This week, Bill Clinton's Presidential library released the latest block of formerly restricted documents to the public. These docs gave us new insight into the president's political strategies and thinking behind major events. (Via Clinton Library, The Clinton Foundation)
These docs gave us new insight into the president's political strategies and thinking behind major events. (Via The Clinton Foundation)
According to Politico, Bill wrote "What does Hillary think" on a memo discussing prohibiting federal funding for abortion.
Hillary has recently been hinting that she may run for president, and these documents prove she was a key player during her husband's presidency. (Via Comedy Central)
The president wrote, "Sandy, if this article is right, the CIA sure overstated its case to me — What are the facts?" (Via Clinton Library)
Clinton was referencing this New York Times article that questioned bin Laden's involvement in the 1998 bombing of African embassies.
Fox News pointed out the note was written two-and-a-half years before the 9/11 terror attacks.
On a 1994 document, it appears the president changed the language from "reports that genocide has occurred in Rwanda" to "Reports that acts of genocide may have occurred in Rwanda." A pretty big change. (Via Clinton Library)
Sotomayor is now a Supreme Court Justice after Obama's 2009 nomination. Obama was praised for the nomination because of Sotomayor's experience, sex and Hispanic ethnicity. (Getty Images)
However, The Washington Post pointed out a Clinton advisor said in 1997, "Although she has an engaging personality and is very intelligent, her nomination has posed more problems than any of the other Hispanic judges sitting on the federal bench."
The advisor was worried about Bush and Colin Powell's involvement in an upcoming summit on volunteerism saying, "If the price of their involvement becomes too high, if they take over the summit and what it stands for in the public eye, it will turn out to be a very bad deal." (Via Clinton Library, C-SPAN)
A speech writer had written this joke for a club dinner: "Socks has been a [sic] exemplary first pet; I don't want to disparage Millie but some have described her as – well it starts with 'B' and rhymes with 'witch.'" (Via Clinton Library)
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