In Hong Kong, Bill Clinton speaks to CNN; "neither looking for nor closed to" role in administration

CNN: December 3, 2008
Bill Clinton says he'd consider role in Obama administration

HONG KONG, China (CNN) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Wednesday he will have "very little" to do with the decisions his wife Hillary will face as secretary of state in the incoming Obama administration. "I'll just try to be a helpful sounding board to her, but I don't think I'll do any more than that," Clinton told CNN during a trip to Hong Kong....

"I really care about all these profound challenges that our country and the world are facing," he said. "But the decisions will have to be ultimately President-elect Obama's decisions to make about what we are going to do, what our policies are going to be."

Clinton said his wife learned she was being considered for the Cabinet post by reading it in the newspaper.

He said he would remain in the background unless Obama "asks me to do something specific, which I'm neither looking for nor closed to."

"I think she made the right decision, but for her it was hard. She adored being in the Senate," he said.

Clinton was in Hong Kong to open a meeting of his Clinton Global Initiative, the non-profit foundation he started after leaving office. The organization, which is aimed at tackling international problems such as worldwide poverty and disease prevention, came under scrutiny while his wife was being vetted for the job.

Clinton said he has agreed to disclose his donors in order to eliminate concerns that supporters were trying to influence U.S. international policy, a move he called "over and above what the law requires." "If she is going to be secretary of state and I operate globally and I have people who contribute to these efforts globally, I think that its important to make it totally transparent," he said.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/03/bill-clinton-says-hed-consider-role-in-obama-administration/#more-31738

He just can't stay out of the limelight.

Bill! You've had your turn (Executive Branch).

Kindly STFU and let Junior (Obama) and Wifey (Hillary) run the Foreign Policy from now on.

Should he bash the reporter and the camera?

than Bill did -- which is why I highlighted the quote, and posted the article without trashing.

On edit: And I also posted because I hope the Pres Elect finds a role for the former Pres in some part of the world. I've lived abroad, and found the Clinton "brand" respected everywhere I went.

people hoped obama was like clinton. i met a couple of norwegians and some britishers who felt the same way.