http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/clinton/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:43:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285690/posts There’s been an enormous amount of speculation from all corners as the the motivation behind Sarah Palin’s resignation as Governor of Alaska. The speculation has covered the full spectrum from the leftist talking points that she can’t take political heat to her supporters declaring that she’s preparing for national office. Her detractors have pretty much stayed on message, repeating over and over again that she’s weak, can’t take the heat and is deserting her post. However today a new twist has been revealed via Obama propagandist. The new twist is that the resignation came just before a Sarah Palin federal... Right Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285690/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285208/posts Somehow I missed this in March. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a longtime admirer of community organizing guru Saul Alinsky, visited the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2009. She told the assembled Eurocrats: I'm actually excited by this opportunity. I'm very well aware that we are not yet through this economic crisis but the chief of staff for President Obama is an old friend of mine and my husband's and was in the White House when Bill was there. And he said, you know, never waste a good crisis, and when it comes to the economic crisis don't... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285208/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:32:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284107/posts There appears to be a rift developing between President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton. It was bound to happen sometime. Her job has been diluted by four special envoys that report, not to her, but directly to the President. Her cabinet position was a buyoff to gain the Clintons’ support after Obama’s nomination. I reported on a secret meeting between Bill Clinton and candidate Obama in Harlem on 9/11, where no doubt a deal was made.. But deals between political enemies are short lived, especially when their purpose has been served. Obama got what he wanted, her heavily female... Island Turtle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2284107/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:09:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283519/posts US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has cancelled plans to visit Moscow with President Barack Obama and will send someone in her place, a State Department official said Wednesday. breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283519/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283404/posts Dear Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton; I am a missionary here in Honduras for the past 13 years. I am also a retired Air Force Master Sergeant of 22 years. My pride and devotion to our country, I believe, is unquestionable. However, you have made me ashamed, not of my country, but of its leaders, specifically you. How could you possibly make such a rash and irresponsible decision to support a “would be” dictator and Hugo Chavez follower without taking even a moment to investigate the overwhelming evidence that repudiates his lies? You are, by your irresponsible statements of support... The Voice magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283404/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283174/posts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week, administration officials say. At his June 23 news conference, Mr. Obama said he was "appalled and outraged" by Iranian behavior and "strongly condemned" the violence against anti-government demonstrators. Up until then, Mr. Obama and other administration officials had taken a softer line, expressing "deep concern" about the situation and calling on Iran to "respect the dignity of its own people." Behind the scenes, the officials,... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283174/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283110/posts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week, the Washington Times reported administration officials as saying. At his June 23 news conference, Obama said he was "appalled and outraged" by Iranian behavior and "strongly condemned" the violence against anti-government demonstrators. Up until then, Obama and other administration officials had taken a softer line, expressing "deep concern" about the situation and calling on Iran to "respect the dignity of its own people." Behind the... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283110/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283070/posts This man just cannot bring himself to be tough on Iran, WaPo reports, it was Hillary behind the tough talk... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283070/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283053/posts It has been interesting watching the response to the Honduran military's recent ousting its nation's president, Manuel Zelaya.  Barack Obama called the action "not legal" and Hillary Clinton said that the arrest of Zelaya should be condemned.  Most interesting, perhaps, is that taking this position places them shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and Venezuelan's roaring mouse, Hugo Chavez, who is threatening military action against Honduras.  Now, some would say this is an eclectic group - others would say, not so much - regardless, what has gotten them so upset?  Let's start with what they say.  They are... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283053/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:42:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282369/posts The news that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was removed from his post and spirited out of the country by the Honduran military has elicited official condemnations from the governments of France, Ecuador, Chile, Spain, and Argentina; as well as protests from the Organization of American States and the United Nations. The U.S. State Department called the events an "attempted coup," and demanded that Mr. Zelaya be returned to power in order to facilitate the "restoration of democratic order." Hold on. There was an attempted coup in Honduras, but it was Zelaya who initiated it, not his opponents. As the invaluable... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282369/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282483/posts South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has recently reappeared after a week-long absence...an absence during which his whereabouts were unknown to his wife, his children, his staff, and his political advisors. Prior to his departure on June 18, following a protracted court battle over South Carolina’s share of federal economic stimulus funds, he made casual mention to his staff that he’d like to spend some time hiking the Appalachian Trail, in order to “clear his head.” However, we now know that he was not “clearing his head” in the Appalachians, he was in Argentina, visiting a woman with whom he’s been... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282483/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281452/posts Hillary Clinton urges condemnation of Honduran actionTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS 5:45 PM EDT, June 28, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the action taken against Honduras' president should be condemned by everyone. She says Honduras must embrace the principles of democracy and respect constitutional order. The president, Manuel Zelaya, was flown to Costa Rica after being taken into military custody at his house outside the Honduran capital. He was detained shortly before voting was to begin on a constitutional referendum the president had insisted on holding. Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281452/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:51:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281018/posts Only after the Republicans gained control of the House in 1994 were there budget surpluses for which Bill Clinton took credit, even though he too had never been a member of Congress. The elder Bush administration and Clinton administration benefited greatly from Reagan's military spending, winning of the "Cold War," and creating a huge peace dividend that made Clinton's budget surpluses possible. Reagan should get at least some of the credit for mid-90's budget surpluses. