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Rapport with Obama will be key for Clinton

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Looking back at the historic race
Nov. 5: NBC News offers a retrospective of the historic 2008 race for the White House.

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Obama’s new team
Dec. 1: In what may be the worst kept secret in Washington, President-elect Obama unveiled his new national security team, including nominees Hillary Clinton for secretary of state and Robert Gates to stay on as defense secretary. Rachel Maddow and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discuss the nominations.

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Replacing Napolitano

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Replacing Hillary

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Presidential legacies

Getty Images	Harry S. Truman From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II to the beginning of the cold war.
AP	John F. Kennedy The Cuban missle crisis, civil rights and Vietnam dominated his short presidency.
Getty Images	Richard Nixon Astronauts walk on the moon, shootings at Kent State, meetings with Brezhnev and the Watergate scandal.
UPI via Getty Images	Ronald Reagan Cold war, war on drugs, the Challenger disaster, Beirut and Berlin bombings and Iran-Contra scandal.
AFP - Getty Images	Bill Clinton Welfare reform, the Brady bill, Somalia, Kosovo, budget surplus and the scandals that plagued him.
AFP/Getty Images	George W. Bush A contested election, Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, war in Iraq, hurricane Katrina, and economic crisis.

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President Bush in his own words
A look at the quotable foreign policy speeches that define George W. Bush’s presidency. Produced by Kevin Flynn and Lisa Desai.

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