Bill Clinton: Brazil No. 1 among rising economies

Brazil appears to have the best long-term prospects among rising economic powers, thanks to its stable policy framework, ample natural resources and good relationship with its neighbors, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in a ringing endorsement of an economy that has struggled lately. "If I were just sitting in a room betting on the future of rising countries, I'd bet on Brazil first," Clinton said  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-brazil-clintonbre87r0ub-20120828,0,175952.story

Questions for Bill Clinton? Get them in by Friday.

A new season of the Philadelphia Speakers Series begins on Oct. 1 with a visit from Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/component/flexicontent/item/43476-questions-for-bill-clinton-get-them-in-by-friday?Itemid=219&linktype=hp_speakeasytop

Will.i.am, Bill Clinton to headline DNC party

Bill Clinton and Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am are hoping to party like it’s 1992.
They’re teaming up at a Democratic Party of Arkansas fundraising event next Tuesday during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Clinton will be celebrating the 20-year anniversary of his nomination as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee — hence the event’s title, “A Party Two Decades in the Making.”

Tickets to the event, which is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Westin Charlotte, start at $150. http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/08/william-clinton-to-headline-dnc-party-133359.html

Clinton Climate Initiative's Home Energy Affordability Loan (HEAL) program is piloting their new Small Business Model

The Clinton Climate Initiative's Home Energy Affordability Loan (HEAL) program is piloting their new Small Business Model to retrofit businesses and increase the bottom-line.
Read about how one company's CEO took the lesson learned into his own home. http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/27/cci-heal-small-business-program-ceo-takes-the-benefits-of-retrofitting-into-his-own-home/

PHOTOS Bill Clinton Makes Surprise Visit at Softball Game in East Hampton

http://easthampton.patch.com/articles/bill-clinton-makes-surprise-visit-at-softball-game-in-east-hampton#photo-11131721

It's #Cataracts Awareness Month. RT that we've completed over 40000 surgeries in #Peru

Clinton Foundation partners are involved in this http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/24/improving-vision-and-strengthening-incomes-in-peru/

Arkansas Dems to honor Bill Clinton at convention

The Democratic Party of Arkansas says it will honor former President Bill Clinton at a fundraising event at next month's Democratic National Convention.
The party says the event will be held Sept. 4 at The Westin in Charlotte, N.C., where the convention will be held. Tickets will cost $150 each.
The event will mark the 20th anniversary of when Clinton received the Democratic nomination for president. http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Arkansas-Dems-to-honor-Bill-Clinton-at-convention/iQ9KcJdSeUGZTJFlFO3How.cspx?rss=315

PHOTO Hillary and Bill Clinton on Vacation walking dogs

this is the best blog on Hillary!!!!
http://still4hill.com/2012/08/23/hillary-clinton-on-vacation-sort-of/

The Clinton Global Initiative will host its 8th Annual Meeting in New York City on Sept. 23-25.

Read Fast Company's article on the importance of the new theme, "Designing for Impact."

http://www.fastcompany.com/3000592/clinton-global-initiatives-new-theme-designing-impact-emphasizes-action

Former President Bill Clinton is expected in Seattle next month to raise funds for Democrat Jay Inslee's campaign for governor

Clinton is slated to attend a luncheon fund raiser Sept. 15. Prices of tickets range from $150 to $1,000 a seat, according to emails circulating among Inslee supporters. However, you may need to shell out as much as $5,000 to get your photo taken with the former president. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120822/BLOG13/120829954/-1/NEWS01

YIKES if you have that kind of money for a photo, you probably are voting for Romney. Use to $1000 for VIP photo-op.

The Clintons are 2nd most powerful couple in the world

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and current U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, named the second most powerful woman in the world this year, together form the world's premiere power pair.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmj45kefh/hillary-and-bill-clinton-2/

Clinton Foundation Helping Others Live Healthy: Danyel Johnson

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Youth Advisory Board members come from all corners of the U.S. Check out how Danyel is helping out her fellow students! http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/20/helping-others-live-healthy-danyel-johnson/

PHOTOS Bill Clinton Style Evolution: From College Sweatshirts To Tuxedos

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/19/bill-clinton-pictures_n_1806360.html?utm_hp_ref=style#slide=1393299

President Bill Clinton to Keynote C3 Summit on U.S.-Arab Business

The organizers of the 2012 C3 Summit have announced that President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will serve as keynote speaker at the C3 Summit 2012: The 21st Century Business Challenges in U.S.-Arab Opportunities to be held on September 13/14 in New York City. The Honorable Paula A. Cox, JP, MP, Bermuda’s Premier, will serve as Co Chair of the C3 Summit . http://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-bill-clinton-keynote-c3-123500476.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CRcTjJQOxwAvTjQtDMD

PHOTO Bill Clinton takes a walk on the beach on his bday

https://twitter.com/bettypino/status/237350555377336320/photo/1/large

CORRECTED link Join President Clinton and Chelsea in Los Angeles on October 8

Save the date
Join President Clinton and Chelsea in Los Angeles on October 8 for our latest Millennium Network event.

