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Former President Bill Clinton defended a former longtime aide who was a subject of a critical magazine article in an interview with CBS News stanley cup Charlie Rose and Norah O Donnell Tuesday.Speaking from the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Clinton said he is grateful for the help of his former aide, Doug Band, who started as his personal aide, or bodyman in 2000 and rose to become a top counselor and confidante after Clinton s presidency had ended. He was the subject of a lengthy article published by the New Republic magazine Sunday that detailed how Band not only shaped Clinton s post-presidential empire, but also used his close connection with both the 42nd president and the Clinton Global Initiative to augment his personal wealth and the success of a con stanley uk sulting business he founded called Teneo Holdings. He was making a transition. He was starting a business. There s nothing wrong with him starting a business with people he met working for me, said Clinton, though he added that he has not read the article. That s the only way he could have ever met people he could do business with. He went to work for me when he was in his early 20s and still a law student. Clinton credited Band with helping to raise virtually 100 percent of the money raised in his stanley thermos post-presidency years. The New Republic article details how Band helped secure huge donations for the Clinton Global Initiative by controlling access to Cl Yyxu Austin Debate Brought Out Candidates Supporters In Droves
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Steve Chaggaris, Beth Lester, Natasha Kuzovich and Clothilde Ewing of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Lieberman Releases First Ads: On Tuesday, Joe Lieberman s presidential campaign released its first television ads, going up in New Hampshire with two messages. Touting his Leadership with Integrity theme, Lieberman s ads focus on Iraq and tax policy. The ads style, which Lieberman media consultant Mandy Grunwald calls On the Road with Joe, is informal and fast-paced, designed to be able to react to things in the news. The first ad highlights Lieberman s v stanley mug otes in favor of the Iraq war resolution and the $87 billion reconstruction package. Taking an overt swing at President Bush and a thinly veiled swipe at his stanley cup Democratic rivals, Lieberman says, We had to make a choice. I didn t duck it. I didn t play politics. I voted to support our troops and finish the job. The ad seems to recall Lieberman s criticism of other Democratic candidates, including Sen. John Kerry and Gen. Wesley Clark, made stanley cup in Sunday s debate. Despite this, the campaign says the ads are not negative and that New Hampshire voters in particular value this kind of bluntness and integrity. The second ad, on Lieberman s tax plan, goes directly after the GOP. Lieberman intones, [Republicans are] going to ransack the whole Social Security trust fund if we don t stop them. I m Joe Lieberman and I approve this message because we need to restore
Former President Bill Clinton defended a former longtime aide who was a subject of a critical magazine article in an interview with CBS News stanley cup Charlie Rose and Norah O Donnell Tuesday.Speaking from the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Clinton said he is grateful for the help of his former aide, Doug Band, who started as his personal aide, or bodyman in 2000 and rose to become a top counselor and confidante after Clinton s presidency had ended. He was the subject of a lengthy article published by the New Republic magazine Sunday that detailed how Band not only shaped Clinton s post-presidential empire, but also used his close connection with both the 42nd president and the Clinton Global Initiative to augment his personal wealth and the success of a con stanley uk sulting business he founded called Teneo Holdings. He was making a transition. He was starting a business. There s nothing wrong with him starting a business with people he met working for me, said Clinton, though he added that he has not read the article. That s the only way he could have ever met people he could do business with. He went to work for me when he was in his early 20s and still a law student. Clinton credited Band with helping to raise virtually 100 percent of the money raised in his stanley thermos post-presidency years. The New Republic article details how Band helped secure huge donations for the Clinton Global Initiative by controlling access to Cl Yyxu Austin Debate Brought Out Candidates Supporters In Droves
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Steve Chaggaris, Beth Lester, Natasha Kuzovich and Clothilde Ewing of the CBS News Political Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Lieberman Releases First Ads: On Tuesday, Joe Lieberman s presidential campaign released its first television ads, going up in New Hampshire with two messages. Touting his Leadership with Integrity theme, Lieberman s ads focus on Iraq and tax policy. The ads style, which Lieberman media consultant Mandy Grunwald calls On the Road with Joe, is informal and fast-paced, designed to be able to react to things in the news. The first ad highlights Lieberman s v stanley mug otes in favor of the Iraq war resolution and the $87 billion reconstruction package. Taking an overt swing at President Bush and a thinly veiled swipe at his stanley cup Democratic rivals, Lieberman says, We had to make a choice. I didn t duck it. I didn t play politics. I voted to support our troops and finish the job. The ad seems to recall Lieberman s criticism of other Democratic candidates, including Sen. John Kerry and Gen. Wesley Clark, made stanley cup in Sunday s debate. Despite this, the campaign says the ads are not negative and that New Hampshire voters in particular value this kind of bluntness and integrity. The second ad, on Lieberman s tax plan, goes directly after the GOP. Lieberman intones, [Republicans are] going to ransack the whole Social Security trust fund if we don t stop them. I m Joe Lieberman and I approve this message because we need to restore