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How Back to the Future Could Boost Hillary. Yes, Even She Could Use One
While the media continues to parse every word Hillary didn’t say during the latest Benghazi ruffling, the rest of us should recall that pretty in pink moment when she actually broke her legendary silence. It was on April 22, 1994, that news-making year of Arafat’s return, OJ and Bosnia and Hillary’s own little war over Whitewater.
The Value of the Story from a Presidential Pro and Why That Matters
When Peter Hannaford spoke everyone listened, even the President. It was from Hannaford that I first learned about Washington power levers and that crucial skill of managing the news media. He was powerful, and brilliant, and a true gentleman whose finesse with words changed not only the times but an entire presidency.
The Art of Candor — a Communications Must
At a White House rope line, I once asked Mrs. Clinton if she kept a journal like President Reagan or Lady Bird Johnson’s immensely popular “A White House Diary.” As a Clinton Administration political appointee with a U.S. Senate confirmation, I was privy to that kind of candor with her and spent quite a bit of time at various events.