At The Center Of POWER

The First Lady wants more than clout. She wants to have a life too. Can she find the formula?

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON KNEW life had changed forever when her daughter Chelsea got sick one night in February and asked her mother to fix one of her favorite dishes. No sooner did the First Lady pad down the hall to the kitchen on the second floor of the family quarters, open the refrigerator and begin cracking eggs than a steward appeared magically at her elbow. He wanted to help by whipping up an omelet. At the risk of hurting his feelings, the most influential woman in America explained that the eggs had to be scrambled and that she had to scramble...

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