill Clinton is The Fixer

Bill Clinton said that if Hilary becomes President, he would do anything she wants




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Bill Clinton tried to bribe Boris Yeltsin for NATO to expand eastwards

Former US President Bill Clinton offered Russian President Boris Yeltsin large investments in Russia in the 1990s in exchange for NATO's eastward expansion and Moscow's approval of that expansion. A number of declassified documents testifying to USA's plans to buy off Russia became available on the website of the US Presidential Library. According to the documents, Yeltsin responded to Clinton's suggestion by saying that such a measure was like a bribe in exchange for Russia's consent to NATO's expansion to the detriment of her own interests.




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Bill Clinton Cracked a Terrible Dad Joke on Twitter and Nobody Can Handle It

Slick Willy just had to go and crack a dad joke that simultaneously dug on President Trump and kept the pun game strong, didn't he? Naturally, people were highly entertained and vaguely irritated. 




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Bill Clinton and James Patterson on Collaboration and Cybersecurity

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson discuss their new novel, The President is Missing, in which a fictional president fights a cybersecurity attack amid intense political dysfunction. The coauthors share their lessons for collaborating across disparate skillsets — “clarity on the objective” and “don’t be afraid to admit what you don’t know.” They also talk about their research into cybersecurity threats and how realistic their thriller scenario could be.




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The Democrats lost the election because they became Republicans in the nineties under Bill Clinton

This is the natural progression, this is the natural endgame of the Bill Clinton Democratic Party when he decided to change the Democratic Party from a party of workers and blue-collar people to a party of Silicon Valley and Wall Street. And Democrats have to acknowledge that. And if they don't, they ain't going nowhere. Continue reading





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A personal story about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky


Bill gave Monica a book of Walt Whitman poems he bought when he was in Martha’s Vineyard with Hillary. Do you give poems to someone you don’t care about?




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Creating jobs: Bill Clinton to the rescue?


At an event this past week, Hillary Clinton announced that, if elected, she planned to put Bill Clinton in charge of creating jobs. If he becomes the “First Gentlemen” -- or as she prefers to call him, the “First Dude,” – he just might have some success in this role. The country’s very strong record of job creation during the first Clinton administration is a hopeful sign. (Full disclosure: I served in his Administration.)

But assuming he's given the role of jobs czar, what would Bill Clinton do? The uncomfortable fact is that no one knows how to create enough jobs. Although about 50 percent of the public, according to Pew, worries that there are not enough jobs available, and virtually every presidential candidate is promising to produce more, economists are not sure how to achieve this goal.

The debate centers around why we think people are jobless. Unless we can agree on the diagnosis, we will not be able to fashion an appropriate policy response.

Some economists think that an unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent constitutes “full employment.” Those still looking for jobs, in this view, are either simply transitioning voluntarily from one job to another or they are “structurally unemployed.” The latter term refers to a mismatch, either between a worker’s skills and the skills that employers are seeking, or between where the workers live and where the jobs are geographically. (The decline in housing values or tighter zoning restrictions, for example, may have made it more difficult for people to move to states or cities where jobs are more available.)

Another view is that despite the recovery from the Great Recession, there is still a residue of “cyclical” unemployment. If the Federal Reserve or Congress were to boost demand by keeping interest rates low, reducing taxes, or increasing spending on, say, infrastructure, this would create more jobs – or so goes the argument. But the Fed can’t reduce interest rates significantly because they are already near rock-bottom levels and tax and spending policies are hamstrung by political disagreements.

In my view, the U.S. currently suffers from both structural and cyclical unemployment. The reason I believe there is still some room to stimulate the economy is because we have not yet seen a significant increase in labor costs and inflation. Political problems aside, we should be adding more fuel to the economy in the form of lower taxes or higher public spending.

High levels of structural unemployment are also a problem. The share of working-age men who are employed has been dropping for decades at least in part because of outsourcing and automation. The share of the unemployed who have been out of work for more than six months is also relatively high for an economy at this stage of the business cycle. One possibility is that the recession caused many workers to drop out of the labor force and that after a long period of joblessness, they have seen their skills atrophy and employers stigmatize them as unemployable.

The depressing fact is that none of these problems is easy to solve. Manufacturing jobs that employ a lot of people are not coming back. Retraining the work force for a high-tech economy will take a long time. Political disagreements won’t disappear unless there is a landslide election that sweeps one party into control of all three branches of government.

So what can Bill Clinton or anyone else do? We may need to debate some more radical solutions such as subsidized jobs or a basic income for the structurally unemployed or a shorter work week to spread the available work around. These may not be politically feasible for some time to come, but former President Clinton is the right person to engage communities and employers in some targeted job creation projects now and to involve the country in a serious debate about what to do about jobs over the longer haul.

