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NEWS ABOUT: Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton stories: 1489 news summaries

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 Clinton Boosts Kerry 
 on Afghan Mission 
 
 

Old rivals appear to forge durable alliance

Oct 22, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was instrumental in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election—but it was what she didn’t do that mattered most. She didn’t interfere with erstwhile rival John Kerry’s mission. In fact, sources say, Clinton facilitated the meeting between Kerry and Karzai... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Hamid Karzai • secretary of State • runoff election • election • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • Obama administration

(AP) - Hamid Karzai intends to announce tomorrow how he will "set the stage" for resolving the country's postelection political crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. She wouldn't say whether the Afghan president has decided to accept the findings of a UN-backed fraud investigation that threw out nearly a... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • United Nations • Hamid Karzai • secretary of State • runoff election • election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Clinton 'Misspeaks' Again 
 on Belfast Bombing 

Northern Ireland wasn't the warzone secretary claimed

Oct 19, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been caught in another war-zone exaggeration—this time, in Northern Ireland. The secretary of state told regional lawmakers that she stayed at a "bombed" hotel that was still partially boarded up in Belfast in 1995—even though the last terrorist strike there was in 1993... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Northern Ireland • secretary of State • gaffe • Belfast

 Rahm Leads 
 List of DC 
 Power Hitters 
 

Gates No. 2 in poll of the capital's most powerful people, from pols to stylists

Oct 16, 09 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scratch the names Obama and Biden from the list and it's Rahm Emanuel who carries the most clout in a city packed with power-brokers, according to a GQ poll of Washington insiders. The "ruthlessly pragmatic" White House chief of staff is a lot more than just a gatekeeper to... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Ben Bernanke • Dick Cheney • Washington DC • Rahm Emanuel • David Axelrod • Peter Orszag

 Clinton Praises Russia on Iran 

Hails cooperation, but no deal on potential new sanctions

Oct 13, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US isn’t seeking further nuclear sanctions against Iran, at least not for now, Hillary Clinton said today, after meeting with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. The pair professed unity on the Iranian issue, with Clinton praising Russia for its “extremely cooperative” work. Clinton added that... More »

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Iran • Russia • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • foreign policy

INTERVIEW



 I'm Not 
 Marginalized, 
 I Delegate: 
 Clinton 

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

Oct 12, 09 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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • US foreign policy • secretary of State • Nobel Peace Prize • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • delegation of power

 North Korea Tests 5 
 Missiles: Report 

Short-range test comes despite seemingly warmer relations with South, US

Oct 12, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(AP) - North Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast today, news reports said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor. South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing an unidentified South Korean government official, said the North test-fired the surface-to-surface KN-02 rockets from mobile launch pads. More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • South Korea • nuclear weapons • missile • Kim Jong Il • nuclear disarmament • short-range missiles

 Clinton: 
 Taliban 
 Threat to 
 Pakistan 
 Is Rising 


But secretary, on European tour, sees no danger of nukes falling into terrorist hands

Oct 11, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(AP) - An audacious Taliban attack on Pakistan's army headquarters shows there is a growing terrorist threat to the nuclear-armed US ally, Hillary Clinton said today. The secretary of state, speaking at a joint news conference with British counterpart David Miliband, added that while extremists were "increasingly threatening the authority of... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • David Miliband • Pakistan militants • nuclear arsenal

 US Wades Into 
 Chaos in Guinea 

Clinton sends diplomat, accuses junta of 'criminality'

Oct 7, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has stepped into the crisis in the junta-ruled nation of Guinea, calling for "appropriate actions" against the military government, which she said "cannot remain in power." Clinton took the unusual step of dispatching a senior diplomat, who pinned blame for the recent killings and rapes... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • West Africa • rape • Bernard Kouchner • junta • Obama administration • Guinea • Moussa Dadis Camara

OPINION

 Top Public 
 Mea Culpas 

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is king of the list

Oct 3, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman’s acknowledgement yesterday of some skeletons in his closet is only the latest caught by television’s unforgiving lens; Lisa Todorovich runs down her faves on True/Slant:
  • Bill Clinton: The Democratic candidate, with wife Hillary alongside, cops to “mistakes in my marriage in a 1992
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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Bill Clinton • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Craig • Monica Lewinsky • David Letterman • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • public disclosure

