Letters reveal that former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton became close friends after leaving office. CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports.
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CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports on President George H. W. Bush's letters to his son, George W. Bush.
Today in the 5pm ET hour on CNN, Wolf Blitzer will delve into the elder Bush's bond with Bill Clinton.
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Bill Clinton talks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about Chelsea's role in his initiative.
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(CNN) – Bill Clinton regrets the swirl over comments he made earlier in the week in which he appeared to suggest he would be open to extending the so-called Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, the former president said Thursday.
"I'm very sorry about what happened," Clinton said in an interview to air on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." "I thought something had to be done on the 'fiscal cliff' before the election. Apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year."
Watch "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" today at 5pm ET on CNN for the full interview.
After four years, former President Bill Clinton has morphed into President Obama's key supporter among swing voters.
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In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, former President Bill Clinton expresses his support for President Obama's jobs plan and says his tax proposal isn't class warfare.
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By CNN’s Wolf Blitzer
New York (CNN) – Bill Clinton disagrees with his former political adviser James Carville. "It's never a good thing for the president to panic," the former president told me during a lengthy interview at his Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York.
I had asked him about Carville's recent recommendation in a CNN.com opinion piece that it's time for the White House to panic and for the president to fire some people and indict some Wall Street big shots for supposedly causing the country's economic meltdown. Carville, a CNN political contributor, is deeply worried about the economic and political crisis facing the president right now just as he gears up for his re-election campaign.
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By CNN’s Wolf Blitzer
I've been coming to New York almost every September for a long time, because of the United Nations General Assembly. It convenes at the same time each year. Leaders flock from all over the world, making it a good opportunity to sit down with some of them.
In recent years, I've also been able to interview former President Bill Clinton. He hosts his Clinton Global Initiative in New York at the same time, to allow world leaders to attend both the General Assembly and the CGI. In fact, tomorrow I'll be sitting down with Clinton.
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By CNN's Wolf Blitzer
(CNN) - Have you noticed how many liberals lately have been piling on President Barack Obama? Their criticism has been harsh and intense. They mostly focus on his supposed willingness to make concessions to conservative Republicans. They charge that he lets himself be bullied because it’s part of his nonconfrontational nature.
I remember hearing similar criticism in 1995 and 1996 when President Bill Clinton was hammered for making deals with House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other Republicans. Clinton, for example, agreed to major welfare reform, which infuriated many of his liberal base. He was accused of selling out long-standing Democratic Party principles.
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