Chelsea Clinton Joins NBC

NBC announced Monday morning that Chelsea Clinton will be joining their staff as a special news correspondent.  

“Chelsea is a remarkable woman who will be a great addition to NBC News. Given her vast experiences, it’s as though Chelsea has been preparing for this opportunity her entire life,” Steve Capus, President of NBC News, said in a statement. “We are proud she will be bringing her considerable, unique talents and dedication to NBC News.”

Clinton will begin work on Monday morning on stories that are part of NBC’s “Making a Difference” franchise on NBC Nightly News.

According to the New York Times, Clinton plans to donate her NBC earnings to the Clinton Foundation and the George Washington University Hospital in honor of her grandmother who passed away this month. 

“I hope telling stories through ‘Making a Difference’ — as in my academic work and nonprofit work — will help me to live my grandmother’s adage of ‘Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you,’ ”Clinton said in a statement.

Clinton will be the second president’s daughter hired by NBC News and the third daughter of a recent presidential candidate. Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of President George W. Bush works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show and John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, is a contributor to MSNBC.

Clinton: 2010 GOP Field Makes Bush Seem Liberal

Former President Bill Clinton told guests at a fundraisder yesterday that his successor in the White House wouldn’t compare with the current crop of Tea Party-backed Republicans running for Congress.

“A lot of their candidates today, they make him look like a liberal,” Clinton said of George W. Bush.

The former president was campagining for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Mark Dayton.

Bush To Do "Today"

Former President George W. Bush has granted NBC’s Matt Lauer a one-on-one interview to discuss his upcoming book, “Decision Points,” to be released on November 9. The interview will air on November 8 in primetime. Bush will then appear live on the Today Show on November 10…