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Senior White House correspondent at The Hill and co-author of HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton
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Amie Parnes
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FROM Amie Parnes
To the Point
Obama's Next Role: Campaigner–in-Chief for Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders has asked for an Oval Office meeting tomorrow, raising an important political question: what role will President Obama be playing in the upcoming campaign. Photo: Marc Nozell Some termed-out incumbent presidents have been albatrosses around the necks of candidates of their own parties who've been nominated to succeed them, but Barack Obama's expected to play a major role between now and November. Amy Parnes, who has covered the White House since 2008, is now covering this year's campaign for The Hill.
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Hillary Clinton and Political 'Inevitability' Hillary Clinton was considered "inevitable" in 2008. Barack Obama proved that she wasn't, when she failed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Now she's "inevitable" for 2016. Are there second acts in American politics? We hear about potential challenges from the progressive wing of the party, and why many political pros think she's unstoppable anyway — if she decides to run.
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.