In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton said he won't give speeches for money if his wife, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, is elected in 2016. "I will still give speeches, though, on the subjects I'm interested in," he told Bloomberg's Betty Liu at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Denver. "I've really enjoyed those things.... If anybody'd ever told me in 2001 that people would still want me to come talk, I would have been stunned."
When Liu asked if he would continue to work for the Clinton Foundation if his wife is president, Clinton hedged. "That will be not an easy decision should she be elected president," he said. "She will have to decide what is my highest and best use, including being around to buck her up every morning." Bill and Hillary Clinton earned $25.3 million from 104 speeches in 2014. You can watch highlights of Clinton's interview with Liu below. Peter Weber
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