Posted on 12/13/2010 10:42:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
There is a growing bipartisan consensus that Hillary Clinton is the best ever Secretary of State, US President Barack Obama has said. His decision to appoint Clinton as the Secretary of State was one of his better decisions, the US President has said. Obama who made a rare appearance at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department to attend the holiday reception party hosted by the Washington's vibrant diplomatic community by Clinton said, "I think there's a consensus building that this may be one of the best Secretaries of State we've ever had in this country’s history."
"One of my better decisions," he said amidst laughter.
"It is a bipartisan view, by the way. That doesn't happen very often," Obama said about Clinton, who till early 2008 was one of his bitter political rivals.
Clinton is relentless, is tough and does not quit, Obama said adding, "She recently pulled off what one journalist called "a Central Asian hat trick" —- she went to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan -- and then she threw in as a bonus, Bahrain,".
"Because of the time differences, she was able to accomplish this all in one day," he said.
She recently cautioned foreign publics against watching too much American TV, because, she said, you'd think that we Americans spend all our time "wrestling and wearing bikinis," Obama said amidst another round of laughter from the diplomatic corps.
"So, thank you, Secretary Clinton, for your leadership, for your sense of humour, for your incredible dedication to our national security -- more broadly, your incredible dedication to a world that's more peaceful and secure and provides opportunity for all," he said.
Obama also appreciated the extraordinary role of the State Department employees for the tireless work they do.
"You are the backbone of American foreign policy, especially those of you who are serving far away from home during the holidays," he said.
"Day in, day out, you strengthen our alliances. You forge new partnerships. You prevent conflicts and the spread of deadly weapons. You promote global prosperity and global health. You stand up for human rights and you stand up for universal values.
In other words, you show the world the very best of America.
On behalf of the American people, I want to say thank you. You are doing an extraordinary job," Obama said.
She knows how to shred documents, hide evidence, and induce suicides. Those are really important things to Obama.
And she was dodging bullets the whole time too?
The reason anybody has ever listened to our Secretaries of State is due to our War Department. (To heck with the silly name Department of Defense. Who the heck wants to play defense?)
“Translation...”
“Bill actually showed me a copy of my BC she found the other night....”
That is hilarious. What is that clip from? It looks like an old clip from Columbo.
She obviously towers above them all in intellect, statesmanship, integrity and character. Like, they were stupid enough to bring "reset" buttons to meetings with major foreign powers with the wrong translation, while she got that part of great statesmanship right. Or not.
Obama is such an appalling putz and liar.
Thomas Jefferson (1790-1793) Edmund Jennings Randolph (1794-1795) Timothy Pickering (1795-1800) John Marshall (1800-1801) James Madison (1801-1809) Robert Smith (1809-1811) James Monroe (1811-1817) John Quincy Adams (1817-1825) Henry Clay (1825-1829) Martin Van Buren (1829-1831) Edward Livingston (1831-1833) Louis McLane (1833-1834) John Forsyth (1834-1841) Daniel Webster (1841-1843) Abel Parker Upshur (1843-1844) John Caldwell Calhoun (1844-1845) James Buchanan (1845-1849) John Middleton Clayton (1849-1850) Daniel Webster (1850-1852) Edward Everett (1852-1853) William Learned Marcy (1853-1857) Lewis Cass (1857-1860) Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1860-1861) William Henry Seward (1861-1869) Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1869-1869) Hamilton Fish (1869-1877) William Maxwell Evarts (1877-1881) James Gillespie Blaine (1881-1881) Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1881-1885) Thomas Francis Bayard (1885-1889) James Gillespie Blaine (1889-1892) John Watson Foster (1892-1893) Walter Quintin Gresham (1893-1895) Richard Olney (1895-1897) John Sherman (1897-1898) William Rufus Day (1898-1898) John Milton Hay (1898-1905) Elihu Root (1905-1909) Robert Bacon (1909-1909) Philander Chase Knox (1909-1913) William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915) Robert Lansing (1915-1920) Bainbridge Colby (1920-1921) Charles Evans Hughes (1921-1925) Frank Billings Kellogg (1925-1929) Henry Lewis Stimson (1929-1933) Cordell Hull (1933-1944) Edward Reilly Stettinius (1944-1945) James Francis Byrnes (1945-1947) George Catlett Marshall (1947-1949) Dean Gooderham Acheson (1949-1953) John Foster Dulles (1953-1959) Christian Archibald Herter (1959-1961) David Dean Rusk (1961-1969) William Pierce Rogers (1969-1973) Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger (1973-1977) Cyrus Roberts Vance (1977-1980) Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1980-1981) Alexander Meigs Haig (1981-1982) George Pratt Shultz (1982-1989) James Addison Baker (1989-1992) Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1992-1993) Warren Minor Christopher (1993-1997) Madeleine Korbel Albright (1997-2001) (see also former Secretary Albright's Archive site) Colin Luther Powell (2001-2005) (see also former Secretary Powell's Archive site) Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009) (see also former Secretary Rice's Archive site) Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-) (see also Secretary Clinton's site)
How amazing how public SERVANTS, whatever their beliefs. really believe they are doing us such a favour, and that without them the world would just melt away.
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