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On August 15, former President Bill Clinton addressed a world AIDS conference in Toronto. "In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it's true," he stated. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room. … Now that I have more days behind me than ahead of me, I try to wake up with a discipline of gratitude every day." Turning 60 is certainly a bummer for a man as reliant...

Op-Ed Contributor How We Ended Welfare, Together By BILL CLINTON Published: August 22, 2006 In my first State of the Union address, I promised to “end welfare as we know it”... The last 10 years have shown that we did in fact end welfare as we knew it, creating a new beginning for millions of Americans. In the past decade, welfare rolls have dropped substantially, from 12.2 million in 1996 to 4.5 million today... Sixty percent of mothers who left welfare found work... More than 20,000 businesses hired 1.1 million former welfare recipients... The success of welfare reform was bolstered...

Bill Clinton today dismissed suggestions of a link between the alleged airline bomb plot and the invasion of Iraq. The former US president said that although the situation in Iraq had not improved national security, the threat to countries such as the UK and the US predated the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Clinton also said he did not think military intervention in Afghanistan had put Britons at higher risk. "On the question of Iraq, I don't think it's improved our national security, but I don't think...

KITCHENER, August 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A family and psychological counselling agency in Kitchener Ontario, the Catholic Family Counselling Centre, is going ahead with plans to have former president Bill Clinton speak at a fundraising dinner in November. The Catholic Family Counselling Centre curiously bills itself as a "non-denominational" counselling agency even though it was established by the diocese of Hamilton in 1952 and retains the name "Catholic". After LifeSiteNews.com reported on the Centre's plan, some Catholics, including the auxiliary bishop, contacted both the Centre with concerns about Clinton's appearance. As president of the United States, Bill Clinton twice vetoed an attempt to...

Bill Clinton: Leaning to the Left rasmussenreports.com 42 minutes ago William Jefferson Clinton's presidency was one marked by many firsts. He was the first Baby Boomer president elected in the U.S. He was the first Democrat re-elected to a second term since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was the first president since Andrew Johnson to be impeached. Since his return to private life, Clinton has been the face of high profile humanitarian missions alongside his predecessor, President George H.W. Bush, including relief for the victims of the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. He's also worked through the William J. Clinton Foundation...

Former President Bill Clinton turns 60 years old on August 19. Just don’t remind him. "In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it’s true,” Clinton said at a world AIDS conference in Toronto. "For most of my working life, I was the youngest person doing what I was doing. Then one day I woke up and I was the oldest person in every room.” Clinton was a youthful 46 when he was first elected president in 1992. "Now that I have more days behind me than ahead of me, I try to...

TORONTO (AFP) - Bill Clinton hates it, but it is true: He will be 60 on Saturday, and he is often the oldest man in the room. The former baby-boomer-in-chief and 42nd US president admitted at a world AIDS conference here -- at which delegates serenaded him with "Happy Birthday" -- that his approaching milestone filled him with trepidation. "In just a few days, I will be 60 years old. I hate it, but it's true," the snowy-haired veteran of two tumultuous White House terms said.

Senator Hillary Clinton has denounced Vice President Dick Cheney for saying terrorists would be emboldened by the results of Connecticut's Democratic Primary. REPORTER: That's where an anti-war candidate defeated Senator Joe Lieberman. CLINTON: I don't take anything he says seriously anymore. I think that he has been a very counterproductive even destructive force in our country and I am very disheartened by the failure of leadership from the president and vice president. REPORTER: During a campaign stop in the Bronx yesterday, Clinton accused the administration of shortchanging New York of its homeland security money. A spokeswoman for the vice president...

It is 3:45 pm and on the Situation Room with Wolfe Blitzer, he had on a woman claiming to be a Lebanese Political Analyst who says she wrote a letter to "President Clinton" asking him in his peaceful manner to step in and stop the crazy Bush from executing this war on Lebanon. She said President Clinton was the only President who has ever been able to garner peace in the region. She says she does not recognize President Bush and that only President Clinon can do something to stop the bombs from dropping. You may be able to catch...

Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides Tuesday night at a $5 million fundraising dinner, giving the candidate a much-needed financial -- and morale -- boost in his race against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. ``This guy's got the heart of a lion,'' Clinton told supporters inside the swanky Beverly Hilton, standing alongside Angelides and former pro basketball great Magic Johnson. ``Please stick with him. He will win this thing.'' It was during that '92 campaign that Angelides, as state party chairman, rallied support for Clinton and endorsed him -- even before the primary -- and hosted a...

