Hillary Clinton

During her husband's campaign in 1982, Rodham began to use the name Hillary Clinton.

After her husband became a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1992, Hillary Clinton received national attention for the first time.

Hillary Clinton made remarks about Tammy Wynette and baking cookies during the campaign that were ill-considered by her own admission.

Later saying she had been misled by her husband's initial claims that no affair had taken place, Hillary Clinton stated at the time that the allegations against her husband were the result of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

Both Clintons' memoirs later stated that the revelation of the affair was a very painful time in their marriage; Hillary Clinton faced both support and criticism for remaining in the marriage.

Hillary Clinton received an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.

Hillary Clinton has been involved in numerous controversies involving allegations of legal, financial, or ethical wrongdoings, notably official enquiries into her business dealings in Arkansas and her involvement in the administration of her husband, as well as controversial public and private statements that attracted media attention.

Hillary Clinton has been given numerous awards and honors related to her public service.

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Obama Swipes at Clinton's Experience
Washington Post - United States
By NEDRA PICKLER AP WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama contends that former President Clinton can lead the nation on the first day ...
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Clinton vs. Obama in Chicago
Chicago Tribune - United States
Barack Obama of Illinois set up shop at Fulton's on the River for an event that was expected to raise about $100000. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York was ...
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Savage repeated debunked falsehood that Obama attended madrassa
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a 'madrassa' are not accurate, according to CNN reporting." The Associated Press and ABC News ...
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Hannity again selectively excerpted interview with Obama's pastor ...
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Barack Obama's church, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, "has a very black-separatist point of view." Hannity played a video clip of an interview with Wright from ...
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Oh-eight (D): Obama utters the 'C' word
MSNBC - USA
"Watching Dodd reinforces something I've written before: Despite the fascination with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the lesser known Democrats are more ...
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Obama accuses religious right of perverting faith
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
DEMOCRAT US presidential candidate Barack Obama has accused some right-wing evangelical leaders of hijacking faith to sow division. ...
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Clinton appears with her husband on the opening night of the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

The First Lady with her family in a 1997 paradeThe First Lady with her family in a 1997 paradeOfficial portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton as First Lady of the United States. This centrist and somewhat vague stance caused frustration among those in the Democratic party who favor immediate withdrawal. During her time as First Lady, Clinton was also the subject of official investigations regarding firings in the White House travel office, the circumstances of White House counsel Vince Foster's death, and questionable use of FBI background files. She also chaired the Rural Health Advisory Committee starting in 1979 and introduced the Arkansas' Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth, a program that helps parents work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy. On January 20, 2007, Clinton announced on her Web site the formation of a presidential exploratory committee, with the intention to become a candidate for president in the United States presidential election of 2008.

At the same time, Clinton has often been referred to as one of the most polarizing figures in American politics. The long-serving United States Senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, announced his retirement in November 1998. In July 2004 and June 2006, Clinton voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment that sought to prohibit same-sex marriage. Senator Clinton voted against the tax cuts introduced by President Bush, including the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, saying it was fiscally irresponsible to reopen the budget deficit. , advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal, which culminated in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974. In the summer of 1975, the couple bought a house in Fayetteville, and on October 11, 1975, Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton were married in a Methodist ceremony in its living room. "After the evidence of President Clinton's encounters with Lewinsky became incontrovertible, she remained resolute that their marriage was solid.