An Intimate Policy Discussion with Bill Clinton

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By Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sep 21, 2010 7:21 PMNov 19, 2019 8:51 PM

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Last night I was honored and humbled to share a small round table dinner discussion with Bill Clinton. I can confirm that in person, he's exceptionally charming and extraordinarily brilliant. I'm amazed not only at the level of understanding he demonstrates on a very wide breadth of topics--from peace negotiations to elevating the status of women around the world--but also by his ideas toward solutions.

It was the first evening of the Clinton Global Initiative and I asked our former President about how we might broaden public awareness on energy issues to follow through on boosting both clean energy and the economy. I'll have a lot more to say about that once I can compose a longer detailed post, but this morning I'm back at CGI for day 2 and do not want to miss a thing. In the mean time, I would like to direct readers to Taegan Goddard's latest at Political Wire. We sat together last night (Thanks to Taegan for the photo above!) and he's already got details up on his question:

At an intimate policy discussion on the eve of the Clinton Global Initiative meetings in New York City, I asked former President Bill Clinton if he saw similarities between today's Tea Party movement and the supporters of Ross Perot during his presidency.

Go read his response...

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