Editor's note: This piece originally appeared in Inside Sources.

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Rand Paul says Bill Clinton is a 'predator' over Monica Lewinsky affair

Likely presidential candidate Rand Paul doubled down on comments his wife made in an interview with Vogue magazine: former President Bill Clinton is a 'predator' because of his affair with Monica Lewinsky




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Rand Paul continues Bill Clinton assault, as he may run against Hillary in 2016

Rand Paul has continued to smear former President Bill Clinton by calling him a 'serial philanderer' that was a threat to women in the workplace as a result of his extra marital affairs.




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Matthew McConaughey praises 'values' of former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in NYC

The 50-year-old Oscar winner wrote: 'Two sides of the aisle, one side of values'




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ESPN lists Barack Obama and Bill Clinton as 'former Chicago resident' and 'former Arkansas Governor'

ESPN's series about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls included two surprising contributions: 'Former Chicago resident' Barack Obama and 'former Arkansas Governor' Bill Clinton.




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Marco Rubio sides with BILL CLINTON on family and medical leave

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on Friday embraced the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act and called for expanding it through tax credits to businesses that offer paid leave.




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One-time Bill Clinton aide Dick Morris claims Hillary WILL run in 2020

Hillary Clinton could try for the White House a third time suggested Dick Morris, the GOP political consultant who advised President Clinton when he was facing impeachment.




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Bill Clinton reveals how 'grateful' he is Hillary didn't leave him over Monica Lewinsky

The former president holds back tears in a new documentary about his wife's life, both pictured. Bill was impeached in 1998 after he failed to come clean about an affair he was having Lewinsky.




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Author claims new details about Bill Clinton's secret meeting on the tarmac with Loretta Lynch

In June 2016, Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the tarmac at Phoenix Airport in what was brushed aside as an impromptu friendly chat.




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Bill Clinton says having sex with Monica Lewinsky was 'to manage my anxieties'

The former President makes the explosive claims in an interview featured in a new documentary series about his wife Hillary Clinton, called 'Hillary', out on Hulu Friday.




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'Lolita Express' air hostess Epstein accuser speaks about Africa flight with Bill Clinton

Chauntae Davies recounted her five-day humanitarian trip to Africa in an interview with The Sun. The star-studded group traveled on Epstein's private jet, the Lolita Express.




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Twitter bored into submission by Bill Clinton's VERY long DNC speech

For more than 30 years, he has given speeches on huge political stages. But many critics thought Clinton's address at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia was long and dull.




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Bill Clinton plays with the 110,000 balloons dropped at end of DNC celebration

The former president showed he could still enjoy the simpler things in life as he batted and kicked balloons that had fallen from the roof of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.




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Bill Clinton fretting over Bernie, while Obama pitches 'unified support'

Democratic Party leaders are sweating over the prospect of Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders - and also a fractured party.




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WIRED Live - Bill Gates & President Bill Clinton: Technology and the Value of Connectivity-Exclusive Interview

From medical vaccines to financial services to educational resources, connectivity is key. Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton explain the positive impact of being plugged in on a global scale. For more from Bill Gates and President Clinton, check out the December 2013 issue of WIRED.




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WIRED Live - Bill Gates & President Bill Clinton: The Global Economy and the End of American Exceptionalism-Exclusive Interview

With American exceptionalism waning, is the U.S. destined to be left in the dust? Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton talk about the significance of building a future of shared success and responsibility in order to create a thriving global economy. For more from Bill Gates and President Clinton, check out the December 2013 issue of WIRED.




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WIRED Live - Bill Gates & President Bill Clinton: Changing the World Through Philanthropy-Exclusive Interview

Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton have managed to transition from Microsoft co-founder and former U.S. commander-in-chief to hands-on philanthropists. With a passion for charity and aid work, the two describe their health- and education-focused initiatives, and explain why their statuses don’t mean squat when they’re helping out in developing nations. For more from Bill Gates and President Clinton, check out the December 2013 issue of WIRED.




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WIRED Live - Bill Gates & President Bill Clinton: Looking Forward and Maintaining Optimism-Exclusive Interview

Passion and optimism often go hand-in-hand, which couldn’t be truer for Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton when it comes to their outlook on the future. The two share their thoughts on the rapid pace and excitement of today’s innovations, and how humanity’s balance between conflict and cooperation will continue to fuel economic opportunity for years to come. For more from Bill Gates and President Clinton, check out the December 2013 issue of WIRED.




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History channel working on documentary series with Bill Clinton