Posted on 01/22/2009 5:32:46 PM PST by EagleUSA
WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton took charge of the State Department on Thursday, proclaiming the start of a new era of robust U.S. diplomacy to tackle the world's crises and improve America's standing abroad.
Before a raucous, cheering crowd of about 1,000 people, the nation's 67th secretary of state pledged to boost the morale and resources of the diplomatic corps and promised them a difficult but exciting road ahead.
"I believe with all of my heart that this is a new era for America," she said to loud applause in the main lobby of the department's headquarters, which President Barack Obama visited later in the day to underscore his administration's commitment to diplomacy.
With Obama at her side in the ornate Ben Franklin Room, Clinton introduced former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, D-Maine, as a special envoy for the Middle East. Former U.N. ambassador Richard Holbrooke was announced as a special adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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What ever happened about the constitutional issue of her being Sec. of State? Did that just get swept under the rug like the Obama birth certificate/citizenship issue?
General Who????
Will the employees be able to look in the eye as she walks down the hall?
He not only had to deal with subversives and domestic enemies in our own CIA, but from the cheers and smiles, it’s obvious the State Dept. is packed with leftists.
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Yes, Bush had much to deal with — and I think NOW that the problem with subversives in our own government is uncontrollable given what we now have to deal with.
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