Conflict of interest? Bill Clinton is on the board of the Commission on Presidential Debates.

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published 2 November 2015

If Hillary Clinton successfully snags her party's nomination, she can expect to take the stage next fall in a series of debates run by an organization where her husband serves as an honorary chairman.

Along with former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton is a board member of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford were also honorary chairs before their deaths, but neither former President George H.W. or George W. Bush has held the same position. The level of Clinton's engagement in his position is unknown.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.

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