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The liberal website Thinkprogress has published a rough transcript of Bill Clinton's interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace, and it appears to be even more contentious than the brief clip that has been released shows.  Here are some excerpts from Clinton's angry defense of his conduct of the war on terrorism, beginning when Wallace asked him "Why didn't you do more, connect the dots and put [al Qaeda] out of business?"I will answer all of those things on the merits but I want to talk about the context of which this arises. I’m being asked this on the Fox network…[note...

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- By far the glossiest, most glamorous part of the Clinton Foundation is an offshoot called the Clinton Global Initiative, a celebrity and CEO-studded conference held in New York City each September. This year's event, Sept. 20 to 22, will be the second CGI, and it's expected to draw some 1,000 eminences, ranging from executives (Rupert Murdoch, Josef Ackermann) to activists (Carl Pope of the Sierra Club) to governmental types (Jacques Chirac, Laura Bush, and most likely Hank Paulson, whose wife, Wendy, went to college with Hillary Clinton). Citigroup has pledged $5.5 million and is backing a...

For pure entertainment value, not much can compete with the blood sport of New Jersey politics. Last week federal investigators launched a probe into whether U.S. Senator Robert Menendez illegally benefited to the tune of more than $300,000 from a rental-income deal he had with a nonprofit agency that received millions of dollars in federal contracts. Even liberal good government groups agree that the relationship may have violated congressional conflict-of-interest rules. The allegations have sparked a mini-panic among state Democratic operatives, who not so long ago thought Mr. Menendez -- who was appointed by Jon Corzine ... had the November...

Bill Clinton was feted Saturday night with performances from a dazzling array of film, comedic and musical superstars in a tribute befitting, well, a former U.S. president...While Saturday night's birthday party, also attended by Clinton's wife Hillary and their daughter Chelsea, amounted to a thinly veiled fundraiser, it's unlikely Toronto will see its equal for some time. Canadian chanteuse Sarah McLachlan, country superstar Tim McGraw, and legendary folk singer James Taylor were just some of the musicians on the bill.

William Clinton did not leave the White House. He oozed out of it, leaving a trail of reeking corruption that left even his most faithful defenders gagging in revulsion. First, to escape prosecution for perjury in the Monica Lewinsky case, Clinton admitted lying under oath, had his law license suspended, and paid a US$25,000 fine. Next, the Clintons made off with $180,000 of White House furnishings, and a truckload of gifts from influence-seekers, including expensive tables from a certain Mrs. Denise Rich. Then, at midnight on his last day in office, Clinton pardoned 140 criminals. Drug dealers formed the largest...

Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctionsby John in DC - 9/07/2006 06:02:00 PM This letter was sent today by the entire Democratic leadership of the US Senate. This letter is such a major shot across the bow of Disney, it's not even funny. It is FILLED with veiled threats, both legal and legislative, against Disney. US Senators don't make threats like this, especially the entire Democratic leadership en masse, unless they mean it. Disney is in serious trouble. Read it, then read my analysis of it below:September 7, 2006 Mr. Robert A. Iger President and...

WASHINGTON - A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made. Clinton pointedly refuted several fictionalized scenes that he claims insinuate he was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal to care about bin Laden and that a top adviser pulled the plug on CIA operatives who were just moments away from bagging the terror master, according to a letter to ABC boss Bob Iger obtained by The Post. The former president...

Three From Clinton Administration Urge Disney to Cancel or Revise Sept. 11 MiniseriesBy JESSE McKINLEY Published: September 7, 2006 Three members of the Clinton administration have written the chairman of the Walt Disney Company, ABC’s parent, to complain that the network’s coming two-part miniseries “The Path to 9/11” is fraught with factual errors and fabrications. The letters ask that the five-hour movie, scheduled for broadcast Sunday and Monday, be either edited for accuracy or canceled, and ABC gave a small indication yesterday that some changes might be made. One of the officials, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, said in...

Clintons take her campaign to the fair SYRACUSE, N.Y. Former President Bill Clinton says he's not pressuring his wife to run for president. The former president made comments at the State Fair yesterday, where Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was capping a three-day swing through New York farm country. The trip has served to boost Clinton's visibility in the state's Finger Lakes wine region and other rural parts of central New York, a predominantly Republican region where she would need to do well if she runs for president in 2008. Former President Bill Clinton said he quote -- "didn't have a...

