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Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2009 10:51 AM CST

(Newser) – It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan mission to "disrupt, dismantle, and defeat those who attacked us ... wasn't done over the past 8 years." More from the Sunday dial, per Politico:

  • "America's Mayor" slammed Eric Holder's plan to put 9/11 plotters on trial in the Big Apple. "It is an unnecessary advantage to give to terrorists," Rudy Giuliani said, denying Obama adviser David Axelrod's charge that he was flip-flopping from support of a similar Bush-era trial in Virginia.
  • Clinton won't be running for governor in New York's 2010 race. "That rumor is dead," she told George Stephanopoulos.
  • Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, ain't on President Obama's "immediate reading list," Axelrod tells State of the Union. As for Ax himself: “I think I’ll borrow Plouffe’s copy.”
  • Harry Reid got six weeks to consider health reform, and the bill can wait while the "other 99" senators get the same courtesy, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday. McConnell further vowed Obama would have "overwhelming support of Republican senators," but needed to make an Afghan troop decision now.

In this Feb. 5, 2009 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during her joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
In this Feb. 5, 2009 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during her joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
White House adviser David Axelrod appears for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.
White House adviser David Axelrod appears for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.   (AP Photo/ABC News, Fred Watkins)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani address a crowd at the Stand for Freedom in Iran rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York, Thursday Sept. 24, 2009.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani address a crowd at the "Stand for Freedom in Iran" rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York, Thursday Sept. 24, 2009.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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COMMENTS
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ronimaca
Nov 16, 2009 5:36 AM CST
The Democrats don't cover up crimes regardless of the party. If a Dems is guilty they are guilty.On the other hand the GOP covers up, circle the wagons and lie through the teeth when the guilty person is a GOP Rep.. So dly you don't want to tally up the GOP's crimes and misdemeanors over the last 10 years. Now do you?
ronimaca
Nov 16, 2009 5:18 AM CST
if democrats focus on the climate of corruption in the GOP your GOD will be going to jail along with Cheney,and Rummy, and the head of Halburton, And Rove rat
DontLikeYou___
Nov 15, 2009 9:31 AM CST
Maybe democrats should focus on the "climate of corruption" in the democrat party first. Democrat Jefferson of Louisiana just went to jail for 13 years for taking bribes while a democrat congressman.

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