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NEWS ABOUT: Hillary Clinton

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 Clinton Meets With Kim Jong Il 


Aug 4, 09 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton has met with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, official state media reports. The Korean news agency described Clinton as "courteously" conveying a message from President Obama, saying he and Kim shared a "wide-ranging exchange of views." But the White House denied that Clinton... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • State Department • Bill Clinton • Pyongyang • Obama administration • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

(Newser) - Raúl Castro has warned the US not to expect any changes to Cuba's communist system, saying that while Barack Obama's administration was less "aggressive," he was not prepared to make peace. His comments came after Hillary Clinton made several remarks suggesting better relations if Cuba changed... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Havana • Cuban National Assembly

(Newser) - Washington Post political writers Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza are taking a drubbing over a video spoof in which they suggest brands of beer for the top names in politics—including "Mad Bitch" for Hillary Clinton. When bloggers drew attention to that line, in particular, the Post pulled the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Washington Post • beer • video • reporters • Dana Milbank • Chris Cillizza

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's resignation speech on Sunday showed how far she's fallen, writes Maureen Dowd: "Once a blazingly confident media darling," the now-former Alaska governor has become a ranting, whiny "Nixon with hair extensions." It's a marked contrast from Hillary Clinton, who on the same... More »

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Hillary Clinton • women • secretary of State • resignation • Clinton 2008 • Election 2008 • women in office • Sarah Palin • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - Critics who say Barack Obama is forcing Hillary Clinton to keep a low profile, a la a Daily Beast charge that it's time to let her take off the burqa, don't understand how foreign policy gets made in America, Anne Applebaum writes at the Washington Post. Clinton's post at State... More »

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

(Newser) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took square aim at Iran's nuclear ambitions today, bluntly warning Tehran that "Your pursuit is futile." Clinton’s statements mark a step back from her musings earlier this week about creating a “defense umbrella” to protect other Middle Eastern countries from a... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Meet the Press

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Clinton 
 Hits Back 
 at N. Korea 



Jul 26, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton minced no words on North Korea today, telling Meet the Press Pyongyang’s days of “acting out” are over, Politico reports. The secretary of State, whom the North called “a primary school girl” because of tough comments she made, said the North’s pursuit of nuclear... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • North Korea • secretary of State • Jon Kyl • Meet the Press • Robert Gibbs • Henry Louis Gates Jr

North Korea Blasts 'Funny Lady' Clinton

War of words after Clinton tells Pyongyang it has 'no friends'

Jul 23, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - If insults were nukes, the US and North Korea would have destroyed the world today. Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Asia, told reporters that the secretive regime "has no friends left" to block denuclearization, after earlier in the week comparing Kim Jong-Il's coterie to "small children and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • Asia • secretary of State • Kim Jong Il • ASEAN • insult

Clinton Won't Rule Out Second Presidential Run

But 'doubts very much'
it will happen, says she's focused on State

Jul 22, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had a hard time today saying she wouldn’t run for president again, the AP reports. Asked by Thai television whether again toss her hat in the ring, the secretary of State said it was “not at all on my radar screen.” Had she given up... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Thailand • State Department • secretary of State • Clinton 2008 • presidential race

Clinton Voices Concern Over Burma-N. Korea Arms Links

Secretary of state will push ASEAN for tough enforcement of N.Korea sanctions

Jul 21, 09 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is concerned about possible military cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea, the New York Times reports. In Thailand on the eve of the ASEAN conference, the secretary of state told her hosts that their country would be particularly vulnerable to a pernicious relationship between the two dictatorships. Clinton... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Thailand • nuclear weapons • Myanmar • Burma • ASEAN • arms trafficking

Clinton Urges India to Tackle Climate Change, Terrorism

Clinton says US, India allies in fight
against terrorism

Jul 18, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton opened a visit to India today by urging the country not to repeat American mistakes in contributing to global pollution, the AP reports. "We acknowledge now, with President Obama, that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we, along with other developed countries, have contributed... More »

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climate change • Hillary Clinton • terrorism • India • secretary of State • Mumbai

ANALYSIS

Loyal but
Tough, Clinton Returns to Fore

Facing do-everything White House, Hillary reasserts herself

Jul 16, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday Hillary Clinton delivered an ambitious, muscular speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, in which she warned Iran of further sanctions while defending Barack Obama's policy of multifront diplomacy with rogue states. After months in the shadows, writes New York Times reporter Mark Landler, the secretary of State wanted... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • US foreign policy • State Department • secretary of State • Sidney Blumenthal • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

Clinton Derides Vetting Process
as a 'Nightmare'

Secretary frustrated
by lengthy delays
in filling top jobs

Jul 14, 09 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton told USAID staff yesterday that the Obama administration's vetting process for top jobs has become a frustrating "nightmare," CNN reports. Clinton was asked why  the agency is still without a new administrator. "It's not for lack of trying," she responded. "It takes far... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • US Agency for International Development • vetting • Obama administration • Paul Farmer

US Shifts Strategy, Seeks Amnesty for Jailed Reporters

New tactic implies some offense committed against N. Korea

Jul 11, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is switching its strategy to get two American journalists freed from North Korea, dropping its demand for release on humanitarian grounds in favor of appealing for forgiveness, CNN reports. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday asked for “amnesty” for Laura Ling and Euna Lee, saying “everyone... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • amnesty • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Ousted Zelaya Heads to DC to Meet Clinton

Aims to shore up backing for return to power in Honduras

Jul 7, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington today as his supporters threatened to escalate protests and disrupt business across the empoverished Central American nation. A day after failing to land in Honduras to confront the interim government that ousted him, Zelaya boarded a plane... More »

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Hillary Clinton • protests • Honduras • Washington, DC • protesters • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

Clinton Pushed Obama for Tougher Stance on Iran

President decided last-minute to use 'appalled and outraged' language

Jul 1, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama recently toughened his language against the Iranian government, saying he was “appalled and outraged” at its violence against demonstrators, it came as a “happy surprise” to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, administration officials tell the Washington Times. Clinton had been pushing for a tougher stance... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • election fraud • disputed election • Obama administration • President Obama • Neda Agha Soltan

(AP) - President Barack Obama today declared that the US still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal." "It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • military coup • Honduras • Alvaro Uribe • President Obama • Manuel Zelaya

OPINION

Hillary's Wrong: Bush, Israel Agreed on Settlements

Sharon talks resulted in "understandings": Abrams

Jun 25, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said last week that the Bush administration hadn’t made any “informal or oral agreements” on Israel settlements, but that’s simply not true, writes Bush adviser Elliott Abrams in the Wall Street Journal. In fact, talks between the administration and Israel’s then-PM resulted in Ariel... More »

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Bush administration • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Palestine • Elliott Abrams • Ariel Sharon • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush • Obama administration • agreement • settlements

Clinton on the Mend After Elbow Surgery

Fracture repaired, secretary of state heads home to recover

Jun 19, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton had successful surgery this morning to repair her fractured right elbow and is expected to make a full recovery, the State Department says. The secretary of state underwent the procedure at the George Washington University Hospital, then returned to her Washington home. She suffered the injury in... More »

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Hillary Clinton • State Department • secretary of State • Elbow

Analysis

 Hillary Excelling as 
 Obama's Second Banana 

Campaign animosity nowhere to be found for cabinet 'superstar'

Jun 19, 09 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Observers hoping for signs of the old campaign animosity between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been sorely disappointed. Clinton has been faithfully—and efficiently—executing Obama’s strategy, including the parts she criticized him for on the trail, writes the Economist. For example: Asked about her past... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • State Department • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

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