http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hillary/ 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/2284484/posts Jim Geraghty points out an unusual item from Reuters yesterday, in which the State Department announced that Hillary Clinton would not accompany Barack Obama to Moscow next week. The nation’s chief diplomat will stay home while Obama pursues nuclear reductions with Russia, one of his big diplomatic projects, one in which observers would presume that the Secretary of State would have substantial involvement: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who broke her right elbow two weeks ago, will not accompany President Barack Obama to Moscow next week, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. “Secretary Clinton is not going to go... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284484/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:45:01 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/2281510/posts Hugo Chávez's coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation's constitution. WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281510/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:01:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281507/posts The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world — including the U.S. — and Chavez vowed to overthrow the country's apparent new leader.......... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281507/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:28:53 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-news/2280679/posts Sonia Sotomayor was one of three appeals court judges who ruled that New Haven, Conn. officials acted properly in throwing out firefighters' exams because of racially skewed results. The city decided not to use test scores to determine promotions b/c it might have been vulnerable to claims the exam had a "disparate impact" on minorities in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Sotomayor's opinion has been criticized as a cursory look at a tough issue. Among critics are Soto's fellow judges on NY's 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals.... outcome could alter how public and private sector employers make... myway.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280679/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280437/posts US appoints envoy to Muslim world Mrs Clinton said Ms Pandith brought 'years of experience' to the role The US State Department has appointed its first Special Representative to Muslim Communities. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Farah Pandith would play a leading role in US efforts to "engage Muslims around the world". She said Ms Pandith, who was born in Indian-administered Kashmir, would bring years of experience to the role. The appointment is part of President Barack Obama's attempts to improve relations with the Muslim world. Mrs Clinton said Ms Pandith "sees her personal experience as an illustration of... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280437/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:37:57 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/2279708/posts A key Bush administration official is disputing the Obama administration's contention that there were no understandings between President George W. Bush and then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on the issue of continued West Bank settlement construction. In an op-ed piece which appeared in Thursday's editions of The Wall Street Journal, Elliott Abrams, who served under Bush in the National Security Council and who held a series of discussions with the Israeli leadership, said that Bush and Sharon did strike a deal which constituted U.S. acquiescence to continued construction in Israeli settlement blocs that Jerusalem intended to keep under any final status... Ha'aretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279708/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:25:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276199/posts A bulletin from President Obama: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's fall in the State Department basement this week might have been caused by rival Richard Holbrooke – long suspected of coveting the Secretary's title – slicking the floor with WD-40. Obama said his first reaction to news that Clinton's fractured elbow would require surgery was to brace for yet another fiscal crisis. "Fortunately, the lawyers tell me Hillary's ready to settle," he quipped at Washington's annual Radio & Television Correspondents' Dinner Friday night. [Snip] Obama also joked about sleeping with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who spent a much-ballyhooed... People Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276199/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275740/posts At the Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner TOTUS gave a stumbling monologue that was supposed to be funny. One time it was funny was when he made some pointed jabs at st hillary. Everyone knows that Obama has effectively cordoned off Hillary from any substantive duties at the State Dept. by assigning various "special envoys" to key areas, like Amb. Holbrooke (Afghanistan/Pakistan) cited below. But, it seems to me TOTUS made a special point of noting how Hillary stumbled on her way to the WH, but "fortunately...Hillary's ready to settle." This seems to be a thinly veiled jab at Hillary's... Obama at Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275740/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:59:58 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-chat/2274785/posts White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton watch from the side as President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. US Vice President Joe Biden (C) shares a laugh with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (2nd L), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd R), alongside Saeb Erekat (R), the chief Palestinian negotiator, during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274785/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:31:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274298/posts WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton fractured her right elbow during a fall Wednesday, her chief of staff said. Clinton was on her way to the White House when she fell and injured her elbow, chief of staff Cheryl Mills said in a statement released late Wednesday. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274298/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274193/posts WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton fractured her right elbow during a fall Wednesday, her chief of staff said. Clinton was on her way to the White House when she fell and injured her elbow, chief of staff Cheryl Mills said in a statement released late Wednesday. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274193/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:16:58 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 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274145/posts Facing a world of diplomatic woes from Iran to North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had the opportunity to get some heavyweight advice at a dinner held by eight of her living predecessors. Tuesday night's private dinner at former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's Washington home gathered top U.S. diplomats from five previous administrations with decades of hands-on experience in some of the most difficult foreign policy crises America has faced. A spokeswoman for Albright says all but one living former secretary of state attended the event to honor Clinton(continued at link) Breitbart / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274145/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273868/posts Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday reiterated the Jewish state's refusal to freeze settlements, after his first talks with US counterpart Hillary Clinton exposed gaps on Middle East peace. Lieberman, standing next to Secretary of State Clinton after the pair had more than one hour of talks, told reporters that Israel did not have "any intention to change the demographic balance" of the West Bank. "This approach is very clear and also we had some understandings with the previous administration (of George W. Bush) and we try to keep this direction," he said. AFP via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273868/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271773/posts "President Obama is joined by Senior Advisors David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a tour of the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo." NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271773/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:40:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270156/posts June 6th at precisely 1:45AM will go down in history as one of the most important points in the Obama Presidency. It is the moment that Barack Obama signed an executive order. Some are saying it is the most important piece of legislation since the "Emancipation Proclamation" of 1863 in which Abraham Lincoln, with the stroke of a pen freed the slaves. In the same way, Barack Obama will forever be known as the President who gave our country the "Proclamation of Gender Equity", and in so doing guaranteed Americans would once and for all be truly equal. Paving the... fracturedrepublic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270156/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269353/posts NEW YORK (AP) — Terry McAuliffe's crushing defeat in Virginia's gubernatorial primary is the latest blow to former President Bill Clinton's political legacy, still reeling from Hillary Rodham Clinton's loss to Barack Obama in last year's Democratic presidential contest. McAuliffe, a longtime fundraiser and close friend of both Clintons, brought money and attention to an off-year election that otherwise would have commanded little notice outside Virginia. Bill Clinton appeared at five rallies across the state for McAuliffe, lent his voice to radio commercials and recorded telephone endorsements to help get out the vote. Clinton also attended a fundraiser at McAuliffe's... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269353/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:00:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268570/posts Flickr http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268570/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:58:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268224/posts US secretary of state Hillary Clinton roughly rejected any secret Bush agreements with Israel on expanding settlements. Her intention was to have the last word and so shut down the Obama administration's argument with Israel over a West Bank settlement freeze. But she only threw fresh fuel on the fire when she stated emphatically on Friday, June 5, that according to the negotiating record which Bush officials turned over to the Obama administration, "There is no memorialization of any informal and oral agreements." Israel officials have protested that Barack Obama's demand for a total freeze on settlement expansion contradicts a... Debka http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268224/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:11:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268161/posts Hillary Clinton addressed the UN council on Friday 22nd. Stating that China must be held accountable for it's 'shameful' record on necro-mortosis sufferers rights. "While the rest of the world is embracing a new spirit of cooperation, a new dawn of shared intelligence and research, China chooses to suppress it's people and fail to protect them from within." Although her criticism will add weight to the pressure China already feels from the outside world, the call fell short of what many people hoped would initiate a boycott of Chinese goods. Zombieworldnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268161/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 18:24:45 GMT