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Hillary Clinton is set to give a paid speech at a womens conference in Silicon Valley in February, an appearance that indicates her time on the speaking circuit is not yet coming to an end with a likely presidential campaign looming.

Clintons speech at the first-ever Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women was announced just this week, indicating it was a relatively new speaking commitment.

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Conference officials said they couldnt discuss whether Clinton was being paid for the speech and referred questions to the former secretary of states spokesman, Nick Merrill. Merrill did not respond to repeated emails asking whether it was a paid speech.

But sources familiar with the event said Clinton is indeed set to receive a speaking fee. The Feb. 24 appearance seems at odds with suggestions in the media that she is about to wind down her speaking schedule in the coming weeks.

It isnt clear that the speech says anything about Clintons time frame for declaring a decision about a second White House campaign. Her timetable is a topic of disagreement among her supporters: Some people think she is already being attacked and defined by Republicans and only adds to the perception that shes being coy the longer she waits. Others say she should stick to her stated time frame of early next year.

Clinton could, of course, cancel the appearance or decline a speaking fee if she announces a campaign before the speech. Its highly unlikely she would continue to give paid speeches once shes a candidate, something Republican Rudy Giuliani did in 2007 and took heat for.

But the fact that Clinton is still signing up for speeches also gives weight to what a number of people close to her say: that she hasnt completely made up her mind about running. The conference is about women in the workforce, an issue Clinton is also focused on at her familys foundation.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, former US Secretary of State, listens before delivering keynote remarks at the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves summit, Friday Nov. 21, 2014 in New York.

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NEW YORK Hillary Rodham Clinton voiced support Friday for President Barack Obama's use of executive actions to protect about 5 million immigrants from deportation, setting up a sharp contrast with Republicans on an issue that could play a leading role in the next presidential campaign.

"I think the president took an historic step and I support it," Clinton said in an appearance at the New York Historical Society, embracing her fellow Democrat's moves to address immigration.

The former secretary of state, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, said Obama's actions were in line with previous moves by Democratic and Republican presidents alike and urged Congress to "follow the lead" of a measure approved in the Senate in 2013. She also placed the efforts in the context of families, many of whom she said are longtime residents raising children and paying taxes.

"This is about people's lives," she said, adding that it was about "people who serve us tonight, who prepared the food tonight."

It was Clinton's first public comments on Obama's immigration orders, which have been harshly criticized by many Republicans in Congress who accuse Obama of overstepping his executive powers. Clinton issued a statement shortly after Obama's speech Thursday night expressing support.

Charging hypocrisy, the Republican National Committee released a Web video earlier in the day that included the audio of an April 2008 Clinton speech in which she criticized President George W. Bush's use of signing statements and other means "to transform the executive into an imperial presidency."

Clinton spoke about the immigration plan during an interview with Walter Isaacson, the biographer and CEO of the Aspen Institute, at the event. Clinton said she was studying the life and presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and discussed the need for Americans to find a "common purpose."

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By Dan Merica, CNN

updated 2:07 PM EST, Fri November 21, 2014

New York (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton will host a high-dollar fundraiser for Sen. Mary Landrieu, an embattled Democratic incumbent who finds herself behind in a closely watched runoff to reelection.

The Dec. 1 event, which will be hosted at the New York City home of Sarah & Victor Kovner, longtime Clinton supporters, will boost Landrieu's coffers after she was unable to best her opponent Bill Cassidy on Election Day. Polls currently show the Republican with a sizable lead in the runoff.

Tickets to the event start at $1,000 and go up to $12,000. The event is being branded as "Cocktails with Hillary Rodham Clinton in support of Sen. Mary Landrieu."

"Sarah & Victor Kovner Invite you to join them for cocktails in support of SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU (LA), Featuring Special Guest HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON," reads the web invite.

This is not the first time that Clinton campaigned for Landrieu.

