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Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job
#9265043 - 11/18/08 09:21 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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President-elect Barack Obama reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration
Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.
Obama's advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton's foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with development, to ensure that there is no conflict of interest. But Democrats do not believe that the vetting is likely to be a problem.
Clinton would be well placed to become the country's dominant voice in foreign affairs, replacing Condoleezza Rice. Since being elected senator for New York, she has specialised in foreign affairs and defence. Although she supported the war in Iraq, she and Obama basically agree on a withdrawal of American troops.
Clinton, who still harbours hopes of a future presidential run, had to weigh up whether she would be better placed by staying in the Senate, which offers a platform for life, or making the more uncertain career move to the secretary of state job.
As part of the coalition-building, Obama today also reached out to his defeated Republican rival, John McCain, to discuss how they could work together to roll back some of the most controversial policies of the Bush years. Putting aside the bitter words thrown about with abandon by both sides during the election campaign, McCain flew to meet Obama at his headquarters in the Kluczynski Federal Building, in downtown Chicago.
Obama, speaking before the meeting, said: "We're going to have a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country." He said he also wanted to thank McCain for his service to the country.
Asked by a reporter whether he would work with Obama, McCain, who has long favoured a bipartisan approach to politics, replied: "Obviously".
Sources on both sides said Obama did not offer McCain a cabinet job, but focused on how the senator for Arizona could help to guide through Congress legislation that they both strongly favour.
Given Obama's status as president-in-waiting, the two met in a formal setting, a room decked out with a US flag, and were accompanied by senior advisers. Obama appeared the more relaxed of the two, sitting with legs crossed, smiling broadly and waving to reporters, while McCain sat stiffly, with a seemingly fixed grin.
Although the two clashed during the election campaign over tax policy and withdrawal from Iraq, they have more in common than they have differences. They both favour the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, an increase in US troops to Afghanistan, immigration reform, stem cell research and measures to tackle climate change, and oppose torture and the widespread use of wire-tapping.
Although Democrats made gains in the Senate in the November 4 elections, they fell short of the 60 seats that would have allowed them to override Republican blocking tactics and will need Republican allies to get Obama's plans through. This was highlighted today when the Democratic leadership in Congress announced that a broad economic stimulus package Obama sought was not likely to be passed because of Republican opposition.
Obama confirmed at the weekend that he would offer jobs to some Republicans. One of the names that crops up most often is Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator who is a specialist in foreign affairs and a critic of the Iraq war.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/17/hillary-clinton-secretary-of-state
The fucking Clintons. When are they ever going to go away.....
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: lonestar2004]
#9265310 - 11/18/08 10:46 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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haha lol.... the bushes the clintons is there any difference? the elite...simply put..
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: lonestar2004]
#9265320 - 11/18/08 10:49 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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at least this keeps her off the Supreme Court.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Redstorm]
#9265377 - 11/18/08 11:06 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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> at least this keeps her off the Supreme Court.
Until a spot opens up.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Seuss]
#9266041 - 11/18/08 01:46 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wish supreme court members had term limits also.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: pinkfloydms]
#9266155 - 11/18/08 02:10 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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They do, the limit is one lifetime.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Redstorm]
#9266294 - 11/18/08 02:36 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Redstorm said: at least this keeps her off the Supreme Court.
Yeah, thanks i feel better.....
she is still a threat to become president!
Only 4 heartbeats away!
Obama,
Biden,
Byrd,
Pelosi,
Hillary..........
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: lonestar2004]
#9266820 - 11/18/08 04:02 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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w00t
I don't think Hillary would be a candidate for the Supreme Court. Supreme Court judges typically serve most of their lives as judges in the federal court system, or sometimes as the attorney general/legal counsel in an executive capacity (though rarely). What makes you think Hillary is a likely candidate for the supreme court? She is certainly a politician, not a legal scholar.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: kriminalelement]
#9266857 - 11/18/08 04:09 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Technically, she is a legal scholar.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Redstorm]
#9266987 - 11/18/08 04:26 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Technically, she is a legal scholar.
She has her degree in law. That does not make her a legal scholar. A legal scholar would publish academic papers or high-level court decisions concerning specific legal issues. Hillary Clinton wears tangerine pantsuits and lobbies for votes by taking shots of grain alcohol.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: kriminalelement]
#9268134 - 11/18/08 06:57 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Two words.
OH FUCK!
Buy guns while you can people. This isn't bullshit. A good AK should run no more than $500-$600. Get them while you can.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: mushroomhunter10]
#9268227 - 11/18/08 07:11 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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That doesn't make any sense. the Secretary of State has no say over the legality of firearms.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Redstorm]
#9268291 - 11/18/08 07:21 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
That doesn't make any sense. the Secretary of State has no say over the legality of firearms.
Thankyou.
Why is everyone being so hysterical?
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: kriminalelement]
#9268372 - 11/18/08 07:36 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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They all work together to push elitist agendas.
It's pretty damn obvious.
Another corporate-sponsored cabinet... yay!
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: mushroomhunter10]
#9268387 - 11/18/08 07:39 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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If that was the case we already wouldn't have guns.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Redstorm]
#9268405 - 11/18/08 07:42 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's slowly happening. They're not multi-billionaires and in powerful positions because they're idiots.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: mushroomhunter10]
#9268420 - 11/18/08 07:43 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's so slowly happening that the SC just overturned the handgun ban in DC?
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Redstorm]
#9268476 - 11/18/08 07:52 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Barely.
That made me sincerely happy. The reenactment of the assault weapons ban is enough proof for me.
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: lonestar2004]
#9269272 - 11/18/08 09:37 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Didn't the clinton bitch mention something about OBLITERATING Iran in (defense) of Israel?
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Re: Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of secretary of state job [Re: Minstrel]
#9269529 - 11/18/08 10:12 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think it's funny how Israel is always the poor little sheep that we have to defend. Yet they have tons of nukes, one of the best air forces in the world (if not the best), and a strong military.
America is Israel's bitch. Not really sure why but we are! I think it has a lot to do with monetary control.
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