Celebraties Without Leaked Naked Pictures Hillary Clinton
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Vice President Joe Biden addresses volunteers preparing care packages for emergency first-responders and members of the military at George Washington University September 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
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On Sunday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew thousands to her highly anticipated first visit to Iowa after a humbling third-place finish in the 2008 caucuses. Another potential 2016 hopeful follows in her footsteps Wednesday, albeit with far less hype.
Vice President Joe Biden is headed to Des Moines for the kickoff of the "Nuns on the Bus" tour, a group that warns citizens about the growing influence of outside money in politics. But while there was no question Clinton's visit was meant to reintroduce her to the Iowa voters that let her down seven years ago, the nuns are throwing cold water on the idea that this is a political event for Biden.
"There's 2014! That we play the game of presidential politics -- it's like the Olympics. Everybody likes the game: Who's up? Who's in? Who's out? -- that drives me nuts," Simone Campbell, the Catholic nun who is spearheading the tour, told the Des Moines Register Tuesday. "This is not a game. This is our life.
The Register reports that Biden has done little to reactivate his Iowa contacts from his failed 2008 campaign on this trip, or attend events for some of the Democrats running there. In fact, he will be attending just one fundraiser that will benefit multiple candidates.
And while Clinton - who will not decide on whether she is running until 2015 - reached out to her 2008 network to invite them to come to a photo line before her Sunday event, Biden hasn't done that. In the past, his staff has called to tell his friends in the state about events and arrange private visits with the vice president, the Register reported.
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In Hillary Clinton's wake, Joe Biden visits Iowa
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Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton opened the door to a presidential bid a little wider over the weekend at the Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa.
And now veterans from her 2008 campaign and Iowans urging her to run in 2016 are calling for her to use the state's first-in-the-nation caucus to slam the door shut on the Democratic nomination.
Their message is simple: If you win in Iowa, you will be the nominee. If you let someone hang around -- or win -- you could cost yourself the nomination.
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"I think that Secretary Clinton can close the door in Iowa. It is going to take a lot of work, but it is out there to be done," said Jerry Crawford, Midwest co-chairman for Clinton's 2008 campaign. "I think if she wins ... it would be very difficult, very unlikely that anybody could mount a challenge after Iowa."
Crawford, who also ran Bill Clinton's 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns in Iowa, said he has expressed this sentiment to Hillary Clinton's closest advisers and aides.
There is a level of bluntness in those who advocate for Clinton to run hard in Iowa, and it stems largely from her history in the state.
Some of it is self-serving. The more active Clinton is in Iowa, the more other candidates will be forced to campaign in the state. That means money for Iowa's economy -- some economists estimate that more than $51 million was spent in Iowa in 2008 around the caucuses. And it raises Iowa politicos' profiles.
The other reason has more to do with Clinton's record in Iowa. Most Clinton supporters in the state feel that the nomination was hers to lose in 2008 and don't want the same thing to happen in 2016.
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WASHINGTON Hillary Clintons name barely came up Wednesday at a closely watched House hearing on Benghazi where Clinton allies were anticipating fireworks.
It turned out that all the hype over an overtly political committee out to harm Clintons 2016 presidential hopes were premature.
The inaugural hearing for the new committee dedicated solely to the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Libya focused on bipartisan concern about improvements to diplomatic security.
Clintons name was barely mentioned in the Republican-controlled panel.
The topic for the hearing came from, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a Democrat who once suggested Democrats not even take part in what was expected to be a Clinton-bashing.
She served as secretary of state during the bloody attack that took the lives of four US personnel, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The tone was set by chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), who paid homage to the four Americans.
I pledge a process that is worthy of their memory and one that our fellow citizens can respect, regardless of their political ideations, said Gowdy.
He found agreement with his Democrat counterpart, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, who suggested a 45-day deadline to get a progress report from the State Department on implementing the security changes recommended by independent review panels.
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Hillary Clinton barely mentioned in Benghazi hearing
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(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton supporters launched a counteroffensive this week against claims that documents related to the Benghazi attack investigation were sanitized and ahead of another congressional hearing.
A Clinton spokesman responded quickly to the story released Monday, calling it "patently false," and a group helping with the former secretary of state's communications and rapid response mobilized an entire communications strategy, website and talking points around the issue.
The strategy has a directness that has not always been seen from Clinton aides and affiliated groups, which have generally waited for a story to fully emerge before taking it on.
A GOP-led House Select Committee on the Benghazi attack holds its first public meeting Wednesday, with seven Republicans and five Democrats looking into the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. compound in Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
The issue has been white hot politically since then. It loomed as an issue that Republicans used against President Barack Obama in the closing months of the 2012 election, and with the prospect of Clinton running for president in 2016, the issue has continued to burn.
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Sharyl Attkisson, who resigned from her job as a CBS News correspondent in 2014 for what she said was liberal bias, published a report Monday alleging that a State Department official close to Clinton had withheld and sanitized documents during the department investigation.
The story, which many conservative outlets branded as a "bombshell," was hung on Deputy Assistant Secretary Raymond Maxwell, one of the men reprimanded over the attack.
The State Department flatly denied the story.
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Clinton supporters launch counterattack on Benghazi claims