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In the background, second from the right, is then-Senator [[Barack Obama]].]] Bill Clinton has continued to be active in public life since leaving office in 2001, giving speeches, fundraising, and founding charitable organizations,<ref>{{cite news | first=Josh | last=Gerstein | title=Clinton Eligible, Once Again, To Practice Law | work=[[The New York Sun]] | date=January 17, 2006 | url=http://www.nysun.com/article/25965?page_no=2 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> and has spoken in prime time at every Democratic National Convention.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Corasaniti | first1=Nick | last2=Williams | first2=Josh | title=Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speeches | work=The New York Times | date=September 5, 2012 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/05/us/politics/clinton-dnc-speeches.html | access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> ===Activities until 2008 campaign=== In 2002, Clinton warned that pre-emptive military action against Iraq would have unwelcome consequences,<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0210/02/ip.00.html | title=House Passes Resolution Authorizing Use of Force in Iraq; New Jerssy Supreme Court Hears Argument For, Against New Democrat on Ballot | work=CNN | date=October 2, 2002 | access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/clinton-urges-caution-over-iraq-as-bush-is-granted-war-powers-607775.html |work=The Independent |location=London |first=Andrew | last=Grice |date=October 3, 2002 |title=Clinton urges caution over Iraq as Bush is granted war powers |access-date=August 30, 2011 | quote="A pre-emptive action today, however well justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future."<br /><br />As someone who had ordered military action before, he said: "I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die." | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821084326/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/clinton-urges-caution-over-iraq-as-bush-is-granted-war-powers-607775.html |archive-date=August 21, 2011 }}</ref> and later claimed to have opposed the Iraq War from the start (though some dispute this).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/bill_clinton_says_he_opposed_iraq_war_from_start | title=Bill Clinton Says He Opposed Iraq War from Start (UPDATED) | publisher=Outside The Beltway | date=November 28, 2007 | access-date=September 12, 2013}}</ref> In 2005, Clinton criticized the Bush administration for its handling of emissions control, while speaking at the [[United Nations Climate Change conference]] in Montreal.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4515898.stm | title=Last-minute climate deals reached | work=BBC News | date=December 10, 2005 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> The [[William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], was dedicated in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4021201.stm | title=Clinton Library open for business | work=BBC News | date=November 18, 2004 | access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Clinton released a best-selling autobiography, ''[[My Life (Bill Clinton autobiography)|My Life]]'', in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news | last=Glaister | first=Dan | title=Oprah Winfrey book deal tops Clinton's $12 m | date=May 22, 2006 | work=The Guardian | location=London | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/22/books.media | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> In 2007, he released ''[[Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World]]'', which also became a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller]] and garnered positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/bestseller/0923besthardnonfiction.html | title=Best Sellers | date = September 23, 2007 | work=The New York Times | access-date=September 18, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130510044404/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/bestseller/0923besthardnonfiction.html| archive-date=May 10, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Bush and Clinton.jpg|thumb|Former president George H. W. Bush and Clinton in the White House Library, January 2005]] In the aftermath of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Asian tsunami]], [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|U.N. secretary-general]] [[Kofi Annan]] appointed Clinton to head a relief effort.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6894871 | title=Clinton to be U.N.'s envoy on tsunami relief | date=February 1, 2005 | agency=Associated Press | work = NBC News | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> After [[Hurricane Katrina]], Clinton joined with fellow former president George H. W. Bush to establish the Bush-Clinton Tsunami Fund in January 2005, and the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund in October of that year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal/recipient_2006.html | title=2006 Philadelphia Liberty Medal Award | publisher=Constitutioncenter.org | access-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> As part of the tsunami effort, these two ex-presidents appeared in a [[Super Bowl XXXIX]] pre-game show,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39788-2005Jan26.html | title=Senior Bush, Clinton to Appear at Super Bowl | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Mark | last=Maske | date=January 27, 2005 | access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> and traveled to the affected areas.