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2281018/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:29:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279926/posts Just like when Kennedy was shot, when Reagan was shot, when Challenger exploded....we all remember where we were and how we heard. The same is true with Michael Jackson. To cheer us all up, I found this: [video at site] (Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279926/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279804/posts SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) – Buoyed by the presence in the White House of a president who wants to prioritize relations with the world’s Muslims, the head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) visited both Washington and Brussels this week, and urged the U.S. to quickly appoint an envoy to the Islamic bloc. OIC secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was in Washington on Tuesday when the State Department, in an internal memo, announced that it has selected a “special representative to Muslim communities.” SNIPPET: "From Washington, Ihsanoglu went to Brussels where he announced plans to open a representative office to the European... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279804/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:56:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279628/posts (IsraelNN.com) Elliot Abrams, who served under United States Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, took issue Thursday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's claims that there were no understandings between the Bush administration and Israel about construction for natural growth in Judea and Samaria. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Abrams said, "Despite fervent denials by Obama administration officials, there were indeed agreements between Israel and the United States regarding the growth of Israeli settlements on the West Bank." Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279628/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278979/posts The Charleston Post and Courier reports that Mark Sanford, as a congressman, called on Clinton to resign when his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was revealed. Sanford is now Gov. Sanford. And, as just about everyone knows by now, he confessed today that he had an affair with a “dear, dear friend” in Argentina. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278979/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278462/posts The March 11, 2006 death of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic while in U.N. custody at The Hague was the tragic end to an unjust war and prosecution. The U.N. war crimes tribunal had tried unsuccessfully for four years to convict Milosevic. Since 2004, the health of the former Yugoslavian President had been in decline. For several months before his death, Milosevic claimed that he was being poisoned and requested a trip to Russia for medical treatment. Of course, all requests were denied by the U.N. A January blood test given to Milosevic showed traces of the rarely used antibiotic... Norfolk Crime Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278462/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:01:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277190/posts 9/11, Info Sharing, and “The Wall” The rise of “the wall” between intelligence and law enforcement personnel that impeded the sharing of information within the U.S. government prior to September 11, 2001 was critically examined in a detailed monograph (pdf) that was prepared in 2004 for the 9/11 Commission. It is the only one of four staff monographs that had not previously been released. It was finally declassified and disclosed earlier this month [http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/wall.pdf --searchable HTML transcript at http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:KyzY5fDka0AJ:www.fas.org/irp/eprint/wall.pdf+%22legal+barriers+to+information+sharing:+the+erection+of+a+wall+between+intelligence+and+law+enforcement+investigations%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us]. In April 2004, Attorney General John Ashcroft testified (pdf) that the failure to properly share threat information in the summer of... Federation of American Scientists http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277190/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275893/posts "6. Pyongyang has announced that it will “never” give up her nuclear weapons’ policy. You might have heard that the word “never” is never to be used in any context. Why does North Korea practice the opposite without much damage? Because we make it pay. Perhaps, as far back as 1953, the Kims had reason to discover that in their case that “never” always works. It does so because they have to do with entities whose moral relativism and crisis management technique is that everything, and really everything, is negotiable at all times. Accordingly, they never say “no, never” to... The Brussels Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275893/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:46:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275389/posts US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had successful two-hour surgery today to repair her broken right elbow, her chief of staff said. Mrs Clinton tripped and fell in the State Department's basement on Wednesday ... Mrs Clinton has several foreign trips planned in the coming weeks ... reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275389/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:11:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274641/posts WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Clinton was recuperating at home Thursday, figuring out how to send text messages and emails as she nurses a broken right elbow that will require surgery to mend, her spokesman said. "She is at home resting comfortably -- or uncomfortably," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. "She is working from home. She has already taken some calls, and I'm sure learning … how well you can text with one arm in a sling." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/06/18/2009-06-18_hillary_clinton_takes_a_spill_breaks_her_elbow.html#ixzz0IoZGaEOW&C NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274641/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274559/posts The Obama administration will pursue talks with Iran on nuclear and other issues regardless of who emerges as president in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. "We are obviously waiting to see the outcome of the internal Iranian processes, but our intent is to pursue whatever opportunities might exist in the future with Iran" to discuss big issues, Clinton told reporters. President Barack Obama and other top administration officials have carefully tried to stay neutral during the dispute and remain open to engagement with both the current government and whoever might take... newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274559/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:02:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274230/posts The relationship of “good friends agree to disagree” took a tough test Wednesday afternoon as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman standing at her side, told reporters, "We want to see a stop to the settlements.” The Foreign Minister, who lives in the community of Nokdim in the eastern part of Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, did not flinch and retorted, “We think that as in any place, babies are born, people get married, some pass away and we cannot accept this vision about an absolutely complete freezing of settlements." Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274230/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274169/posts State Department says Hillary Clinton has fractured her right elbow after a fall on her way to the White House Wednesday afternoon. Twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274169/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:27:35 GMT