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Former President Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bill Clinton embraces role as 'master explainer'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Here strode Bill Clinton onto the national convention stage once again, the Democratic man for all reasons.

Twelve years out of office but still and always ready to be needed, he took to prime time as master explainer and policy clarifier, party morale booster, voice of experience, earnest economics instructor, hoarse whisperer to the middle class and empathetic testifier for President Barack Obama, who came to the Democratic National Convention arena on Wednesday night to watch as the former commander in chief placed his name in nomination.

Former President Clinton talks with Golf Channel

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- There were no "Billigans" recorded when former President Bill Clinton recently sat down with former golf pro David Feherty to reflect on golf and the nation's highest office.

(KEVIN WOLF/The Associated Press) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and President Bill Clinton talk with Kennedy Center Honorees Yo-Yo Ma, center right, Meryl Streep and Barbara Cook, right, at the State Department following a dinner and reception for the on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 in Washington.

Clinton flies home to fete Kennedy Center honorees

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined in celebrating the nation’s top artists receiving the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday while home for less than 36 hours between diplomatic travels.

Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates

WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton, out of the Oval Office for nearly a decade and once considered a political liability, is campaigning for Democratic candidates at a pace no one can match, drawing big crowds and going to states that President Barack Obama avoids.

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