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4281627.stm | title=Bush, Clinton end tsunami visit | work=BBC News | date=February 21, 2005 | access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> They also spoke together at the funeral of [[Boris Yeltsin]] in April 2007.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268092,00.html | title=Former Presidents Bush, Clinton Represent U.S. at Boris Yeltsin's Funeral | work=Fox News | date=April 24, 2007 | access-date=May 10, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208142544/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268092,00.html | archive-date=December 8, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Based on his philanthropic worldview,<ref>{{cite web|first=Jon | last=Meacham |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/12/20/planetary-problem-solver.html |title=Planetary Problem Solver |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=December 20, 2009 |access-date=September 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816140119/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/12/20/planetary-problem-solver.html |archive-date=August 16, 2011 }}</ref> Clinton created the [[William J. Clinton Foundation]] to address issues of global importance. This foundation includes the Clinton Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative (CHAI), which strives to combat that disease, and has worked with the Australian government toward that end. The [[Clinton Foundation|Clinton Global Initiative]] (CGI), begun by the Clinton Foundation in 2005, attempts to address world problems such as global [[public health]], poverty alleviation and religious and [[ethnic conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org |title=Clinton Global Initiative |publisher=[[Clinton Foundation|Clinton Global Initiative]] |date=June 19, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110807000555/http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005, Clinton announced through his foundation an agreement with manufacturers to stop selling sugary drinks in schools.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/05/03/383279.html | title=William J. Clinton Foundation announces agreement to reduce junk food in schools | publisher=Comcast.net | access-date=August 25, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501105724/http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=%2F2006%2F05%2F03%2F383279.html | archive-date=May 1, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Clinton's foundation joined with the [[Large Cities Climate Leadership Group]] in 2006 to improve cooperation among those cities, and he met with foreign leaders to promote this initiative.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.clintonfoundation.org/080106-nr-cf-cci-pr-president-clinton-launches-clinton-climate-initiative.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022059/http://www.clintonfoundation.org/080106-nr-cf-cci-pr-president-clinton-launches-clinton-climate-initiative.htm | archive-date=September 27, 2007 | title=Clinton Foundation and Climate Partnership, Press Release | date=August 1, 2006}}</ref> The foundation has received donations from many governments all over the world, including Asia and the Middle East.<ref name="theage.com.au">{{Cite news | first1=Peter | last1=Baker | first2=Anne | last2=Davies | date=November 18, 2008 | url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/obama-team-turns-scrutiny-on-bill-clinton-20081117-692j.html | title=Obama team turns scrutiny on Bill Clinton | work=[[The Age]] | location=Melbourne | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> In 2008, Foundation director [[Inder Singh (philanthropist)|Inder Singh]] announced deals to reduce the price of anti-malaria drugs by 30 percent in developing nations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08233/905462-114.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131140152/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08233/905462-114.stm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |title=Young man combines expertise in economics and social issues at Clinton Foundation |first=Pohla | last=Smith |date=August 20, 2008 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=August 30, 2011 }}</ref> Clinton also spoke in favor of [[California Proposition 87 (2006)|California Proposition 87]] on [[energy development|alternative energy]], which was voted down.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Peach | last=Indravudh | title=Clinton backs Prop. 87 | date=October 15, 2006 | work=Daily Bruin | publisher=[[UCLA]] | url=http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2006/10/clinton-backs-prop-87 | access-date=August 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108163926/http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2006/10/clinton-backs-prop-87 | archive-date=November 8, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ===2008 presidential election=== [[File:Bill Clinton 2008 DNC (01) (cropped1).jpg|thumb|Clinton speaking at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]]]] During the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008|2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign]], Clinton vigorously advocated on behalf of his wife, Hillary. Through speaking engagements and fundraisers, he was able to raise $10 million toward her campaign.