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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Welcome to Hillaryland...
By deputydan
Two veteran New York Times reporters -- with almost 42 years of combined experience -- decide to tell the true story of Hillary Clinton in a new biography. In doing so they are attacked by their own newspaper. And despite the fact that ...
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Hillary Creates GLBT Steering Committee and is Endorsed by $$$aire ...
By ladyjuliana
"I've seen how Hillary Clinton's experience, commitment, and leadership have made a difference for the LGBT community," said New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. "From her efforts to defeat the Federal Marriage Amendment to ...
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Hil. Calls For Queer Committee
Hours before the official anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has announced the formation of a lavender-tinged steering committee: LGBT Americans for Hillary. The 63-strong group includes NYC ...
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Painted in 2003 by Simmie Knox and unveiled at the White House in 2004. It was reported that when Elizabeth Dole joined the Senate in 2003 under somewhat similar circumstances, she modeled her initial approach after Clinton's, as did the nationally visible Barack Obama in 2005.

Kennedy, who in his 1964 campaign was similarly accused of carpetbagging, Clinton began her campaign by visiting every county in the state, in a "listening tour"of small-group settings. In 2004, Clinton co-founded and became the co-chair of the Senate India Caucus with the aid of USINPAC, a political action committee. According to reports by the Associated Press, her speech received a standing ovation lasting seven minutes. At the same time, Clinton has often been referred to as one of the most polarizing figures in American politics. ) Hillary Clinton made remarks about Tammy Wynette and baking cookies during the campaign that were ill-considered by her own admission. In late 2005, Clinton said that while immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be a mistake, Bush's pledge to stay "until the job is done"is also misguided, as it gives Iraqis "an open-ended invitation not to take care of themselves. Bill Clinton's campaign promise of "two for the price of one"led opponents to refer derisively to the Clintons as "co-presidents", or sometimes "Billary". On a visit to Iraq in February 2005, Clinton noted that the insurgency had failed to disrupt the democratic elections held earlier, and that parts of the country were functioning well. She subsequently voted against three of the nominees, but all were confirmed by the Senate. In 1969, Rodham graduated with departmental honors in political science. She successfully sought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health. However, Giuliani withdrew from the race after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, and Clinton instead faced Rick Lazio, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing New York's 2nd congressional district. In 1979, she became the first woman to be made a full partner of Rose Law Firm. Working with New York's senior senator, Charles Schumer, she helped secure $21. the tax cuts may have helped you"but that "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. Helped by her having passed the Arkansas but not the District of Columbia bar exam on her first attempt, Rodham "chose to follow my heart instead of my head"and follow Bill Clinton to Arkansas, rather than stay in Washington where career prospects were best. On the Senate floor, Clinton said Alito would "roll back decades of progress and roll over when confronted with an administration too willing to flaunt the rules and looking for a rubber stamp.