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Archives for May 2014

Forbes Most Powerful Woman Greta Van Susteren Scores Hillary Clinton Interview

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Greta Van Susteren won twice this week, first she was named one of Forbes most powerful women, and today with the announcement that she won the booking sweepstakes for an interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Van Susteren finally got a shout out for delivering the number 1 show at 10pm for 10 years against Anderson Cooper who had inches of ink on his various reporting exploits but never tipping the ratings scales in his direction.

Look for her interview with Fox anchor Bret Baier on day two of Clinton’s book tour which begins on Monday, June 9th.

2014 Garden Brunch Video

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Celebrities, politicians, and media gathered at the 21st Annual Garden Brunch to celebrate White House Correspondents Weekend. This year’s event honored two organizations that support veterans and their families, Dog Tag Bakery and Blue Star Families. Connie Milstein and Father Richard Curry of Dog Tag Bakery spoke to the crowd about their cause and the importance of supporting disabled veterans.

Brunch guests featured in this video include Steve and Jean Case; Jeff Perry, Scott Foley, Darby Stanchfield and Tony Goldwyn of ABC’s Scandal; Dr. Ron DePinho of MD Anderson Cancer Center; model and actress Anne V; Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone; U.S. Senator Joe Manchin; Reid Scott, Armando Iannucci and Gary Cole of HBO’s Veep; Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan Joanna Coles; MSNBC’s Toure; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Olympic Gold Medal Snowboarder Jamie Anderson; Greta Van Susteren of Fox News; and Michael Gill of Netflix’s House of Cards.

Please join us in supporting disabled veterans and spouses at www.dogtagbakery.org.

Steve Case on supporting freedom of press and celebrating philanthropy during WHCD weekend

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“The weekend started about supporting freedom of the press…but it’s great that events like the Garden Brunch celebrate things that are happening in the philanthropic world.” Steve Case spoke about the importance of bringing people together during White House Correspondents Weekend to support great causes such as Dog Tag Bakery and Blue Star Families.