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/30/bill-clinton-2007-speech-haul-tops-10-million | title=Bill Clinton 2007 speech haul tops $10 million | first=Robert | last=Yoon | date=July 30, 2008 | work=CNN | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Some worried that as an ex-president, he was too active on the trail, too negative to Clinton rival [[Barack Obama]], and alienating his supporters at home and abroad.<ref name="CBS-Tarnish">{{Cite news | author=Vaughn Ververs | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/analysis-bill-clintons-lost-legacy/ | title=Analysis: Bill Clinton's Lost Legacy | work=CBS News | date= January 26, 2008 | access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> Many were especially critical of him following his remarks in the South Carolina primary, which Obama won. Later in the 2008 primaries, there was some infighting between Bill and Hillary's staffs, especially in Pennsylvania.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html | title=The Long Road to a Clinton Exit | work=The New York Times | author=Peter Baker |author2=Jim Rutenberg | date=June 8, 2008 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Considering Bill's remarks, many thought he could not rally Hillary supporters behind Obama after Obama won the primary.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/08/06/a-catharsis-in-denver.html | date=August 6, 2008 | work=Newsweek | first=Jonathan | last=Alter | title=A Catharsis in Denver? | access-date=September 11, 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110110248/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/08/06/a-catharsis-in-denver.html | archive-date=November 10, 2011 }}</ref> Such remarks led to apprehension that the party would be split to the detriment of Obama's election. Fears were allayed August 27, 2008, when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]], saying all his experience as president assures him that Obama is "ready to lead".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/08/bill_clinton_vouches_for_obama.html |title=Bill Clinton vouches for Obama: now 'ready to lead'. |date=August 28, 2008 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |first=Lynn | last=Sweet |access-date=August 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017063638/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/08/bill_clinton_vouches_for_obama.html |archive-date=October 17, 2011 }}</ref> After Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was over, Bill Clinton continued to raise funds to help pay off her campaign debt.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/24/clinton-turns-husbands-charity-retire-campaign-debt | title=Clinton Turns to Husband's Charity to Retire Campaign Debt | work=Fox News | date=December 24, 2008 | access-date=August 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216041228/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/24/clinton-turns-husbands-charity-retire-campaign-debt/ | archive-date=February 16, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-clinton-raffles-himself-to-pay-hillarys-campaign-debt/ | title=Bill Clinton Raffles Himself to Pay Hillary's Campaign Debt | work=CBS News | date=May 13, 2010 | first=Stephanie | last=Condon | access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> ===After the 2008 election=== [[File:Prime Minister Modi meets Bill and Hillary Clinton.jpg|thumb|Clinton, his wife [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]], and Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] with Foreign Minister [[Sushma Swaraj]] in New York City on September 29, 2014]] In 2009, Clinton travelled to North Korea on behalf of two American journalists [[2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea|imprisoned]] there. [[Euna Lee]] and [[Laura Ling]] had been imprisoned for illegally entering the country from China.<ref name=BBCDPRK>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8182716.stm | title=Bill Clinton meets N Korea leader | work=BBC News | date=August 4, 2009 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> [[Jimmy Carter]] had made a similar visit in 1994.<ref name=BBCDPRK /> After Clinton met with North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-il]], Kim issued a pardon.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8184583.stm | title=North Korea pardons US reporters | work=BBC News | date=August 4, 2009 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | first1=Mark | last1=Landler | first2=Peter | last2=Baker | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/asia/06korea.html | title=Bill Clinton and Journalists in Emotional Return to U.S. | work=The New York Times | date=August 5, 2009 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Since then, Clinton has been assigned many other diplomatic missions. He was named United Nations [[Special Envoy of the Secretary-General|Special Envoy]] to Haiti in 2009 following a series of hurricanes which caused $1 billion in damages.<ref name="haiti">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8056762.stm | title=Bill Clinton to be UN Haiti envoy | work=BBC News | date=May 19, 2009 | access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Clinton organized a conference with the Inter-American Development Bank, where a new industrial park was discussed in an effort to "build back better".<ref name="Sontag">{{cite news |author=Deborah Sontag |title=Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn't Broken |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/world/americas/earthquake-relief-where-haiti-wasnt-broken.