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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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secretary of State stories: 119 news summaries

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Bill: I'd Take a Job From Obama—Not That I'm Lookin'

Former president 'neither looking for nor closed to' a role

Dec 3, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton would be willing to serve in the Obama administration, CNN reports, but the former prez will remain in the background unless Obama “asks me to do something specific, which I'm neither looking for nor closed to." Clinton said in an interview that he would not unduly... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

ANALYSIS

 Will They Have Chemistry? 

Foreigners want to know if SoS speaks for Prez

Dec 2, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - We’ve seen this buddy movie before: to succeed, former fierce competitors Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will need to put away their rivalry to become not just partners, but friends, write Michael Abramowitz and Glenn Kessler in the Washington Post. Secretary of State Clinton has to be able convince... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • foreign policy

 Will Bill Replace Hill in Senate? 

New York governor to choose new senator

Dec 2, 08 5:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is one of the possible choices to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate when she becomes secretary of state, CNN reports. Other top contenders include New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Robert Kennedy Jr, or Caroline Kennedy. New York Gov. David Paterson, who will appoint Clinton’s replacement,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New York • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • Andrew Cuomo • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • David Paterson • US Senate • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • President Obama

OPINION

 By Accepting New Role, 
 Hillary Finally Concedes 

Acceptance speech closes the curtain on long nomination battle

Dec 2, 08 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's formal acceptance of her upcoming role as secretary of state yesterday looked to many like the moment she conceded the election for real, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. She told the audience that she would find it hard to leave the Senate, but it was... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Clinton 2008 • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Foreign-Policy Team Signals Shift to Diplomacy

Clinton, Gates, Jones will lead diplomatic reform

Dec 1, 08 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The three lead players on the national security team Barack Obama will announce today have each historically been more hawkish than the president-elect—but all have embraced his plan for a sweeping foreign policy shift, the New York Times reports. Hillary Clinton, Gen. James Jones, and Robert Gates will work... More »

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national security • Hillary Clinton • Pentagon • diplomacy • Robert Gates • secretary of State • James Jones • foreign policy • defense secretary • President Obama

Bill Reveals Donors to Clear Path for Hillary

Obama will nominate his secretary of state
on Monday

Nov 29, 08 10:20 PM CST
(AP) - 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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama

OPINION

 Rice Has Nothing Left to Prove 

Rice focuses on being an educator, writing books

Nov 27, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Bush administration • education • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • secretary of State • racism • foreign policy • President Obama

OPINION

To Excel at State, Clinton Must Forget Presidency

'This is about the good of the country this time, not the Clinton brand,' pundit writes.

Nov 24, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has the potential to be a great secretary of state, but only if she once and for all shelves her presidential ambitions, writes Mike Lupica for the New York Daily News. We saw the best of Clinton when she was losing the primary marathon: “She not only... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidency • primary • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama

 Richardson 
 Picked for 
 Commerce 

Former Obama rival had eyed gig at State

Nov 23, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Richardson's consolation prize will be commerce secretary, Politico reports, after Hillary Clinton nabbed his desired post at State. The addition of the New Mexico governor brings yet another Clinton veteran to Barack Obama's administration. But Richardson's resume is among the strongest in the party, including stints as energy secretary... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • secretary of State • Obama administration • President Obama • commerce secretary • Obama Cabinet

 Far Right Cheers 
 Hillary at State 

Neocons, writers trumpet her ability to defy party on foreign policy

Nov 22, 08 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The far right is warming to the idea of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, with neocons, righty writers, and a manager of Bill’s impeachment trial all getting excited about her perceived “willingness to veer right on international policy,” writes Ana Marie Cox at the Daily Beast.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • foreign policy • Lindsey Graham • conservatives • neoconservatves • William Kristol

NY Fed Prez Lands Top Job at Treasury

Speculation about Commerce gig surrounds Richardson

Nov 21, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama transition team has settled on a treasury secretary nominee, NBC reports: Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Fed. The announcement is expected to come Monday, when the president-elect will announce his entire economic team in an attempt to quell the unrest surrounding the financial markets.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • secretary of State • Department of Commerce • Larry Summers • secretary of the Interior • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Raul Grijalva

Would She Rather Stay in the Senate?

Obama team says State is a done deal; Times has her waffling

Nov 21, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Clinton agonizing continues, the New York Times reports, as friends said yesterday she was "back in the indecisive column," and Senate Democrats said  they'd offer her a substantial leadership role if she doesn't end up as Barack Obama's secretary of state. Obama's team put the word out... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • James Jones • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Obama 'On Track' to Name Clinton to State

Aides say he plans
to do so just after Thanksgiving

Nov 20, 08 11:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama remains "on track" to name Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and plans to do so shortly after Thanksgiving, senior aides to the president-elect tell Politico. They said Clinton is expected to accept the offer and added that disclosure issues related to the complicated funding of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 Constitution May Sink 
 Hillary's State Chance 

Lawmakers can't take federal post for which their Congress raised the salary

Nov 20, 08 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Should Barack Obama nominate Hillary Clinton for secretary of state, the confirmation process could be the least of her worries, the Washington Post reports. The Constitution prohibits any member of Congress from assuming a federal post whose salary has been increased during the lawmaker’s term; cabinet salaries have risen... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Congress • Senate • secretary of State • US Constitution • Election 2008 • Robert Byrd • President Obama

Hillary Leaks Infuriate Obama's Camp


Nov 20, 08 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The steady stream of leaks about Hillary Clinton’s Cabinet prospects is infuriating Barack Obama’s notoriously tight-lipped organization, the New York Daily News reports. “This isn’t coming from our shop,” said one Obama official, voicing the widely held sentiment that Clintonites have been strategically leaking... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • press leaks • President Obama

OPINION

 Clinton's Great, 
 But Not a Fit at State 

Obama needs 'an agent, not an author'

Nov 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama

Bill Agrees to Short Leash
if Hill Goes to State

Ex-president agrees to put business, charitable activities under ethics review

Nov 19, 08 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is willing to do whatever he needs to do to get out of the way of Hillary's becoming secretary of state, reports the Wall Street Journal. That includes vetting in advance his speaking engagements and putting on hold charitable and business activities that might pose conflicts of interest... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton

Bill's $500K Kuwait Speech Shadows Hillary Vetting

Pricey talk to Kuwaiti bankers is the kind of situation that raises concern

Nov 19, 08 5:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton hailed the prospect of Hillary becoming Barack Obama's secretary of state in a speech to a group of Kuwaiti bankers Sunday, and the $500,000 he pocketed for the talk highlights the kind of complications that have ensnarled his wife's vetting process, reports the Daily Beast. Clinton, who... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • Clinton Global Initiative • Clinton Foundation • Obama administration

(Newser) - Press reports to the contrary, Hillary Clinton still hasn't decided whether to accept the post of secretary of state, Politico reports. She remains genuinely torn on whether to leave the Senate and give up her fight for health care reform, several anonymous aides say. The Obama camp is still vetting... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • secretary of State • transition • President Obama

 Clinton at State 
 Troubles 
 Obamanauts 

Trained Clinton-haters have to turn on a dime

Nov 18, 08 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - While a Hillary Clinton appointment as secretary of State has been greeted with enthusiasm worldwide, Barack Obama’s own team of believers is feeling some confusion and dissonance, reports Politico. “These guys didn't put together a campaign in order to turn the government over to the Clintons,” says... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008 • President Obama

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