AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those ….

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Obama will learn from his mistakes..

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It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated by hard-working, big-dreaming, freedom-loving people ….

White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home..