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/world/americas/earthquake-relief-where-haiti-wasnt-broken.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 5, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In response to the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], U.S. president Barack Obama announced that Clinton and George W. Bush would coordinate efforts to raise funds for Haiti's recovery.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/16/presidents-clinton-bush-lead-effort-to-raise-funds-for-haiti | title=Presidents Clinton, Bush lead effort to raise funds for Haiti | work=CNN | date=January 16, 2010 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> Funds began pouring into Haiti, which led to funding becoming available for Caracol Industrial Park in a part of the country unaffected by the earthquake. While Hillary Clinton was in South Korea, she and [[Cheryl Mills]] worked to convince SAE-A, a large apparel subcontractor, to invest in Haiti despite the company's deep concerns about plans to raise the minimum wage. In the summer of 2010, the South Korean company signed a contract at the U.S. State Department, ensuring that the new industrial park would have a key tenant.<ref name="Sontag"/> In 2010, Clinton announced support of, and delivered the keynote address for, the inauguration of [[NTR plc|NTR]], Ireland's first environmental foundation.<ref>{{cite news | title=Clinton backs NTR's environment foundation | work=[[Irish Independent]] | url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/clinton-backs-ntrs-environment-foundation-2089592.html | first=Emmet | last=Oliver | date=March 5, 2010 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=President Bill Clinton Delivers Keynote Address | publisher=NTR Foundation | date=March 4, 2010 | url=http://www.ntr-foundation.org/uploads/documents/press/clinton_event_press_release_March_4_2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.ntr-foundation.org/uploads/documents/press/clinton_event_press_release_March_4_2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live | access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Clinton gave a widely praised speech nominating Barack Obama.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/06/opinion/opinion-roundup-clinton/index.html | title =Bill Clinton brings it for Obama | publisher =CNN | date =September 6, 2012}}</ref> ===2016 presidential election and after=== [[File:Bill Clinton (25881799091).jpg|thumb|Clinton campaigning at an election rally for his wife Hillary who was running for President of the United States, 2016]] During the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Clinton again encouraged voters to support Hillary, and made appearances speaking on the campaign trail.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.wwaytv3.com/2016/10/26/bill-clinton-rallies-for-hillary-in-wilmington/ | title=Bill Clinton Rallies for Hillary in Wilmington | publisher=WWAY News | date=October 26, 2016 | access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> In a series of tweets, then-President-elect [[Donald Trump]] criticized his ability to get people out to vote.<ref name="CBS">{{Cite news | first=Rebecca |last=Shabad | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-goes-after-bill-clinton-hillary-clinton/ | title=Trump goes after Bill Clinton over post-election comments | agency=CBS News | date= December 20, 2016 | access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> Clinton served as a member of the electoral college for the state of New York.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mahoney|first=Bill|title=Electoral delegate Bill Clinton: 'Never cast a vote I was prouder of'|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/12/electoral-delegate-bill-clinton-never-cast-a-vote-i-was-prouder-of-108194|access-date=November 10, 2020|newspaper=Politico}}</ref> He voted for the Democratic ticket consisting of his wife Hillary and her running-mate [[Tim Kaine]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[File:The Funeral of President George H.W. Bush (31265099837).jpg|thumb|The [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|state funeral of George H. W. Bush]] in December 2018]] On September 7, 2017, Clinton partnered with former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama to work with [[One America Appeal]] to help the victims of [[Hurricane Harvey]] and [[Hurricane Irma]] in the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] and [[Texas]] communities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349993-former-presidents-add-irma-recovery-to-fundraising-appeal/|title=Former presidents fundraise for Irma disaster relief|last=Shelbourne|first=Mallory|date=September 10, 2017|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref> [[File:BidenClinton.jpg|thumb|Clinton with President [[Joe Biden]] in February 2023.]] In [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], Clinton again served as a member of the United States Electoral College from New York, casting his vote for the successful Democratic ticket of [[Joe Biden]] and [[Kamala Harris]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral College members from New York, 2020 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Electoral_College_members_from_New_York,_2020 |agency=[[Ballotpedia]] |access-date=January 2, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Jon |title=Clintons cast first ballots as New York Electoral College votes for Joe Biden |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2020/12/14/new-york-electoral-college-vote-joe-biden-clinton/6538629002/ |newspaper=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |access-date=January 2, 2021 |date=December 14, 2020}}</ref> ===Post-presidential health concerns=== In September 2004, Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8511817.stm | work=BBC News | title=Bill Clinton 'in good spirits' after heart procedure | date=February 12, 2010 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> In March 2005, he again underwent surgery, this time for a partially collapsed lung.