(Newser) - Norman Hsu is a man of many hats, but the Hillary Clinton fundraiser extraordinaire, Ponzi schemer, and onetime fugitive has been sentenced to wear them in prison for the next 24 years. While significantly less than the 30 years prosecutors had asked for, Hsu’s lawyer tells the Wall ... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Norman Hsu • campaign fundraising • Ponzi scheme • Democratic Party • federal sentencing • Election 2008

INTERVIEW

 Gore Vidal: 
 Hillary Would've 
 Been the Better Prez 

Onetime supporter bashes Obama, who needs more of Lincoln's 'chill'

Sep 30, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gore Vidal is 83 and uses a wheelchair now, but the legendary American writer hasn't lost any of his strong opinions—not least on Barack Obama, who is doing "dreadfully" and has "fucked up" health reform. Vidal supported Obama after originally backing Hillary Clinton, but now thinks... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • gay marriage • homosexuality • novelist • author • Gore Vidal • Katharine Hepburn

TELL-ALL

 Ex-Aide: Clinton 
 Got a Little 
 Too Close 

Here's a shocker: President Clinton liked the ladies, and the ladies liked him

Sep 29, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Monica. President Clinton had his eye on another young political staffer, and she’s recounting at least one incident with him in her upcoming tell-all. During the 2000 G8 Summit in Japan, Clinton allegedly called Stacy Parker Aab, then 26, to his room and embraced her on the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Steven Spielberg • Bill Clinton • Monica Lewinsky • scandal • Kate Capshaw • Stacy Parker Aab

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton: Obama 
 Not 'Dissing' 
 McChrystal 
 on Troops 


Former first couple dominates Sunday morning shows

Sep 27, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton came to President Obama's defense today, saying on Meet the Press that the president isn't "dissing" Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. Both Clintons emphasized that settling the Afghan election is vital in determining whether the US has a legitimate partner in Hamid Karzai.... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Bill Clinton • troop levels • Kit Bond • Sunday morning talk shows

 US to Engage Burmese Junta 

Clinton announces change in policy, says sanctions will remain

Sep 24, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will directly engage with Burma's military leadership in addition to its current sanctions, Hillary Clinton said yesterday. The secretary of State acknowledged that sanctions alone had failed to change "the lack of democracy in Burma and the authorities’ abysmal record on human rights," and it was... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • human rights • economic sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • military junta

Afghan war rethink


 Biden Plan 
 Would Target 
 al-Qaeda, 
 not Taliban 

No consensus has emerged in White House war room

Sep 23, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s national security heavyweights have yet to reach any kind of consensus on a strategy for Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. Obama is considering both increasing troop levels to carry out his original counterinsurgency strategy, and an alternative plan from Joe Biden that would pull... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • counterterrorism • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • counterinsurgency • Afghanistan election

Obama Courts Risk With Sunday's 'Full Ginsburg'

President may risk overexposure by appearing in 5 talk shows

Sep 19, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - They call it "the full Ginsburg" because Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, William Ginsburg, was the first to do the five-fecta of Sunday talk shows back in 1999. What Obama's doing tomorrow is a slightly (if significantly) modified version, Politico notes, with the president swapping out Fox for Univision in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Dick Cheney • William Ginsburg • Sunday morning talk shows

ANALYSIS

 Clinton Torn 
 Between 
 Leading and 
 Blending In 

Blunt talk and campaign-style events ruffle some diplomatic feathers

Sep 19, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has impressed many in her 8 months as secretary of state but her own leadership aspirations are sometimes all too obvious, Glenn Kessler writes at the Washington Post. Clinton has forged close working relationships with other Cabinet members and made her desire to cooperate clear, Kessler writes, but... More »

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Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • State Department • secretary of State • foreign policy • Obama administration

OPINION

 Hillary Run for NY Gov? 
 Uh, No, Scoff Lefty Pundits 

Lefty Internet moves to dismiss rumor floated by right-leaning site

Sep 10, 09 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits jumped today on a report that Hillary Clinton will leave the State Department to run for governor of New York, with Michael Crowley, in the New Republic, saying three Clinton sources dismissed the notion, and that anyone floating such things is “on crack.” That, evidently, would be... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Weekly Standard • New Republic • governor • Gawker • rumor • David Paterson • New York state • Obama administration • William Kristol

(Newser) - President Obama's advisers are divided over the Pentagon's expected request for more troops to be deployed to Afghanistan, reports the New York Times. Joe Biden is leading the just-say-no camp, arguing that the mission in Pakistan is more important. The opposition includes envoy Richard Holbrooke, who says US troops are... More »

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Afghanistan • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • Robert Gates • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

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