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Bill Clinton narrowly avoided a potentially humiliating confrontation on live television at the second presidential debate, with three women who have accused him of sexual assault invited to
the event by Donald Trump's camp. The plot for the women to cross paths with Clinton during opening handshakes was thought up by Trump and his closest aides, but thwarted at the last
minute at the insistence of the Commission on Presidential Debates. For the third and final presidential debate Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton's campaign doesn't want to take any
more chances. The campaign has "apparently gained approval of a different protocol for the entry of the candidates' spouses and families into the debate hall," _The New York
Times_ reports: Barring any arrangement made in the next several hours, there will be no handshake between the opposing candidates' families. "If I had my druthers, I would say you
should — in the best interest of the American people and comity — go out and shake hands," Frank Fahrenkopf, the co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, told CNN. "But
I don't dictate that. They have the right to do what they want to do." SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEK Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple
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to your inbox. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Clinton and Trump did not shake hands ahead of the
last presidential debate, but did so after the town hall-style event concluded. There is still a question of how the candidates will greet each other Wednesday evening. Explore More Speed
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