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...skirt bottom, the flattened bangs, the warm lights that made the First Lady glow. The media found itself in tricky and uncharted territory: How do you report on a politically savvy and professionally accomplished First Lady—often vilified for overstepping her bounds as the wife of a president??who went to tremendous lengths to show that she was a fashion-conscious, lipstick-wearing, pearl-toting woman? But that was 1994. Today, Clinton finds herself in a much different position with a much different challenge. As a senator with $22 million in her campaign bank account...
...five years in office, Bush has challenged more than 800 laws. Most of these challenges have been predicated on the claim that they contain congressional impingements on the president??s power in realms such as foreign affairs and national security...
...report noted that past presidents have used signing statements to “explain the president??s reasons for signing a bill into law,” but that all the presidents before Bush had only challenged a combined 600 laws...
...outgoing president??s final days have included a whirlwind of visible media appearances, including interviews with ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and PBS’ “Charlie Rose”—his first interview with Rose in five years...
Summers has top-level connections at both firms. The president??s mentor and predecessor as Treasury Secretary, Robert E. Rubin ’60, is the chairman of Citigroup’s executive committee and a member of the Corporation. And in Summers’ final Commencement address, the president described the life of a Bronx mailman’s son who had risen to lead a top American financial firm, an apparent reference to newly appointed Goldman chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein...