A Moment for Hillary's Inner Wonk
Heather Hurlburt, the executive director of the National Security Network, was from 1995-2001 a speechwriter to President Clinton and Secretaries of state Albright and Christopher; from 2005-2007 she was an occasional speechwriter for then-senator Clinton.
Obama's erstwhile rival has been entrusted with his top national-security priority, but she still can't get any press. So her nuclear-policy speech was the perfect time to surrender to her inner wonk, says former Clinton speechwriter Heather Hurlburt.
Imagining Precious
David Kaufman is a New York-based journalist who regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Financial Times, Time International and Wallpaper—and is the charming madness behind the blog TRANSRACIAL.
Sapphire didn't want her 1996 book about a teen who endures unspeakable abuse to be sentimentalized.
Speed Read: The Clinton Tapes
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The Daily Beast culls the top 11 revelations of Taylor Branch's blockbuster new book about his candid chats with the Big Dog, including his thoughts on Gore's campaign and the Whitewater mess.
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Bill Clinton Fired Up Over Gay Rights
During an address to progressive group Netroots Nation, Bill Clinton gets heckled over Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Bill gives it back and defends his record on gay rights.
Laura Ling Speaks After Release from North Korea
Journalist Laura Ling tells how she and Euna Lee discovered they were free. It makes Bill Clinton and diplomacy seem, to quote Ling, "supercool." Source: Fox News
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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