Hillary: Bill Won't Attend Classified Security Briefings

ABC:

If she makes it to the White House, Sen. Hillary Clinton said today her husband will take on the same responsibilities as traditional presidential spouses, with no access to National Security Council meetings.

"I think he would play the role that spouses have always played for presidents," said Clinton, in an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "He will not have a formal, official role, but just as presidents rely on wives, husbands, fathers, friends of long years, he will be my close confidante and adviser as I was with him."

The candidate said having President Clinton participate in National Security Council meetings "wouldn't be appropriate," and in a crisis situation - like the one faced by President Bush this week after the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - President Clinton would not sit in on discussions with his wife's national security team.

But Sen. Clinton did say she expects the former president to play a role as an informal adviser to the White House staff.

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Comments

[foreffectivegovernment]

I hope to hell he does!!!!!!!!!!

I want it to be like his third term.

[Zhonni]

Exactly what does Edwards mean?

Quite frankly, Clinton will not have a role in my W.H. That is not to say that if there is something he is the most knowledgeable at that I wouldn't ask him. I would.

He can also be helpful as an ambassador at large.

[bIgTeX]

Who would Hillary Clinton be with out her husband? Answer: No one important. Why people like her has to do with the fact that she is female and the fact that she is Bill Clinton's wife. Hardly a prerequisite for holding the highest office in the USA. Down with Hillary!!

[BadChristian]

He won't attend.

So... She is saying that the President won't get that information, or that the President won't be in the room?

Bill is better in that room, with lower negatives than Hillary... He'll know the information that comes out of it, and I'm betting he'll have that clearance required to get it from people besides Hillary.

So... Who cares where the Cheshire Cat is. Wherever he will want to be. America has been a "Family Business" for a long time now.

[Pdubya]

yeah, but he sleeps with the enemy.

[eastearll]

And who will run with Mrs. Clinton for the 3rd spot on the ticket?

[breathestolive]

Get real. Bill, as a formal or an informal advisor, will do more to help this country than ANY Bush administration official.

He can only be an asset, and anyone who says otherwise is either stupid or itching for a fight.

[zendem1]

POSSIBLE JOB TITLES FOR BILL IN A HILLARY ADMINSTRATION

White House Skirt Inspector

Deputy Chief in charge of extra-marital affairs

Secretary of Good Feelings

Postmasturbation General

First Bitch

[Talcott]

..and neither will Hillary.

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007

Washington, DC –Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:

1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 – and rightly so – for blocking the release her official White House records. Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals. Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against Senator Clinton for filing false financial disclosure forms with the U.S. Senate (again). And Hillary’s top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu, was exposed as a felon and a fugitive from justice in 2007. Hsu pleaded guilt to one count of grand theft for defrauding investors as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2007