Just days before Election Day, Clinton headlined a rally in New Orleans for Landrieu and urged voters to remember the senator's record when they go to the ballot box. In particular, Clinton highlighted Landrieu's response in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina almost 10 years ago.

"She was relentless," Clinton said, noting that she and Landrieu were in the Senate at the time. "You learn a lot about a person and a leader in a moment like that. And I saw Mary in action, no cameras, no attention, just focused like a laser to take care of her people."

Clinton was very active during the 2014 election, which turned out to be disastrous for Democrats. Shortly after the election, a Clinton spokesman did not rule out helping Landrieu.

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Washington Is Hillary Rodham Clinton inevitable?

That question arises Friday because top Clinton supporters are meeting in New York City in a prelude of sorts to more intense political activity aimed at 2016.

Leaders of Ready for Hillary, a big super PAC that is not officially linked to Ms. Clinton but is preparing the way for her possible presidential bid, will join representatives of other Democratic groups to review US politics following the midterms and plan for whats next.

Everyone has a lane. We are going to work together and seamlessly so theres no infighting, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Ready for Hillary adviser and co-chair of Priorities USA Action, told the Associated Press in advance of the meeting.

Hillaryland wants Clintons road ahead to be open, of course. Fighting off serious challengers in the primaries would be hard, expensive, and risky.

And Hillaryland may get its wish.

Yes, some opponents are beginning to stir. Ex-Sen. Jim Webb has already formed an exploratory committee. Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont hes an independent who would presumably switch his registration back to Democrat is hiring campaign staff and mulling a run. Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley has dispatched staffers to Iowa and begun amassing cash.

But look, these guys have very little chance of winning. Clintons dominance of her partys presidential field at this point is historically unprecedented.

She is 52 points ahead of any other Democrat in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) rolling average of major polls. Fifty-two points! Thats crushing it.

And the second-place Democrat in question is VP Joe Biden, who may not run if she does. The third-place contestant is Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who insists shes not running. Clinton is 61 points ahead of Senator Sanders and 62 points ahead of Governor OMalley.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) It only took moments for Hillary Clinton to thank President Barack Obama for moving forward on immigration.

Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential race, had been silent on the issue in recent days, as the Hill notes. But she tweeted out support for Obama quickly after he finished speaking Thursday night. Some political observers say Clinton will benefit from Obamas executive actions on immigration since they will rally Hispanic voters at a time when Republicans have failed to attract them, according to the Hill.

Bad call: Plenty of people were unhappy with Obamas orders. Those people include author Francis Fukuyama, who writes in the American Interest: Doing this by executive order after the recent election will do lasting damage to governance in the United States. The White House and congressional Democrats argued that Obama was acting within his legal authority to take the steps he announced Thursday night. Fukuyama, meanwhile, sees Obama heading down the path of Latin American presidential systems, which, when stymied by gridlocked legislatures, have seen presidents grab power in their own hands and rule by decree.

Why Webb cant beat Clinton: Lets ignore for a second the prospect that Hillary Clinton could benefit from Obamas actions. Heres one take on why shell trump at least one of her potential challengers, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb. Its a paragraph from something he wrote in 1979 that reads, in part: There is a place for women in our military, but not in combat. Philip Klein at the Washington Examiner says that sentiment and others in Webbs Washingtonian magazine article titled Women Cant Fight mean he has no chance of beating Clinton for the nomination.

Little love for Christie 2016: State executives from Maryland to Arizona were quick to praise New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for his leadership of the Republican Governors Association at the groups most recent meeting in Florida. But they declined to back him where it counts: as a candidate for the presidency. They didnt even say whether they think he should run, Politico reported.

Iran deal by Monday? Dont count on it, writes Politico. Sources close to the process say a final agreement with Iran on a nuclear deal appears unlikely this month. The piece says the overwhelming consensus among about a dozen sources from the U.S., Europe and the Middle East is that the nuclear talks will be extended next week into early 2015. Officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, are meeting in Vienna this weekend for talks.

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