Bill Clinton earned $10 mln giving speeches in '06

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton always had a reputation as a golden-tongued orator, now a Senate financial disclosure form filed by his wife puts a dollar figure on just how gilded.

Bill Clinton earned more than $10 million on the speaking circuit last year, raking in as much as $730,000 in a single day for two speeches, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reported in a Senate financial disclosure from May that was made public this week.

The former president delivered 57 paid speeches on the lecture circuit in 2006, receiving between $75,000 and $450,000 per address, the disclosure form reported.

The Clintons reported assets of between $10.46 million and $51.05 million. Their liabilities were listed at between $30,000 and $100,000.

The couple were deeply in debt as they prepared to leave the White House six years ago, owing lawyers $5.5 million while having assets of about $1.5 million, The New York Times said at the time. The couple were repeatedly investigated during Bill Clinton's eight years in office.

With Hillary Clinton running for president, the Clintons have dissolved a blind trust that managed their investments since they entered the White House in 1993 and converted the stocks to cash, The Washington Post reported, citing documents to be filed on Friday with federal ethics officials.

The move was aimed at avoiding financial conflicts as she seeks the presidency, the Post said.