A Clinton fan, Rice plans to hand off, then back off
Associated Press Dec 2, 08 1:52 AM CST
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will offer some private advice to her successor—then get out of Hillary Clinton's way, she tells AP. Rice briefed Clinton on the terrorist attacks in India before leaving for Mumbai on what is likely to be her last official trip overseas.
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Obama will nominate his secretary of state
on Monday
Associated Press Nov 29, 08 10:20 PM CST
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President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, said Democratic officials. To clear the way for his wife to take the job, former President Bill Clinton agreed to disclose the names of every contributor—more than 200,000 in all—to his foundation. He'll also refuse donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Global Initiative, his annual charitable conference.
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Samantha Power
joined State team
after slamming Clinton
Politico Nov 29, 08 10:10 AM CST
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Samantha Power will have plenty of time to tell Hillary Clinton how she really feels. The former Obama foreign policy adviser, who was forced to resign during the campaign after calling Clinton “a monster,” is now working on the State Department’s transition team, Politico reports. With Clinton expected to be named secretary of state any day now, things could get awkward.
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OPINION
Rice focuses on being an educator, writing books
Washington Post Nov 27, 08 10:41 AM CST
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Condoleezza Rice is headed back to Stanford, ready for a new challenge and harboring no obvious regrets. "I'm an educator who took a detour," she tells Washington Post op-ed columnist David Ignatius, who hears echoes of Dean Rusk, LBJ's embattled secretary of state. "I have no desire to be shadow secretary of state."
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American officials safe: state department
IBNLive.com Nov 26, 08 6:06 PM CST
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The Indian army is engaged in gunfights with terrorists at two five-star hotels and a hospital in the financial hub of Mumbai, IBNLive.com reports. The fate of hostages—media reports say Americans and Britons are being held, but details are impossible to pin down—remains unclear. The city remains in chaos after 10 coordinated attacks left at least 87 people dead—including nine terrorists—and hundreds injured.
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OPINION
Obama needs 'an agent, not an author'
Washington Post Nov 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton would probably do a good job as secretary of State, but giving her the post would be a mistake, writes David Broder in the Washington Post. “It’s not the best use of her talents, and it’s certainly not the best fit for this president.” Obama needs a diplomat to carry out his will, “an agent, not an author.”
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Guardian (UK) Nov 17, 08 9:15 PM CST
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Hillary Clinton will accept Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state, the Guardian reports. The president-elect's team does not anticipate problems arising from an ongoing examination of the records of Bill Clinton's foundation, clearing the way for Obama's fiercest primary rival to embody his stated ambition to assemble a bipartisan administration.
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OPINION
Pundits split on merits of Clinton as Obama's most powerful cabinet member
ABC News Nov 15, 08 10:30 AM CST
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Barack Obama is widely reported to be considering Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, causing a storm of speculation over the pros and cons of the choice. The case for Clinton is plain, Jake Tapper writes at ABC News. She's smart, strong, experienced, reasonably diplomatic—and she's familiar with many of the world's leaders.
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President-elect offered job to former rival at last night's meeting: source
Huffington Post Nov 14, 08 9:33 PM CST
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Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for the job of Secretary of State, the Huffington Post reports. Democratic officials say he met with Clinton yesterday and Richardson today to weigh which former foe to bring into his administration. Two officials say he offered Clinton the job, but other sources say has not decided and has interviewed other candidates.
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Friends, big donors often get cushy ambassadorships, to chagrin of lifers
Chicago Tribune Nov 14, 08 3:00 PM CST
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Could Barack Obama make Oprah Winfrey an ambassador? It’s an all-too-plausible scenario, the Chicago Tribune reports, assuming Winfrey was willing to leave her TV career. Presidents typically give out roughly a third of the 200 ambassadorships to friends and political allies, and, in a first, the American Academy of Diplomacy has asked Obama to rein in such patronage.
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Clinton's visit to Chicago last night turns up volume on Secretary-of-State buzz
Politico Nov 14, 08 10:16 AM CST
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Barack Obama held a hush-hush meeting with Hillary Clinton yesterday, fueling rumors his former rival could be offered the Secretary of State post in his Cabinet. Journalists following Obama last night spotted an unidentified motorcade of about three SUVs pulling out of Obama’s transition headquarters in Chicago, minutes before Obama himself left. Officials tell Politico the motorcade was Clinton’s.
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HIspanic groups push Richardson, but Kerry may have inside track
Wall Street Journal Nov 12, 08 10:20 AM CST
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As Barack Obama deliberates his Cabinet choices, the chorus of "Pick me! Pick me!" begins in earnest, with many eyes on Condoleezza Rice's chair, reports the Wall Street Journal. Hispanic groups are pushing for their own Bill Richardson, a former presidential rival who ultimately endorsed Obama. But the UN ambassador under Bill Clinton faces stiff elbows from his predecessor in that job, Richard Holbrooke, and Sens. Richard Lugar and John Kerry.
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