Hillary Clinton reveals how she got over Bill’s adultery
March 8, 2009
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US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, reflecting on her life in the public spotlight, said on Saturday she misses ordinary pleasures but has no regrets about her choice of public service.
“It’s very hard to go out shopping and just enjoy yourself out with your friends; it’s hard to go out to a restaurant and have just a meal with some people you want to talk to without being recognised,” she said during an interview on a popular women’s program on the Turkish channel, NTV.
American Public Remain Strong in Their Support of Barack Obama
February 23, 2009
With his first month as President in the bag, Barack Obama is receiving an unparalleled level of support from the American public in regards to his ability to handle, and in this case fix, the shattered economy. In fact President Obama has the largest lead over opposition party in overall trust to handle the economy as any U.S. President has had in over 20 years.
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Hillary to Bill: thanks for ‘all kinds’ of experiences
February 3, 2009
Despite the daunting challenges she faces as the new US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton poked fun at herself and her husband Bill Clinton during her swearing-in.
“I’m so grateful to him for a lifetime of all kinds of experiences,” said Clinton, pausing in the middle of her phrase before finishing it on a harder tone at an elite ceremony in the State Department.
Hillary’s Baptism of Fire
December 5, 2008
Approaching the November 4 US presidential election, Joe Biden confided that America’s enemies would quickly test an elected Barack Obama.
“Mark my words,”
Obama’s running mate warned all too presciently,
“it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.”
“Watch. We’re going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”
Hillary Clinton confirmed as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State
December 1, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama says he will welcome strong opinions and differing viewpoints from his national security team, saying he appointed his “team of rivals” because they shared his broad vision, but would not necessarily agree on tactics or strategies to deal with world issues.
Announcing his team in Chicago, Mr Obama confirmed the worst held secret in America: that his former rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton, would be his secretary of state.
Obama Security Team unveiled
December 1, 2008
In recognition that the first year of his presidency will be dominated by trying to stabilize the domestic economy, Barack Obama has assembled a heavy-hitting and highly experienced national security team – including his former rival for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton.
The president-elect was expected to hold a press conference in Chicago early today to unveil his national security team.
Obama set to name Hillary Clinton as top diplomat
November 30, 2008
Barack Obama is set to formally nominate his ex-rival, Hillary Clinton, as secretary of state and roll out the national security team he will charge with defusing multiple foreign crises.
The president-elect is also expected on Monday to publicly say he has asked President George W Bush’s defence secretary, Robert Gates, to stay on at the Pentagon and to name former marine general James Jones as his national security adviser.
Will Experience Trump Change for Obama
November 26, 2008
Barack Obama promised change, galvanizing many younger voters who believed America could become a fairer country and end its involvement in Iraq.
As a presidential candidate, Obama had promised a new vision of politics. A politics not divided along partisan lines, that would break with the old Washington ways where access to decision makers was corrupted by donations, lobbyists and a culture of insiders.
Hillary Clinton to take Top US Diplomat’s role in Obama Administration
November 23, 2008
A remarkable political union between two once bitter rivals looks set to be cemented after Hillary Clinton appeared ready to accept Barack Obama’s offer to be secretary of state.
The former first lady sent clear signals yesterday that she had decided to give up her Senate seat to become the face of US diplomacy abroad, The New York Times reported.
Bill may have to give up for Hillary to get on
November 18, 2008
The former US president Bill Clinton may have to cease some of his activities for his wife, Hillary, to become the nation’s top diplomat.
“There is a lot of momentum in the direction of this happening,”
said James Carville, a friend of the Clintons.
Mr Carville said the former president’s work – past and future – was a complicating matter. “She’s not married to Todd Palin,” he said, referring to the husband of the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin.