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7127096 | title=Clinton surgery called successful | agency=Associated Press | work=NBC News | date=March 10, 2005 | access-date=August 31, 2011}}</ref> On February 11, 2010, he was rushed to [[Columbia University Irving Medical Center|New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital]] in Manhattan after complaining of chest pains, and he had two [[coronary stent]]s implanted in his heart.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /><ref>{{Cite news | first=Mark | last=Egan | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-clinton-idUSTRE61A5L020100211 | title=Bill Clinton in good spirits after heart procedure | work=Reuters | date=February 11, 2010 | access-date=September 11, 2011 | archive-date=July 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726194837/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/11/us-clinton-idUSTRE61A5L020100211 | url-status=live }}</ref> After this procedure, Clinton adopted a plant-based whole foods ([[vegan]]) diet, which had been recommended by doctors [[Dean Ornish]] and [[Caldwell Esselstyn]].<ref name="cnn2011">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/18/bill.clinton.diet.vegan/index.html | title=From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton | first=David S.|last=Martin | date=August 18, 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> However, he has since incorporated fish and lean proteins at the suggestion of [[Mark Hyman (doctor)|Mark Hyman]], a proponent of the [[Pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] ethos of [[functional medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heasman|first=Chris|date=April 16, 2018|title=This Is What Hillary Clinton Eats|url=https://www.mashed.com/118104/hillary-clinton-eats/|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=[[Mashed.com]]}}</ref> As a result, he is no longer a strict vegan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brodwin|first=Erin|title=What the author of 'Eat Fat, Get Thin' eats — and avoids — every day|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/eat-fat-get-thin-diet-clintons-doctor-2017-5|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> In October 2021, Clinton was treated for [[sepsis]] at the [[University of California, Irvine Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://thehill.com/homenews/news/576882-bill-clinton-hospitalized-with-sepsis/|title = Bill Clinton hospitalized with sepsis|work = [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date = October 14, 2021|access-date = October 14, 2021|last = Choi|first = Joseph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/bill-clinton-released-hospital-98cfbab9c7cb593a8449d4ca8c916cbf|title = Bill Clinton back home after hospitalization from infection|last = Daley|first = Haven|date= October 17, 2021|access-date = October 19, 2021|work = [[Associated Press]]}}</ref> In December 2022, Clinton tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former U.S. President Clinton tests positive for COVID |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bill-clinton-tests-positive-covid-tweet-2022-11-30/ |access-date=December 1, 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 30, 2022}}</ref> ===Wealth=== The Clintons incurred several million dollars in legal bills during his presidency, which were paid off four years after he left office.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clintons-pay-off-legal-bills | title=Clintons Pay Off Legal Bills | website=[[CBS News]] | date=June 14, 2005 | access-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref> Bill and Hillary Clinton have each earned millions of dollars from book publishing.<ref name="NYT-2008-04-05">{{cite news | last=McIntire | first=Mike | title=Clintons made $109 Million in Last 8 Years | date=April 5, 2008 | work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/politics/05clintons.html}}</ref> In 2016, ''[[Forbes]]'' reported Bill and Hillary Clinton made about $240{{nbsp}}million in the 15{{nbsp}}years from January 2001, to December 2015, (mostly from paid speeches, business consulting and book-writing).<ref>{{cite news | last=Alexander | first=Dan | title=How Bill And Hillary Clinton Made $240 Million In The Last 15 Years | work=Forbes | date=November 8, 2016 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2016/11/08/how-bill-house-hillary-clinton-made-240-million-how-much-earnings-rich-white/ | access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> Also in 2016, [[CNN]] reported the Clintons combined to receive more than $153{{nbsp}}million in paid speeches from 2001 until spring 2015.<ref name="CNN-2006-02-06">{{cite web | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/05/politics/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-paid-speeches/index.html | title=$153 million in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented |first=Robert | last=Yoon |work=CNN| date=February 6, 2016 | access-date= February 7, 2016}}</ref> In May 2015, ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' reported that Bill and Hillary Clinton have made more than $25{{nbsp}}million in speaking fees since the start of 2014, and that Hillary Clinton also made $5{{nbsp}}million or more from her book, ''[[Hard Choices]]'', during the same time period.