You an purchase tickes here http://action.clintonfoundation.org/mn/2012/la/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=081312enes&utm_source=081312enews

PHOTO Chelsea Clinton wishes a happy early birthday to her dad!

A very happy early birthday to my Dad! Marc and I are off after work today to meet my parents to celebrate this weekend - and my parents are starting their vacation. I'm thrilled they'll both (particularly my Mom!) get some rest! (Photo: Barbara Kinney/ Clinton Foundation) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=277721232327771&set=a.126553854111177.17215.103551633078066&type=1&theater

Clinton Foundation via the Alliance Helps Schools Reach 90 Percent Reduction in Beverage Calories

Through The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s school beverage agreements we’ve reduced beverage calories available in schools by 90 percent.
Read about how the Alliance is creating healthier learning environments. http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/17/alliance-helps-schools-reach-90-percent-reduction-in-calories-from-beverages/

Read a message Bon Jovi wrote for the President's 66th birthday

Jon Bon Jovi has been inspired by President Clinton's dedication to making a difference.
Read a message Bon Jovi wrote for the President's 66th birthday: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/16/jon-bon-jovi-wishes-president-clinton-a-happy-birthday/

VIDEO President Clinton is Building Tomorrow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMZ8nhNZmTI&feature=youtu.be

Bill Clinton Meets Bill Clinton: Former President Has Lunch With Ugandan Boy Named After Him (PHOTOS)

According to the Clinton Foundation's website, the baby was named Bill Clinton because he was born in the same month the American head of state first arrived in the African nation.
The Ugandan newspaper the Daily Monitor reports that the two Bill Clintons met in Entebbe, Uganda last Friday. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/bill-clinton-meets-bill-clinton-uganda_n_1784500.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

More than $2.5 billion in new capital invested in or loaned to small & medium-sized enterprises via Clinton Foundation work

The Clinton Foundation is  committed to building collaborative efforts to solve our greatest challenges. http://annualreport.clintonfoundation.org/2011/index.html

Waiting in the Wings: An Exclusive Interview with Chelsea Clinton

With her father's magnetism and her mother's discipline, Chelsea Clinton is finally embracing her political birthright. In this exclusive interview, Jonathan Van Meter discovers a young woman ready to change the world.
Chelsea Clinton is representative of her generation in a surprising number of ways: http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/waiting-in-the-wings-an-exclusive-interview-with-chelsea-clinton/#1

Clinton Foundation Creating Healthier Learning Environments

Since 2006, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program has been helping schools across the country transform themselves into healthier places—places where nutritious foods are available to students and physical activity is a priority. Back then, the program reached out to 231 schools in 13 states. Today, it supports more than 14,000 schools across the country, and has the only youth-led advisory group in the country focused on childhood obesity.
Each year, the Healthy Schools Program chooses a handful of its most effective http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/13/creating-healthier-learning-environments/

Former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton visit Utah

Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be the featured speakers at Outlook Leadership Conference 2012 at the Grand America Hotel. The event is organized by CSP — Convenience Store Petroleum — a publication that reports on fuels, beverages, tobacco, snacks, food service, etc. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560592/Former-presidents-George-W-Bush-Bill-Clinton-visit-Utah.html

Bill Clinton endorses Dan Roberti in 5th district

Roberti, a political newcomer from Kent, is running for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate. Roberti faces party-endorsed candidate Chris Donovan, the state House speaker from Meriden, and Elizabeth Esty, a former town councilor and former state . http://www.myrecordjournal.com/latestnews/article_a0aeb7a8-e569-11e1-9a4f-001a4bcf887a.html

Another example of how Clinton Foundation gets results Study Links Healthier Weight in Children With Strict Laws on School Snacks

The study, published Monday in Pediatrics, found a strong association between healthier weight and tough state laws regulating food in vending machines, snack bars and other venues that were not part of the regular school meal programs. Such snacks and drinks are known as competitive foods, because they compete with school breakfasts and lunches. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/health/research/study-links-healthy-weight-in-children-with-tough-snack-and-sugary-drinks-laws.html?_r=1

For specifics on the Clinton Foundation's role visit http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-topic/childhood-obesity.html

Clinton Foundation Home Energy Affordability Loan (HEAL) program is expanding to help small businesses and employees save on utility bills

The pilot company—Powers of Arkansas—has already seen an impact: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/10/cci-heal-small-business-profile-alan-hope,-ceo,-powers-of-arkansas,-inc/

Wish Bill Clinton a happy birthday on his special map

So before President Clinton turns 66 on August 19, I wanted to ask you if you would help us celebrate again this year and send him your birthday wishes. Add your name and personal message to his special birthday map today. http://clintonfoundation.org/happybirthday/?utm_campaign=BDay2012&utm_medium=email&utm_source=080912BDay2012&source=080912email

