The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

p> HUGH COMES THROUGH br> If former President Bill Clinton was mad at his brother-in-law Hugh Rodham for his role in the pardons mess that roiled the Clinton White House in its final days, all seems to be forgiven now. /p>

Clinton traveled to Florida late last week for a series of speeches and fundraisers, some of them "organized" by Rodham.

According to one current Clinton associate, Rodham was behind a gala event for a local Miami charity. Clinton agreed to attend, though he "was suspicious about it. Given everything he has been through with Hillary's brother, the president just assumes there is an angle being played. It's funny to hear him of all people saying that, since we all know he's king of playing the angles. Those two deserve each other."

One person Clinton wasn't interested in seeing: his former attorney general Janet Reno. Clinton declined a request to fundraise for the current gubernatorial candidate, and lent his name to a DNC fundraiser instead. "Unless [DNC Chairman] Terry McAuliffe asks him to do it, he doesn't want to do Reno any favors," says the Clinton aide.

p> THE PERMANENT SCAMPAIGN br> Clinton needs to do some fundraising of his own. Donations to his Little Rock-based presidential library were down long before 9/11 and practically dried up in the aftermath of the tragedies. So Clinton is sending off new letters to potential donors, promoting a "new" addition he'd like to add to the facility: a "School of Public Service." /p>

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Bill Clinton, Law, NATO, Oil