<ref>Ben Kamisar, [https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/242291-clintons-made-more-than-25-million-in-speaking-fees-since/ Clintons earned more than $25 million for speeches since 2014] (May 15, 2015), ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]''</ref> In July 2014, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that at the end of 2012, the Clintons were worth between $5{{nbsp}}million and $25.5{{nbsp}}million, and that in 2012 (the last year they were required to disclose the information) the Clintons made between $16 and $17{{nbsp}}million, mostly from speaking fees earned by the former president.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Mullins | first1=Brody | last2=Nicholas | first2=Peter | last3=Ballhaus | first3=Rebecca | title=The Bill and Hillary Clinton Money Machine Taps Corporate Cash | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=July 1, 2014 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bill-and-hillary-clinton-money-machine-taps-corporate-cash-1404268205 | access-date=July 30, 2019 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> Clinton earned more than $104{{nbsp}}million from paid speeches between 2001 and 2012.<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{cite news|last1=Epstein|first1=Jennifer | title=Clinton Family Speeches Netted as Much as $26 Million for Foundation |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=May 22, 2015 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-22/clinton-foundation-discloses-speech-fees | publisher=Bloomberg News | access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref> In June 2014, ABC News and ''The Washington Post'' reported that Bill Clinton has made more than $100{{nbsp}}million giving paid speeches since leaving public office, and in 2008, ''The New York Times'' reported that the Clintons' income tax returns<ref>(linked in the NYT article)</ref> show they made $109{{nbsp}}million in the eight years from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2007, including almost $92{{nbsp}}million from his speaking and book-writing.<ref name="NYT-2008-04-05" /><ref name="washingtonpost-2014-06-26">{{cite news | first1=Philip | last1=Rucker | first2=Tom | last2=Hamburger | first3=Alexander | last3=Becker | title=How the Clintons went from 'dead broke' to rich, with $104.9 million for ex-president's speaking fees | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=June 26, 2014 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-clintons-went-from-dead-broke-to-rich-bill-earned-1049-million-for-speeches/2014/06/26/8fa0b372-fd3a-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html | access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="ABC-News-2014-06-09">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-defends-high-dollar-speaking-fees/story?id=24052962|title=Hillary Clinton Defends High-Dollar Speaking Fees|date=June 9, 2014|publisher=[[ABC News]] and [[Good Morning America]]|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Salameh|last=Nematt|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2008/11/17/bills-500000-kuwait-lecture.html|title=Bill's $500,000 Kuwait Lecture|date=November 17, 2008|website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> Bill Clinton has given dozens of paid speeches each year since leaving office in 2001, mostly to corporations and philanthropic groups in North America and Europe; he often earned $100,000 to $300,000 per speech.<ref name="CNN-2006-02-06" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|title=Clinton Eligible, Once Again, To Practice Law|newspaper=[[The New York Sun]]|date=January 17, 2006|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/25965?page_no=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/us/politics/10clinton.html | title=Bill Clinton Ponders a Role as First Gentleman | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Patrick | last=Healy | date=May 10, 2007 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Bentley |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2300374.ece |title=Forty Million Dollar Bill, Independent, 2007 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 24, 2007 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015064614/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2300374.ece |archive-date=October 15, 2007 }}</ref> Russian investment bank with ties to the Kremlin paid Clinton $500,000 for a speech in [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html|title=Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal|first1=Jo|last1=Becker|first2=Mike|last2=McIntire|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/clinton-foundation-received-millions-uranium-132500796.html|first1=Colin|last1=Campbell|first2=Pamela|last2=Engel|title=The Clinton Foundation received millions from investors as Putin took over 20% of US uranium deposits|date=April 23, 2015|website=[[Yahoo! Finance]]}}</ref> Hillary Clinton said she and Bill came out of the White House financially "broke" and in debt, especially due to large legal fees incurred during their years in the White House. "We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education". She added, "Bill has worked really hard ... we had to pay off all our debts ... he had to make double the money because of, obviously, taxes; and then pay off the debts, and get us houses, and take care of family members".