Dec 4th, 2008 · When Eric Holder served as deputy attorney general under President Clinton, he pardoned Marc Rich, who'd been charged with fraud and tax evasion, and whose ex-wife contributed thousands of dollars to the Clintons. At the time, many considered the move scandalous.
Nov 25th, 2008 · Eric Holder, president-elect Barack Obama's reported pick for attorney general, had a bigger role than previously disclosed in the pardon for Marc Rich by President Clinton. George Lardner, the author of an op-ed piece in Saturday's New York Times about Holder's role in the pardon, offers his insight.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne note that the president-elect is putting together a team of former rivals with common ties to President Clinton's administration and two Ivy League pillars.
Nov 20th, 2008 · The Obama transition team has announced that campaign strategist David Axelrod will be a senior advisor. Some compare Axelrod's relationship with President-elect Obama to that of Karl Rove and President Bush, or James Carville and President Clinton. During the campaign, Axelrod wore out several BlackBerries because he was emailing, texting and calling so much.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Washington attorney Eric Holder has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next attorney general. Holder, a former U.S. attorney who served as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department under President Clinton, would be the nation's first black attorney general.
Nov 12th, 2008 · Haircuts have figured prominently in Democratic presidential politics. John Edwards has never lived down his $400 do. President Clinton spawned the legend that planes were delayed at Los Angeles International Airport while a celebrity stylist snipped away on Air Force One. On Tuesday, Barack Obama's barber came to him — at a friend's apartment in Chicago. But except for the president-elect's new motorcade, there was nothing fancy about the cut.
Nov 6th, 2008 · Democratic officials say president-elect Barack Obama has picked Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief of staff. If Emanuel accepts, he would return to the White House where he served as a political and policy adviser to President Clinton.
Sep 22nd, 2008 · The group was formed to urge Congress to put President Clinton's impeachment to rest and "move on." In 10 years it has amassed 4.2 million e-mail addresses and helped define new forms of fundraising and activism in American politics.