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In retirement, most ex-presidents can't resist the urge to stay relevant

  • Written by Stacy A. Cordery, Professor of History, Iowa State University
Former President Bill Clinton promotes 'The President is Missing,' the new novel he wrote with James Patterson, in New York. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

“The President is Missing,” Bill Clinton’s new suspense novel that he co-wrote with James Patterson, was swiftly panned. It spills no secrets, the prose is leaden, the story...

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