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    Obama, Bush and Clinton speak at funeral for congressman John Lewis – video

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    Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton and House speaker Nancy Pelosi have delivered eulogies for congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. Hailing him as founding father for ‘a fuller, fairer, better’ America, Obama praised Lewis’s influence on his own path to the presidency. Clinton said Lewis believed ‘none of us will be free until all of us are equal’, while Bush said he lived in a better and nobler country because of the congressman

    Obama hails John Lewis as founding father of ‘fuller, better’ US in eulogy

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    William Sessions, FBI director fired by Bill Clinton, dies aged 90

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    Hillary review – did the US presidential hopeful take the wrong road?

    This epic documentary ranges across Hillary Clinton’s life, from the Arkansas governor’s mansion, through the White House years to her own shot at the top job – but the enigma remains There is a melancholy fascination to Nanette Burstein’s sympathetic and respectful documentary interview with the enduringly opaque Hillary Rodham Clinton. It will be broadcast […] More