Former President Bill Clinton and big-city mayors from around the globe have joined in an initiative to combat climate change and increase energy efficiency in everything from street lights to building materials. The partnership between Clinton and the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group - an alliance of Rome, London, Mexico City, Los Angeles and other big cities that have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions- was to be formally announced Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles. The alliance's aim is to slash the pollutants that contribute to global warming. "It no longer makes sense for us to debate whether or not...

PARIS, Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - Segolene Royal, the Socialist tipped to become France's first female president, on Tuesday called for former US president Bill Clinton to intervene to calm the escalating Middle East conflict. "France can play an intermediary, trustworthy role" but we also need "voices that carry international weight, that have moral authority", Royal told RTL radio. "I am thinking about people such as Bill Clinton. We can find others, one per continent, who will be able to relaunch dialogue and give the feeling that we can talk to each other again," she said. "We need person-to-person talks...

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton accused the Republican Party of using the immigration issue to divide Congress and the nation, local media reported on Sunday. "It is a way of creating a divided community and distracting people from the real challenges facing the country, whether it is in Iraq and Afghanistan, or homeland security, or how to build a clean energy future, or how to solve the healthcare crisis, or how to create new jobs for America," Clinton told one of the nation's largest Latino civil rights groups in Los Angeles Saturday night. Calling the immigration debate a divisive distraction,...

One of the largest Latino organizations in the country will host a former president and a top Bush adviser today at a conference in Los Angeles. The National Council of La Raza, a civil rights group, will open the conference with remarks by former President Bill Clinton who is expected to lead the morning panel. The four-day conference also will be attended by President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove, who is expected to speak at a Tuesday lunch with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina will attend the conference as well....

LOS ANGELES - Former President Bill Clinton praised President Bush on Saturday for supporting reforms that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to seek citizenship but said the debate in Congress is being fomented by Republicans who want to divide America. "I'm proud of him for doing it and I thanked him for doing it," he said of Bush during a "Cafe con Clinton" breakfast speech to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy group. Clinton said Bush's roots in Texas — which has one of the nation's largest Hispanic...

KITCHENER, ON, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - LifeSiteNews.com has learned that former US President Bill Clinton is to speak at a fundraiser for the Catholic Family Counselling Centre in Kitchener Ontario.  His scheduled November 8 address will mark the second time Clinton has been employed by a Catholic institution for a fundraiser in the same diocese.Andrew Wilding, the Director of Resource Development for the Catholic Family Counselling Centre told LifeSiteNews.com that while the speaking engagement has been confirmed, they have not yet secured a location for the event.  Wilding also confirmed that the Counselling Centre was founded by the...

Saturday, July 8 Café Con Clinton Location: West Hall B Time: 9:00-10:15 a.m. The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, Former President of the United States National Affiliate Luncheon: Stronger Communities. Stronger America. Location: West Hall B Time: 12:30-2:30 p.m. Emcee: Lupe Ontiveros Father Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., Founder and Executive Director, Jobs For A Future/Homeboy Industries Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles Town Hall: Toward Immigration Reform and Beyond: Latinos and Labor Unions Working Together Location: Concourse Hall 152 Time: 3:30-5:00 p.m. Moderator: Cecilia Muñoz,...

How to bring back Bill A Clinton-Clinton 2008 ticket is constitutionally possible. WASHINGTON, D.C., AND MADISON, N.J. – Americans are nostalgic for the 1990s. They long for a time when terrorism was perceived as a problem confined to foreign lands and when the stock market's rise seemed unstoppable. And, it turns out, many of them miss former President Bill Clinton. In a recent poll conducted for CNN, respondents favored Mr. Clinton over President Bush on a variety of issues, including policy areas traditionally viewed as GOP strongholds. By a wide margin, those surveyed indicated that Clinton did a better...

Bill Clinton speaks against 'demonizing' political leaders6/17/2006, 7:26 p.m. ET By PEGGY HARRIS The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that, if he returns to the White House in 2008 because his wife becomes president, his role would be to "do whatever she wants" because that's what a good citizen would do. Clinton said he didn't know if U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat from New York seeking re-election this year, would run for president in two years as some have speculated, but he predicted a woman could win the most powerful office...

New York -- Former President Bill Clinton praised evangelical Christians on Thursday for their recent efforts on global warming and debt relief for poor nations and said he sees growing understanding between people of different faiths. Clinton made the remarks while accepting an award from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. He said that as president he had "a consuming interest in the intersection of religion and politics." He said evangelicals, few of whom voted for him, "were instrumental in the biggest debt relief initiative in history in my last year as president because they believed in the admonition of...