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The Hill
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
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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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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.
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The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.