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(Photo: AP Photo/Jon Winslow, File)
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Age: 59
Born: October 26, 1947; Chicago, Ill.
Education: B.A. Wellesley College, 1969; J.D. Yale University, 1973.
Military: None
Family: Married (Bill), one child
Hometown: Chappaqua, N.Y.
Religion: Methodist
Career: U.S. Senate, 2001-present; First Lady of the U.S., 1993-2001; Rose Law Firm, 1977-1992, (made partner in 1/79); Lecturer in Law, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1979-80; Asst Professor of Law, director of legal aid clinic, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, 1974-77; Impeachment Inquiry Staff, House Judiciary Committee, 1974; Staffer, Children’s Defense Fund, 1973-74
Since her election to the Senate, Clinton has been credited with reaching across the aisle to work with Republicans.
Clinton voted for the Iraq war resolution in 2002.
Viewed by many as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.
Clinton chaired the President’s Task Force on Health Care Reform, but did not succeed in implementing her health care plan.
In 1988 and 1991, Clinton was named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the country.
Clinton served on the board of Wal-Mart from 1986-1992.
In 1974, Clinton worked for the House Judiciary Committee's special counsel John Doar on the impeachment of Richard Nixon.
Clinton’s 1969 Wellesley commencement speech won notice in Life magazine.
Father ran a drape and curtain factory.
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