Hillary Clinton's Keynote Speech: Fighting For Influence in Obama's White House - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International »
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She was supposed to be the strong woman in Obama's cabinet, but Hillary Clinton has been remarkably muted as secretary of state. On Wednesday she sought to reclaim her foreign policy position -- but the White House stole her thunder.
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FairNBalanced4 months, 3 weeks ago
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She was supposed to be the strong woman in Obama's cabinet, but Hillary Clinton has been remarkably muted as secretary of state. On Wednesday she sought to reclaim her foreign policy position -- but the White House stole her thunder.
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FairNBalanced4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Why do I suspect that we may see a resignation from Hillary Clinton say sometime around 2010 after the mid term elections? I have a feeling that these two will go head to head. Just a matter of time. One area ripe for such a conflict is his confrontational relationship with Isreal and his willingness to have talks without conditions with Iran.
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nostalgia4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Even worse, there was President Obama, who was appearing before cameras at almost the exact same time. He had decided that now was the perfect time to talk about his plans for health care reform, surrounded by nurses in the Rose Garden of the White House.
And the networks had decided to broadcast Obama, not Clinton, live. For a few minutes it was like being back in that bitter battle for the Democratic nomination when the two rivals would compete to be the first on the evening news during the primaries.
The president's speech was announced at short notice. Something like that needs be agreed upon beforehand, complained one Washington insider. Or maybe it was completely deliberate. Clinton was "upstaged by Obama," commented the New York Daily News.
All you have to do is look at the special envoys and advisers - Richard Holbrooke for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Dennis Ross the Middle East specialist to the NSC, George Mitchell Special Envoy for Middle East peace, Major General J. Scott Gration (USAF, retired) Special Envoy for Sudan, there are also envoys for climate change, women’s issues and European energy problems.
The question is: How much influence does Hillary have with these envoys or do they get their marching orders from Obama? -
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cherev4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Why did Obama give her the post in the first place? "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" seems to answer that question.
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Obama seems to want to keep Hillary "barefoot and pregnant" in his administration. She's not the type to sit still for this type of treatment for too long. Obama would be wise to watch his back. -
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simonsez4 months, 3 weeks ago
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He's a one man-show, narcissistic and he up-staged her on purpose. Keep her in her place.
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He drained any power she might develop by appointing special envoys ... she became sort of the office manager of the State Dept.
He's a dangerous man for our country. Too good at what he does ...
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