Clinton Meets With Mayors to Promote Investment in Cities

Former President Bill Clinton convened a meeting yesterday with seven mayors from around the country to discuss ways to attract private investment in public infrastructure.
The two-day conference in Tarrytown, N.Y., was inspired by Clinton’s support of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s newly created Infrastructure Trust, which aims to create jobs in the Windy City.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/clinton-investment-meetings-mayors/2012/08/09/id/448091

Bill Clinton endorses Oceguera for Congress

Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing Democrat John Oceguera in his campaign for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional seat. http://www.rgj.com/article/20120809/NEWS/308090057/Bill-Clinton-endorses-Oceguera-Congress?odyssey=tab%7ctopnews%7ctext%7cLocal%20News

VIDEOS & Photos Bill Clinton at National Clean Energy Summit in Vegas

 Below you will find all the text updates, photos, and videos that were posted during the event.
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1206539/events/1034074

Former President Clinton urges more cooperation in developing clean energy

"We need a bias for action, a bias for cooperation, and a bias for thinking big, even if we have to act small," Clinton said, speaking to the fifth annual Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas. http://www.lvrj.com/news/former-president-clinton-urges-more-cooperation-in-developing-clean-energy-165364206.html

The CEO of NRG Energy guest posts on Clinton Foundation, "Blazing a Path to the Clean Energy Society."

David Crane, the CEO of NRG Energy guest posts on our blog, "Blazing a Path to the Clean Energy Society."
Our work with NRG in Haiti is establishing sustainable solar power facilities for crucial infrastructure, including Haiti's hospitals, farms and schools.
Read about how solar power can be expanded in the US and other regions to build a cleaner future http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/clinton-foundation-blog.html/2012/08/07/blazing-a-path-to-the-clean-energy-society/

Dell Announces Dell World 2012 Featuring President Bill Clinton as Keynote Speaker

President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, and 42nd President of the United States, will deliver keynote address at the event . Details here http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dell-announces-dell-world-2012-featuring-president-bill-clinton-as-keynote-speaker-2012-08-07

Like and share President Clinton's message to help him drive future impact across the globe.

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VIDEO Bill Clinton, Mondale pay tribute to Humphrey's legacy

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/164988816.html

PHOTOS Bill Clinton at Starkey Hearing Foundation event Saturday

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/commercial-image-left-maria-bello-sister-rosemary-nyirumbe-photo-073135673.html

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/commercial-image-bill-austin-left-marlee-matlin-center-photo-072402786.html

Clinton Foundation releases 2011 financial report

The Clinton Foundation 2011 Annual Report brings together the stories of our last year of progress. Take a look at our impact and how we're building the world we believe in.
http://annualreport.clintonfoundation.org/2011/index.html

PHOTO Bill Clinton at DFL dinner in MN tonight

http://instagram.com/p/N7TNm2Bmqs/

Bill Clinton at Sea Island this week

Former President Bill Clinton has been beautifying Georgia’s coast this week, planting a tree on the grounds at Sea Island. http://blogs.ajc.com/the-buzz/2012/08/03/bill-clinton-at-sea-island-this-week/?cxntlid=thbz_hm

Walden Woods Project.awards Bill Clinton Climate Initiative

In front of a packed house inside the Park Plaza Hotel ballroom in Boston on July 25, Clinton received the Global Environmental Leadership Award for his Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), which was launched in 2006 and works in partnership with the C40 Climate Leadership Group (C40).read more: Walden Woods Project honors Bill Clinton for climate initiative - Lincoln, MA - Lincoln Journal
http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/news/x1814085401/Walden-Woods-Project-honors-Bill-Clinton-for-climate-initiative#axzz22RfmLcqK

Clinton Global Initiative University Campus Representative Application Opens for 2013

CGI U is now accepting Campus Representative applications for the 2012-2013 academic year. CGI U Campus Reps work with students, youth organizations, and the university community to raise awareness of CGI U on their respective campuses. These students share opportunities for engagement with the CGI U community, while serving as a driving force for student applications on their campuses.
http://whatcounts.com/dm?id=2F7041EC8BE64CCC8CBAF234F5AB5268F9EA1FEAA964DC7B

President Bill Clinton Announces New Funding for Haiti’s Hospital Bernard Mevs

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund grant, which totals $442,100, will help US-based non-profit Project Medishare and Bernard Mevis to implement a medical training and education programme for medical professionals in Haiti.
The 16-month initiative will train 47 radiologists, lab technicians and pathologists from Bernard Mevs and other hospitals in Haiti in the use of state-of-the-art medical equipment. http://www.caribjournal.com/2012/08/01/president-bill-clinton-announces-new-funding-for-haitis-hospital-bernard-mevs/   http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/