Clinton Secretary of State

Bill Clinton's Loopholes: What He Can Still Do

Politico | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Bill Clinton pledged to dial back his international charity work and personal earning power so Hillary Clinton can go to State. But in reality, a set ...

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Global Media Debate Hillary Selection

James Freedman | Posted 12.02.2008 | World

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James Freedman

World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.

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Obama-Clinton Rapport Will Be Key To Her Success

Washington Post | Michael Abramowitz and Glenn Kessler | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Leaving the news conference in Chicago yesterday where he introduced his national security team, President-elect Obama strolled out of the room arm in...

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Pelosi Warns World Leaders About Sexist Bias Towards Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered effusive praise for the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State on Monday, saying the New York Democrat was ...

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AP: Clinton's India Ties Could Complicate Obama Policy

AP | MATTHEW LEE and PETE YOST | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The close ties with India that Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton forged during her years as a U.S. senator and pres...

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Clinton's Senate Seat: Who Will Replace Her?

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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***Update 12/2, 12:10 AM*** The New York Times reports today that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the governor to take his name out of the running f...

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Obama's National Security Team: Questions All About Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama rolled out his national security team on Monday morning, bringing together a group of highly qualified stars tasked with carrying out his...

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Clinton's Test: How She'll Work With Obama

USA Today | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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She'll bring global star power, a long-standing commitment to improving the status of women and children around the world and muscular promises of mil...

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Clinton Turned Down Powerful Senate Post: Report

NY Daily News | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton passed on becoming boss of the superpowerful Senate Appropriations Committee to pursue the more prestigious secretary of state job wit...

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Lugar: "There Will Be Questions Raised" About Bill Clinton's Foreign Work

ABC News | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told me today that while he believes he will vote to confirm ...

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Obama To Name Clinton Secretary Of State Monday

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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A deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work helped clear the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama's nationa...

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Report: Clinton Camp Fabricated Initial Obama "Offer"

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

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In the New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Drew sheds some more light on the behind-the-scenes wrangling between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over...

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Clinton Prepares To Relinquish Independence

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — For years, Hillary Rodham Clinton set aside her own considerable ambition to promote her husband's political career. Now, as Preside...

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Secretary Of State Clinton Worries Some In Arab World

Washington Post | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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There is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Cl...

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Obama Eyeing Jim Steinberg As Dep. Secretary Of State, Official Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama is leaning towards appointing former deputy national security adviser Jim Steinberg as his Deputy Secretary of State, a well-connected De...

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Clinton 'Disenchanted' With The Senate

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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The New York Times reports that one factor in Hillary Clinton's decision on moving to the Cabinet is a disappointment with the Senate: The uncertain...

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Women See New Feminist Victory In Clinton At State

NY Times | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, a first lady turned senator turned almost-president, is now transforming herself again, this time into the nation's top diplom...

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Dem Foreign Policy Experts Fear Clinton Team

Washington Independent | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) almost certain to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state, some foreign-policy experts in t...

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Clinton Camp Waiting On Obama, Source Says

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Advisers to Bill and Hillary Clinton believe they've given the Obama transition team much if not all of the all the information on Bill's post-preside...

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Steve Clemons: Clinton Could Be Obama's Bad Cop

CNN | Steve Clemons | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton? Secretary of state? What is Barack Obama thinking? This rock star president-elect may either be confused, deluded and self-destructi...

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Bill Clinton: "I'll Do Whatever They Want"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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The New York Observer reports: Bill Clinton said he'd do "whatever they want" with respect to the vetting process and information he'd have to discl...

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Hillary Clinton: Obama's First Drama

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night. If Barack Obama, the president-elect,...

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Clinton's Chances: Associates Say "The Job Is Hers If She Wants It"

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a s...

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McCain Staffer Crows At Idea Of Clinton In Cabinet

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Over at the Weekly Standard, McCain campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb explains why Republicans should be cheered by the prospect of Secretary of State...

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Obama: Choose Bill Richardson, Lee Hamilton, Dick Lugar, Al Gore or Chuck Hagel -- but not Hillary Clinton -- as your Secretary of State

Robert Guttman | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Why get involved with the Clintons when there are much better choices to be considered? Shouldn't the new president-elect be forming his own team of Obama loyalists?

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