<ref name="ABC-News-2014-06-09" /> === Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein === In the early 2000s, Clinton took flights on [[Jeffrey Epstein]]'s private jet in connection with Clinton Foundation work.<ref name="McDonald">{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Scott |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton says he didn't know about Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking crimes |work=[[Newsweek]] |url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-says-he-didnt-know-about-jeffrey-epsteins-alleged-sex-trafficking-crimes-1448171 |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Michael |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein: How Are They Connected? |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/nyregion/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein.html |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> According to Epstein's attorney [[Gerald B. Lefcourt]], Epstein was "part of the original group that conceived of the [[Clinton Global Initiative]]".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hill|first1=James|first2=Matthew|last2=Mosk|date=February 11, 2016|title=Victims: Feds Hid 'Sweetheart' Deal for Sex Offender With Deep Political Ties|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-feds-hid-sweetheart-deal-sex-offender-deep/story?id=36843144|work=ABC|access-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720073439/https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-feds-hid-sweetheart-deal-sex-offender-deep/story?id=36843144|archive-date=July 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, a spokesperson for Clinton praised Epstein as "a committed philanthropist" with "insights and generosity".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Clinton and Trump Plead Ignorance as Epstein's Old Friends Begin to Sweat |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/clinton-trump-plead-ignorance-as-jeffrey-epstein-friends-begin-to-sweat |access-date=October 20, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair }}</ref> While Clinton was president Epstein visited the White House at least 17 times.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 3, 2021 |title=Jeffrey Epstein Visited Bill Clinton's White House at Least 17 Times From 1993 to 1995, Visitor Logs Show |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-visited-bill-clintons-white-house-at-least-17-times-from-1993-to-1995-visitor-logs-show/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |magazine=National Review }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruhalter |first=Kana |date=December 2, 2021 |title=White House Visitor Logs Show Just How Friendly Epstein and President Clinton Were |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-visited-president-bill-clinton-17-times-white-house-visitor-logs-show |access-date=October 20, 2022 |website=The Daily Beast}}</ref> Years later, Epstein was convicted on sex trafficking charges. Clinton's office released a statement in 2019 saying, "President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York. In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took four trips on Jeffrey Epstein's airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation. Staff, supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail traveled on every leg of every trip. [...] He's not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade."<ref name="McDonald" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moye |first1=David |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton Denies Knowing Anything About Jeffrey Epstein's 'Terrible Crimes' |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-statement_n_5d23c6c6e4b0cfb595fad85a |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Arciga |first=Julia |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton: I Flew With Jeffrey Epstein but Knew 'Nothing' About 'Terrible Crimes' |website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> However, later reports showed that Clinton had flown on Epstein's plane 26 times.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 14, 2016 |title=Report: Bill Clinton Flew on Disgraced Donor's Jet 26 Times |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2016/05/13/report-bill-clinton-flew-on-disgraced-donors-jet-26-times/ |access-date=October 20, 2022 |newspaper=Roll Call}}</ref> In another statement Clinton said "one meeting with Epstein in his Harlem office in 2002, and around the same time made one brief visit to Epstein's New York apartment with a staff member and his security detail". In July 2019 it was reported that Clinton attended a dinner with Epstein in 1995, a meeting with Epstein that Clinton had not previously disclosed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melendez |first=Pilar |date=July 11, 2019 |title=Bill Clinton Failed to Mention His Intimate 1995 Dinner With Epstein |website=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-clinton-failed-to-mention-his-intimate-1995-dinner-with-epstein |access-date=October 22, 2022}}</ref> Clinton reportedly used Epstein's private jet to visit [[Little St. James Island]], where Epstein resided,<ref name="independent 3">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prince-andrew-sex-allegations-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-had-21-phone-numbers-for-bill-clinton-9959491.html|title=Prince Andrew sex allegations: Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein 'had 21|date=January 6, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> on multiple occasions between 2002 and 2005.