White House OK'd Clinton mission only with caution - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – The White House approved Bill Clinton 's high-stakes rescue mission only with caution, intent that North Korea not benefit on the world stage. Yet officials now suggest it could mark a fresh start with the volatile regime. The freeing of two Americans on the former president's trip came with no strings attached, the Obama administration insisted Wednesday, and any move to break a stalemate over the reclusive dictatorship's nuclear weapons will have to come from Pyongyang....

US journalists return home from North Korea with Bill Clinton
Euna Lee and Laura Ling, the two US journalists freed after 140 days in captivity in North Korea, have returned home with Bill Clinton to a tearful reunion with their families in Los Angeles.

White House: 'War on terrorism' is over
The U.S. is no longer engaged in a "war on terrorism." Neither is it fighting "jihadists" or in a "global war." President Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism official took all three terms off the table of acceptable words inside The White House during a speech Thursday at a Washington think tank.

Bill Clinton Frees US Reporters From Kim Jong-Il's Clutches [Reporters In Peril]
Bill Clinton went on over to North Korea, met the crazy dictator there, and won: North Korea has pardoned Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee for their slanders and calumnies.

Steve Bing Flew Bill Clinton To N. Korea
So the former prez could negotiate the release of those two detained U.S. journalists. According to AP, Clinton flew to North Korea on movie producer/director Bing's private jet. Since it's currently illegal for American planes to fly to North Korea, Bing had to iron out details with the U.S. government over several days.

Wealthy Hollywood producer paid for Clinton's North Korea flight
WASHINGTON) — A wealthy Hollywood producer paid for the flight that carried former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists home from North Korea, a California businessman confirmed today. Stephen Bing, a close Clinton friend and longtime Democratic fundraiser, is the plane's owner, said Marc Foulkrod of Burbank, Calif., chairman of Avjet Corp., the company that manages the aircraft. Foulkrod said the Federal Aviation Administration "at the highest levels" cleared the flight...

The Wall Street Journal On Clinton's Successful Trip To North Korea: PHOTO
In the wake of Bill Clinton's successful trip to North Korea to secure the release of jailed journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, some Republicans couldn't wait to express their hearty congratulations on a job well done: You get the idea. And perhaps realizing that their rightwing brethren were sounding a little harsh about the safe return of two American citizens who had been imprisoned by a branch of the "Axis of Evil," the Wall Street Journal editorial page decided to be a little more...

BILL CLINTON TO BRING IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS HOME FROM NORTH KOREA
Former President Bill Clinton has won the release of Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been jailed in North Korea since March on charges of entering the country illegally. The state-run Korean Central News Agency announced that the two women had been pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and would be allowed to leave the country with Clinton. No mention of Clinton's visit to the country was made by either the North Korean or U.S. governments until the former...

Bill Clinton Used Vast Web of Business Contacts to Secure Journalists' Release
Former president Bill Clinton's central role in the return of two journalists detained by North Korea has once again cast a spotlight on his vast web of financial and political contacts, a network that troubled senators who weighed whether to confirm his wife as secretary of state.

White House welcomes release of jailed journalists - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – The Obama White House said Wednesday that it's "enormously pleased" with the release of two young journalists by North Korea . White House press secretary Robert Gibbs made the comment as the pair was getting off a private plane near Los Angeles after returning with former President Bill Clinton . Gibbs, speaking to reporters at The White House , also said that Bill Clinton will fill in President Barack Obama's national security team on what transpired during his trip as a...

Commentary: Bill Clinton shows that diplomacy works
President Clinton did more than free two unjustly jailed journalists. He jump-started the successful diplomacy he had begun 15 years earlier.

Man Offers 40 Goats And 20 Cows For Chelsea Clinton's Hand In Marriage, Hillary Responds
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan man's offer of 40 goats and 20 cows for Chelsea Clinton's hand in marriage may still be on the table – and Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised to convey the "very kind offer" to her daughter. To laughter at a town hall meeting Thursday in Kenya, CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked the U.S. Secretary of State if the Clintons had made a decision on the dowry offer. In 2000, a Kenyan man wrote to then-president Bill Clinton offering the animals in accordance with...

How Bill Clinton got the job
A reporter's family call was genesis of Clinton’s role as a go-between in international drama.

Bill Clinton went to N. Korea and laid his mack down: VIDEO
Embedded video from CNN Video The second black President couldn’t get it done, so they had to call up the O.G. How gangsta is that? Yo, there is nobody else in the United States government (that isn’t military) that coulda got those journalists any smoother. It so reminds me of the Jaime Foxx stand up when he was jokin about Bill talkin to Osama:

VP DEBATE SPECIAL: Bill Clinton Makes the Case For Joe Biden
Clinton says there’s no better VP choice to help repair our relationships around the world than Joe Biden. It’s hard to argue with Bill on that one.

Mission accomplished: Bill Clinton leaves North Korea as journalists are released
Two US reporters held in North Korea's notorious labour camps are to be released following the intervention of former president Bill Clinton.

White House Has Not Told Progressive Groups To Stop Targeting Dems
Despite telling Democratic senators that he didn't approve of the ads being run by left-wing groups against members of their own party, Barack Obama has not taken back-channel action to stop a coalition of the groups from airing their spots. Officials at the two progressive organizations, Democracy for America and Progressive Change Campaign Committee, tell the Huffington Post that they have not heard from The White House about the president's discontent with the ads. "We have never been...

Ads targeting Obama girls may anger White House
The advertisements could certainly get the attention of The White House, but they risk a father’s anger.

White House spokesman withdraws remarks on Iran's presidential election
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Wednesday withdrew his remarks that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "the elected leader," saying the Iranian people can decide whether the election is fair.     "Let me correct a little bit of what I said yesterday. I denoted that Mr. Ahmadinejad was the elected leader of Iran. I would say that is not for me to pass judgment on," the spokesman, who was accompanying President...

White House dismisses health care protests
The White House on Tuesday dismissed protests against President Obama's health care reforms in multiple states over the weekend as "manufactured anger."

Art For Life Brings You Vegan Dinner With Bill Clinton
Russell Simmons has launched an online auction for the 10th annual Art For Life Garden Party Benefit on July 18 in East Hampton. Art For Life Benefits Simmons’ charity, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation , that allows kids from disadvantaged backgrounds to connect with the arts. The online auction features the chance to attend a private dinner at Simmons’ place in East Hampton on July 20, where several guests will be present, including former president of the United States, Bill...

North Korea showing off progress with burgers: PHOTO
You want kimchi with that?

Trip puts Clinton back in limelight
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- It will be a while before the real impact of former U.S. President Bill Clinton's North Korea trip is known, but it has already kicked up expectations on the future of the two countries' relations, which currently are at their contentious worst. Clinton's main mission was securing the release of two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, held in the Communist country since March on charges that have never been clearly explained. That task was achieved...

Macca pays tribute to Michelle Obama with -The Beatles' classic
Washington, August 3 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney paid a special tribute to Michelle Obama with a classic song by his former band ‘The Beatles’. The singer dedicated the hit track “Michelle” to the US First Lady while rocking out at FedEx Field, reports the Politico. Meanwhile, Michelle, often dubbed the First Lady of Fashion, honoured the top designers at an annual luncheon at The White House. She called them “compelling innovators” who mix beauty with...