'Master of the Game' -Clinton interview in Rolling Stone

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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story?id=6298179&rnd=1090333548740&has-player=false

In the weeks since the publication of his memoir, My Life, Bill Clinton has been probably the most visible former president in history. He has signed thousands of copies of the book and has done countless TV, radio and print interviews, once again selling himself to the public with the same tireless energy, calculation and charm he first showed in 1992, when he came out of nowhere to capture the White House.

Not simply an account of his years in office, My Life is Clinton's attempt to force history to see him the same way he sees himself. "We don't see people three-dimensionally until they've been dead for decades," Clinton says. "I needed to let people in enough to see my three- dimensional life: what was bad about it, what was good about it; what I liked, what I didn't like; what my flaws and strengths were like as a human being."

Rolling Stone caught up with Clinton in Washington, D.C., in the living room of the stately house just off Embassy Row that his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, uses as her D.C. headquarters. It was the end of a day of relentless plugging -- he'd appeared on a D.C. public-radio talk show that morning, then hit a nearby bookstore to sign copies of My Life for more than three hours. He seemed to be tired, but at the same time, he was relaxed, attentive and expansive. We began the interview with the big news of the day -- Sen. John Kerry's announcement that North Carolina Sen. John Edwards would be his running mate.
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On Fahrenheit 9/11: "I think every American ought to see it. As far as I know, there are no factual errors in it, but it may connect the dots a little too close -- about the Saudis and the Bushes, and the terror and all. I'd like to see it again before making a judgment about whether I think it's totally fair."

As somebody who's been in the business of making decisions, to me the most powerful question presented was whether it was appropriate to send the bin Ladens -- and the other Saudis -- without interrogating them first. There's no question that most of family deplores what he did. But, on the other hand, it's highly likely that somebody knew something that could be of value.
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edited to add Fahrenheit snip