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 Hillary Clinton
October 26, 1947. Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947 to Hugh and Dorothy Rodham.
Chicago, IL. Hillary Clinton was born in Chicago and spent her childhood in Park Ridge, IL. She was a member of the National Honor Society and a Girl Scout. As First Lady, she served as the honorary president of the Girl Scouts of America.
Rose Law Firm. Hillary Clinton joined the Rose Law Firm in 1977 and practiced there until 1992.
12. While First Lady of Arkansas Hillary was named Woman of the Year and Mother of the Year.
1980. Bill and Hillary Clinton were married in 1975 and Chelsea was born five years later.
| In 1993 both Clintons came under scrutiny during an investigation of a failed real estate venture. What was the name of that venture? | Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Whitewater . In 1996 Hillary Clinton was called to testify before a grand jury investigating Whitewater. This was the first time a first lady was asked to appear before a grand jury.
It Takes a Village. The full title of the book is "It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us". Hillary Clinton won a Grammy for her recording of this book.
Illinois. Hillary Diane Rodham was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 26, 1947. She was the older sister to two brothers, Tony and Hugh. Though raised in a conservative Republican household, Mrs. Clinton switched her party affiliation to Democratic after the 1968 presidential election of Richard Nixon.
Wellesley. She graduated with honors from Wellesley with a degree in political science. Her graduation speech made Life magazine as she had criticized the speaker who preceded her, Massachusettes Senator Edward Brooke. One of the more memorable lines from the speech is "the challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."
Faber College is the fictitious school in "Animal House".
A song by Judy Collins. Chelsea Clinton received her name because her parents loved the song "Chelsea Morning" written by Joni Mitchell and recorded by Judy Collins.
| Mrs. Clinton has long been associated with an organization whose stated mission is to "lift children out of poverty, protect them from abuse and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation." Founded by Marian Wright Edelman in 1973, what is the name of this group with which Hillary Clinton has worked since its inception? | Hail to the Chief's Wife [3]: Hillary Clinton
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Children's Defense Fund. Hillary Rodham first met Marian Wright Edelman while she was a law student student at Yale and Mrs. Edelman was a civil rights attorney. She served on the board of the group for many years. The Children's Defense Fund was designated as one of the "American Idol Gives Back" beneficiaries in 2008.
Health care. Quickly dubbed "Hillarycare" by its opponents, the final plan presented by Mrs. Clinton and the Task Force on National Health Care Reform proved to be unpopular and was abandoned a year later. She found later success in championing 1997's State Children's Health Insurance program and helped create the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In running for the Senate from New York, Mrs. Clinton became the first First Lady to seek political office. Her opponent was Republican Congressman Rick Lazio who was soundly defeated despite criticism that she was a carpetbagger who had never resided in New York and lacked experience as an elected official. While in the Senate (2001-2009), Senator Clinton was generally thought to have performed well.
Tip O'Neill was a Congressman from Massachusetts (1953 - 1987) and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1977-1987. When first elected in 1953 he took over the House seat formerly held by John F. Kennedy, who had been elected to the Senate. He was succeeded in 1987 by Joseph P. Kennedy, the son of the late New York Senator and US Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
Mario Cuomo was the Governor of New York from 1983-1994. Rudolph Giuiani was the US Attorney for New York where he made his crime-busting reputation prosecuting Wall Street financiers like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken and members of organized crime. He was the Mayor of New York City from 1993-2001.
| In her bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008, Hillary Clinton sought to position herself as more experienced in foreign policy than rival Barack Obama. However, she may have overstepped herself when she received an avalanche of negative press for "mis-representing" which event? | Hail to the Chief's Wife [3]: Hillary Clinton
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While First Lady, she had landed in Bosnia under sniper fire. The quote that garnered so much attention read "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." (New York Times; March 25, 2008)
The film of the 1996 event, however, showed Mrs. Clinton and her then teen-aged daughter Chelsea smiling, waiving and shaking hands as they walked across the tarmac, accompanied by Bosnia's acting president.
Secretary of State. Mrs. Clinton became the third woman to assume the role of Madame Secretary; she was preceeded by Madeleine Albright and Condoleeza Rice.
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