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I'm Not Marginalized, I Delegate: Clinton

Obama's Peace Prize is deserved, but won't sway war policy, she says

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2009 12:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton would rather you view her apparent absence from big foreign policy issues like Iran and Afghanistan as an example of “delegating power” and not marginalization. Ann Curry used a variant of that word in an interview on MSNBC, which Clinton finds "absurd." “I would be irresponsible and negligent were I to say, ‘Oh, no. Everything must come to me,’” said the secretary of state. “Maybe I'm totally secure and feel absolutely no need to go running around in order for people to see what I’m doing.”

Clinton also denied a future presidential run—“This is a great job. It is a 24/7 job. And I’m looking forward to retirement at some point”—and said that President Obama won his Nobel because of his “attitude toward America’s role in the world.” But, says Clinton, make no mistake: The peace prize won’t affect war policy. “The president makes each decision on the merits;" the prize is “not going to influence” the call he makes in Afghanistan.

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Rob

Oct 12, 2009 9:08 AM CDT

Clinton for POTUS

proud_prude

Oct 12, 2009 7:38 AM CDT

Fuck you assholes. She'll win the next Nobel Prize being quietly effective behind the scenes and you mentally challenged slugs will bitch about how she didn't earn it and the Nobel Committee only gave it to her because she's a leftist commie like them. Newser losers, I'm so sick and tired of you and your putrid bilgewater. (Thinker, keep up the good work. You can find me on HuffPo if you look hard enough, and quite easily on dailykos.)

Reader65069154

Oct 12, 2009 7:38 AM CDT

Nobody ever accused Obama of being stupid. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

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I'm Not Marginalized, I Delegate: Clinton