Hillary Clinton and Jim Yong Kim: Empowering Women Girls Improves the World
Among the best investments we can make is in girls #39; education. At an event at the World Bank Headquarters, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
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Clinton #39;s record on sanctions
Josh Rogin of "The Daily Beast" on how the State Department resisted sanctions under HIllary Clinton.
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Hillary Clinton touted the economic growth seen during the last two Democratic presidencies during a speech before the New America Foundation on Friday, and she warned that the U.S. risks falling behind global competitors if policymakers do not do more to revive the middle class by generating broad-based economic growth.
Clinton, a former secretary of state who's eyeing a presidential bid in 2016, praised both President Obama and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for their economic stewardship. And she contrasted their years in the White House with the tenure of former President George W. Bush, saying eight years of a Republican presidency "taught us different lessons."
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Discussing a possible run for the White House, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jokes that she could use some marketing advice.
"The 1990s taught us that even in the face of difficult long term economic trends, it's possible, through smart policies" to enjoy broad-based growth, she said, and "all with a balanced budget that resulted in surpluses as far as the eye could see."
But when Bush took the reins in 2001, she said, he demonstrated "how, by policy choices, we can turn surpluses into debt."
"That's what happens when your only policy prescription is to cut taxes for the wealthy and then to deal with the aftermath of a terrible terrorist attack and two wars without paying for them," she said.
During the Bush presidency, she said, "regulators neglected their oversight of the financial sector," leading to a financial crisis that "hit like a flash flood."
And she said the Bush administration compounded the economic problem by failing to invest adequately in infrastructure, education, and research.
"We often think we invented the middle class," Clinton said, but she warned that too many Americans are struggling to get into the middle class or falling out of it. As a course correction, she suggested a new emphasis on education and job training programs, both currently pet causes of Mr. Obama's administration.
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Hillary Clinton: Obama, Bill Clinton better on economy than Bush
May 16, 2014 12:49pm
Hillary Clinton, who has been on a whirlwind schedule since stepping down as Secretary of State, surprised Barbara Walters on the final day of her 50 year career today and gave her advice take a vacation.
Youre in no position to tell me! Walters laughed.
Clinton, who showed up on Walters last day on The View, said she really has been relaxing and so should Walters.
Take some time. You have a wealth of friends who adore you. Spend some time with them, take a real vacation, Clinton said. I go out with my dogs, my husband and I take long walks, just let down and enjoy.
Clinton added: For like a week at least.
Hillary Clinton appears on "The View" with Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters on May 16, 2014. ABC News
Walters couldnt let the possible 2016 presidential candidate go without talking trying to get a scoop, telling Clinton: The question I really want to as you is if you are going to run.
Well I am running. Around the park, Clinton said to laughs.
When the conversation turned to what Clinton wants to be called when she becomes a grandmother, co-host Sherri Shepherd suggested, President Clinton.
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Hillary Clinton's Surprise Advice for Barbara Walters
(CNN) - Hillary Clinton continues to play coy with whether or not she is running for president.
At Barbara Walters' final taping of ABC's The View, the former secretary of state and prohibitive favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 was a surprise guest.
During her sit-down with Clinton, Walters asked Clinton whether she is running for president.
Continuing a tradition of joking about the 2016 election, Clinton said, "I am running - around the park."
Since leaving the State Department in 2013, Clinton has crisscrossed the country delivering paid speeches and appearing at high profile events. She acknowledged in April that she was "thinking" about running for president and has seen a number of former staffers begin to organize groups at the prospect of her candidacy.
Walters' final episode of The View was taped on Thursday and featured a cadre of high profile female journalists and newsmakers. The episode will air on Friday.
Walters is retiring from television journalism on Friday after a storied and groundbreaking five-decade career in the business. An icon for women in the profession and someone known for landing high profile interviews, Walters told CNN that she "knew it was time" for her to retire.
"I like all the celebration, that's great. But in my heart, I thought, 'I want to walk away while I'm still doing good work,'" Walters told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "You have to leave sometime, don't you? I want to leave while people like you are saying, 'Why are you going?' I just know it's the time to go."
Clinton offered Walters some advice on how to handle her upcoming influx of free time.
"First of all, take some time off," Clinton said.
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