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-is-jeffrey-epstein-a-study-of-the-man-linked-to-worlds-of-celebrity-politics-and-royalty-9954397.html|title=Jeffrey Epstein – the billionaire paedophile at the centre of the Prince Andrew sex claim|date=January 2, 2015|website=The Independent}}</ref> [[Virginia Roberts Giuffre|Virginia Roberts]], later known as Virginia Giuffre, says in a lawsuit that while working at [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Mar-a-Lago]] resort<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233704797.html |title=Huge cache of records details how Jeffrey Epstein and madam lured girls into depraved world |last1=Brown |first1=Julie K. |last2=Blaskey |first2=Sarah |date=August 9, 2019 |website=[[Miami Herald]] |access-date=July 28, 2020 |quote=Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, says she was 16 and working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was approached by [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, about becoming a masseuse for Epstein.}}</ref> she was lured into a [[sex-trafficking]] ring run by Epstein and while traveling with Epstein she saw Clinton on the island.<ref name="politico">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983|title=The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=POLITICO|date=May 4, 2017 }}</ref> In a 2011 conversation with her lawyers, Roberts stated that Clinton traveled to Epstein's retreat on Little St. James in 2002.<ref name="Buzzfeed"/> According to Roberts, Epstein told her that Clinton "owes me favors" when she asked what he was doing there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/bill-clinton-went-jeffrey-epsteins-island-2-young-girls-virginia-giuffre-says-1521845|title=Bill Clinton Went to Jeffrey Epstein's Island With 2 'Young Girls,' Virginia Giuffre Says|newspaper=Newsweek|date=30 July 2020|first=Daniel|last=Villarreal}}</ref> She also reportedly claimed that Epstein and Clinton had dined in the presence of two girls aged approximately seventeen whom she believed Epstein had invited to have sex with Clinton, but that Clinton showed no interest in them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-clinton-didn-t-bait-013258134.html|title=Bill Clinton 'Didn't Take The Bait' Of Two 'Underaged' Girls, Jeffrey Epstein Docs Claim|newspaper=Yahoo! News|date=4 January 2024|first=Afouda|last=Bamidele}}</ref> A [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request for [[United States Secret Service]] records of visits Clinton may have made to Little St. James produced no such evidence.<ref name="politico"/> According to Epstein's flight logs, Clinton never flew near the U.S. Virgin Islands.<ref name="Buzzfeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/clinton-epstein-innuendo|title=Plenty Of Innuendo, But No Hard Evidence Of New Clinton Sex Scandal|website=BuzzFeed News|date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> In July 2019, a Clinton spokesperson issued a statement saying Clinton never visited the island.<ref name="APnews">{{cite news |last=Coto |first= Dánica |url=https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |title=Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=August 13, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813012919/https://www.apnews.com/cd794044e8be4e619093582d6d3355d2 |archive-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Kate|last=Sullivan|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein/index.html|title=Bill Clinton 'knows nothing' about Epstein's 'terrible crimes,' spokesman says|website=[[CNN]]|date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> According to former Clinton aide, [[Doug Band]], Clinton visited Epstein's island in January 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Norton |first1=Tom |title=Did Bill Clinton Visit Jeffrey Epstein's Island? What We Know |url=https://www.newsweek.com/did-bill-clinton-visit-jeffrey-epstein-island-what-we-know-1857039 |work=[[Newsweek]] |date=2 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Gabriel |title=Confessions of a Clintonworld Exile |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/12/confessions-of-a-clintonworld-exile |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=2 December 2020}}</ref> In 2024, unsealed court documents revealed allegations that Clinton had visited the offices of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and 'threatened' the paper not to print stories about Epstein's sexual trafficking. Former ''Vanity Fair'' editor [[Graydon Carter]] denied the incident ever took place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-court-documents-bill-clinton-threatened-magazine-not-to-publish-articles-about-his-good-friend-13042406|title=Jeffrey Epstein court documents: Bill Clinton 'threatened' magazine not to publish articles about his 'good friend'|newspaper=Sky News|date=5 January 2024|first=Connor|last=Sephton}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/01/04/new-epstein-documents-unsealed-bill-clinton-threatened-vanity-fair-over-sex-trafficking-coverage-email-alleges/|title=New Epstein Documents Unsealed: Bill Clinton 'Threatened' Vanity Fair Over Sex Trafficking Coverage, Email Alleges|newspaper=Forbes|date=4 January 2024|author=Antonio Pequeño IV}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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