Clinton turns 60: Second wind with the Stones By Laszlo Trankovits Aug 18, 2006, 12:20 GMT Washington - Bill Clinton is a master of self invention. Nearly every American knows the photograph of the star-struck 16- year-old youth, worshipfully shaking the hand of President John F Kennedy - symbolic of his teenage dream to live in the White House someday. Nearly six years after the end of his spectacular presidency, Clinton is still mining the suggestive power of photographs. His picture is everywhere - at the AIDS conference in Toronto with Bill Gates, in Southeast Asia with the elder President...

Former President Bill Clinton turns 60 years old on August 19. Just don’t remind him. "In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it’s true,” Clinton said at a world AIDS conference in Toronto. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room.” Clinton was a youthful 46 when he was first elected president in 1992. "Now that I have more days behind me than ahead of me, I try to...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Kathy Augustine, Nevada's impeached state controller, suffered a massive heart attack at her Reno home over the weekend and is in a coma at an area hospital, family members said Monday. Augustine's husband, Chaz Higgs, blamed campaign stress for Augustine's heart attack. A critical care nurse, Higgs administered CPR and summoned an ambulance early Saturday after realizing Augustine, 50, who he thought was asleep in their bedroom, wasn't breathing and had no pulse. "Stress. I think that is probably the factor. She has been complaining about it during the whole campaign," Higgs said at a...

WILLIAM Jefferson Blythe III was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Ark. After his mother remarried, he took the family surname, Clinton. Clinton was a good student. He enjoyed playing the saxophone and even considered a professional musical career. While in high school, a fortuitous meeting with President John Kennedy led him to choose a life of public service.

The clouds part, the sun shines, and the cow moos... U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (C) stands among protesters calling for peace in Sudan as she gathered to honor former Sudanese child slave Simon Deng, who had just walked 300 miles (483 km) from the United Nations in New York to the Capitol Building in Washington April 5, 2006. Deng walked from New York to Washington to highlight 'the genocide and modern-day slavery in Sudan.' Congress later on Wednesday will be voting on the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Hillary not aware of Bill's advice to DubaiNew York Daily News Article Last Updated: 03/04/2006 1:37 AM MST US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) at a press conference on US Port Security, 01 March 2006. Former president Bill Clinton has privately advised Dubai officials how to address US political concerns over a controversial ports deal, as his wife, Senator Clinton, publicly attacks the deal(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards) WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton didn't know her husband was giving Dubai advice on the port deal she is fighting, and Bill Clinton says he didn't even get paid for it. ''These guys called...

Canadian & Albertan FReepers Needed: Bill Clinton will be speaking to University of Alberta students. Spend an evening with Former President Bill Clinton as he discusses various issues facing our world today including the critical issues that affect the Canadian-American relationship. Where: Rexall Place, Edmonton AB Canada DIRECTIONS When: Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Details of the event The site did not mention if a ladies-only after hours party followed :-)

'Commander in Chief' Takes Six-Week Break By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES - "Commander in Chief" is going on a six-week hiatus, making way for a new comedy from "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels as part of ABC's midseason schedule makeover. The White House drama, which brought Geena Davis a Golden Globe last month for her portrayal of the president, will air through Feb. 28. It will be replaced in its 9-10 p.m. EST Tuesday slot March 7 by the sitcom "Sons & Daughters."

WATCH THE VIDEO When Peter Paul co-hosted the DNC Fundraiser in Los Angeles in February,2000, paul was the only one allowed to videotape the President's personal remarks. This meeting and discussions about the comics business with Stan lee led to Paul's decision to hire Clinton as a rainmaker when he left the White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The impeachment of former President Clinton is in a gray area of history, too long ago to be a current event, too recent to be judged in perspective. Yet history is already judging Clinton in the place where millions of students get their information about him - textbooks. Seven years after he was impeached in a scandal of sex, perjury and bitter politics, Clinton has become a fixture in major high school texts. The impeachment is portrayed in the context of his two-term tenure, a milestone event, but not one that overshadows how Clinton handled the economy,...

The suspension of Bill Clinton's law license ends next month. The web page showing his suspension is pasted below - or click the Source link to see the original.