Joseph Isadore Lieberman is an American politician,lobbyist,and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party,he was its nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. During his final term in office,he was officially listed as an independent Democrat and caucused with and chaired committees for the Democratic Party.
Richard Andrew Gephardt is an American attorney,lobbyist,and politician who represented Missouri's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,he was House majority leader from 1989 to 1995 and minority leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988,1992,2000,2004,and 2008.
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton.
John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who has served as senior advisor to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation since September 2022. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that,he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.
Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20,1993,and ended on January 20,2001. Clinton,a Democrat from Arkansas,took office following an election victory over Republican incumbent president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot in 1992. Four years later,in 1996,he defeated Perot again and Republican nominee Bob Dole,to win re-election;Clinton was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush,who won the 2000 presidential election.
William Anthony Kirsopp Lake is an American diplomat and political advisor who served as the 17th United States National Security Advisor from 1993 to 1997 and as the 6th Executive Director of UNICEF from 2010 to 2017.
Warren Minor Christopher was an American lawyer,diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as president,he served as the 63rd United States Secretary of State.
William Michael Daley is an American lawyer,politician and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama,from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce,from 1997 to 2000,under President Bill Clinton. He has also served on the executive committee of JPMorgan Chase &Co. Daley was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in the 2014 gubernatorial election,until dropping out of the race on September 16,2013. He ran in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election but came in third in the first-round voting,and did not advance to the runoff. He served as the Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon from June through October 2019. Since November 13,2019,Daley has served as the Vice Chairman of Public Affairs for Wells Fargo.
The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy,sometimes referred to as Chinagate,was an effort by the People's Republic of China to influence domestic American politics prior to and during the Clinton administration and also involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.
Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney,political consultant,and former lobbyist who served as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023.
Charles Frederick Carson Ruff was a prominent American lawyer based in Washington,D.C.,and was best known as the White House Counsel who defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999.
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. is an American politician,businessman,and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1985 to 1993 and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1985. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election,which he lost to George W. Bush.
Quinn Gillespie &Associates (QGA) was an American lobbying and communications firm founded in 2000 by Republican political strategist Ed Gillespie and Democratic operative Jack Quinn. It was sold in 2004 to WPP,one of the world's largest communications services groups,and ceased operations in December 2017.
Roy M. Neel is a Democratic Party operative who served as a top assistant to Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton.
Thurgood Marshall Jr. is an American lawyer and son of the late Supreme Court of the United States Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall worked in the Bill Clinton White House and is a retired international law firm partner. He also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation.
Gregory Bestor Craig is an American lawyer and former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama,from 2009 to 2010. A former attorney at the Washington,D.C. law firm of Williams &Connolly,Craig has represented numerous high-profile clients. Prior to becoming White House Counsel,he served as assistant to the President and special counsel in the White House of President Bill Clinton,where he directed the team defending Clinton against impeachment. Craig also served as a senior advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy and to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Mike Donilon is an American attorney and campaign consultant who serves as a Senior Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden. He was the chief strategist of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Prior,Donilon was working as a partner at AKPD Message and Media. Between 2009 and 2013,he served as Counselor to Vice President Biden in the Obama administration. Prior to his White House appointment,Donilon worked with the vice-presidential candidate to help him prepare for the debates and also as a traveling advisor.
Burns Strider is an American consultant,lobbyist and former political aide. He is co-founder of the consulting firm The Eleison Group and co-founder and president of the lobbying group American Values Network.
Bruce Huntington Andrews is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
Hartina M. "Tina" Flournoy is an American political advisor who served as chief of staff to vice president Kamala Harris from 2021 to 2022.
