Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized today in New York City.  Said Clinton's Counselor Douglas Band in a statement:  "Today President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest. Following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts. In 2004, President Clinton underwent a successful quadruple bypass operation to free four ...

President Bill Clinton had some short intermittent chest pain. He was admitted to the hospital and underwent several stents. From WaPo: Former president Bill Clinton was hospitalized Thursday in New York, where doctors inserted two stents into a clogged coronary artery after he complained of chest pains. The one-hour procedure went smoothly, according to his cardiologist, and Clinton could be released as soon as Friday. Clinton, 63, was recovering at New York Presbyterian Hospital’s campus at Columbia University, the same hospital where he underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2004. The former president had recurring episodes of chest pain over the ...

Long-time Congresswoman Diane Watson is expected to announce her retirement from Congress on Thursday. Watson, 76, has represented the 33rd House District of California since 2001, after serving in California State Senate for twenty years and being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia by President Bill Clinton in 1999.Termed out Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass is widely expected to seek (and win) the Democratic nomination for the Congressional seat vacated by Watson's retirement, which will be decided on June 8, 2010.The 33rd Congressional District covers the traditionally African-American sections of Los Angeles, including the cities of ...

Yesterday, I posted that Obama had nominated Amanda Simpson to a position at the Commerce Dept. The nomination made her the first openly transgender presidential appointee. Simpson spoke to ABC News about the criticism she's likely to receive: "Being the first sucks. I'd rather not be the first but someone has to be first, or among the first. I think I'm experienced and very well qualified to deal with anything that might show up because I've broken barriers at lots of other places and I always win people over with who I am and what I can ...

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Anderson Cooper interviews former President Bill Clinton in a segment airing tonight (10pm ET) on AC360. Anderson asks Clinton about his recent statements about same-sex marriage, and why he changed his mind.In Toronto in May, while on a speaking tour with George W. Bush, Clinton described his position on same-sex marriage as "evolving". More recently, speaking at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, D.C., Clinton said, "I'm basically in support" of it.In his most extensive remarks to date, Clinton now says he was "wrong" about same-sex marriage and was "hung up about the word."Towleroad has obtained ...

Yup, today is the day that, 13 years ago, then-President Bill Clinton signed DOMA into existence. Via HRC Backstory: Thirteen years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into law. It was a difficult moment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and the consequences continue to be felt every single day. While a series of state-level victories in the fight for marriage equality have finally enabled tens of thousands of loving, same-sex couples across the country to join in marriage over the last few years, DOMA blocks the federal government from ...