http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hillaryclinton/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:32:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 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/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/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/2282708/posts WSJ reporter Jay Solomon reported a update of the ousting of Honduras president Manuel Zelaya and several other reports from other sources have reported that President Obama and the US state department want Mr. Zelaya restored back in office through a peaceful democratic dialogue. Wall Street Journal (WSJ) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282708/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:38:31 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/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/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/2274063/posts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands in the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, as she watches the joint news conference between President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. yahoo photos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274063/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:24:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267943/posts Hillary Clinton invited a controversial Muslim from Virginia, Esam Omeish, to participate in a conference call of Muslim leaders last week following President Obama's call to reach out to Muslims in Cairo, Egypt. Omeish made headlines after it was discovered that he told a crowd at a pro-Palestinian rally in 2000 that "the jihad way is the way to liberate your land." So how did this radical Muslim end up as a member of Hillary Clinton's outreach effort to loyal American Muslims? Is this just another example of the poor vetting process that goes on in the Obama administration? Did... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267943/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:33:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266716/posts Hillary Clinton said then President-elect Barack Obama was "quite persistent and very persuasive" ab Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266716/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 18:25:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242427/posts MAS' Esam Omeish Seeks Virginia Office Campaign Mum on MAS Ties, Radical Omeish Speeches IPT News May 1, 2009 The last time the public got a good look at Esam Omeish, he was resigning from a Virginia immigration panel, claiming that the posting of videos showing him praising Palestinians who chose "the jihad way" to liberate their land was part of a smear campaign against him. Now Omeish is diving into the deep end of smear campaigns, offering himself as a candidate for a partisan legislative seat in Northern Virginia. Omeish is among four Democrats vying to win their party's... IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242427/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 23:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2262330/posts Virtual Diplomacy by: Bethany Stotts, June 01, 2009 All those who believe social networking technologies are superficial and undermine social communication move over, because Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes that “virtual diplomacy” via Facebook and Twitter is the way to empower America’s “citizen activists.” Clinton announced at New York University’s May 13 commencement that the U.S. State Department would be forming a Virtual Student Foreign Service Initiative (VSFSI). “Working from college and university campuses American students will partner with our embassies abroad to conduct digital diplomacy that reflects the realities of the networked world and you can learn more... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2262330/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:51:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261270/posts Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that it is imperative that the world prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. She pledged that the Obama administration's engagement with Iran to achieve that end would be carried out "with eyes wide open and under no illusions." Mrs. Clinton is right. Iran's illicit nuclear activities represent a uniquely dangerous and transformational threat to the United States and the rest of the world -- a threat that demands a response of open-eyed realism. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261270/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 17:16:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260432/posts Word coming recently that due to a series of diplomatic oversights, Queen Elizabeth was excluded from a planned U.S.-French commemoration of D-Day, despite her, as well as Britain's, role in the war and the D-Day campaign, has put renewed focus on the inner workings of the Obama State Department and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. According to State Department sources, while the U.S. State Department was not part of the full planning for the D-Day commemoration, American staff involved did not raise the issue of the Queen's involvement with the French. "It was French planning," says one State Department... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260432/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 12:20:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259289/posts WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned on Wednesday that North Korea faces consequences for its nuclear and missile tests and denounced its "provocative and belligerent" threats. "There are consequences to such actions," she said, referring to discussions in the United Nations meant to punish North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests. Clinton did not provide specifics, saying only that the intent of diplomats was to "try to rein in the North Koreans" and get them to fulfill commitments made in the nuclear talks. AP via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259289/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 20:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254434/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Norman Hsu Found Guilty of Violating the Federal Election Campaign Act NEW YORK—Lev L. Dassin, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Norman Hsu was found guilty today on all four counts in the superseding indictment charging him with violating the Federal Election Campaign Act by making contributions to various political campaigns in the names of others. Hsu was found guilty following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan federal court. The evidence at trial established that every year from 2004 through... NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2254434/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 03:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254724/posts "In the message played in court Tuesday, then-Senator Clinton said Hsu's hard work nearly left her speechless. 'I've never seen anybody who has been more loyal and more effective and really just having greater success supporting someone than you,' she told him. 'Everywhere I go, you're there. If you're not, you're sending people to be part of my events. You know, we're going to win this campaign, Norman, because you single-handedly are going to make that happen.'..." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/13/trial-prosecutors-play-tape-clinton-praising-hsu/ AP via FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254724/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 15:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253957/posts New York (AP) -- Longtime fundraiser Norman Hsu was convicted Tuesday of violating campaign finance laws in a case that became an embarrassment to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other prominent Democrats. Prosecutors had argued that Hsu, 58, used straw donors to make thousands of dollars in campaign donations to bypass rules limiting the amount any single individual or group can donate. Hsu's defense argued he was framed by investors who cut deals with the government to avoid prosecution. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253957/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 15:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252604/posts The Swedish ambassador to North Korea met two detained US journalists on Friday, the first such contact in six weeks, a senior US official said. The development came a day after North Korea on Thursday set a June 4th trial date for the two journalists, Euna Lee, a Korean-American, and Laura Ling, a Chinese-American. Sweden represents US interests in North Korea and has been working to secure the release of the two US journalists since they were seized in a dawn raid in the outskirts of Pyongyang on March 17th. "The Swedish ambassador to North Korea, acting as the United... www.thelocal.se http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252604/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 13:00:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252386/posts New York—Not to be outdone by Elizabeth Edwards, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has decided to publish a series of books on her husband’s trysts. The book will detail affair after affair, and all of the excrement she had to eat during her time in Arkansas and Washington. Reportedly, the first two volumes are complete. However, the White House years—a lengthy series of books—won’t be finished until late 2010. Hillary has grown weary of the attention the media paid to Elizabeth Edwards for just one affair, and feels it’s time she got her dues. Elective Decisions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252386/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2009 22:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249501/posts Hillary Clinton May Have Misled Congress on Botched Abortion Claims Washington, DC -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have misled Congress during a hearing by claiming that she once visited a hospital in Brazil allegedly filled with women who were supposedly dealing with injuries from botched legal abortions. Clinton made the claim in an effort to bolster her pro-abortion position. Full story at: http://www.LifeNews.com/int1189.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249501/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 20:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246554/posts WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the U.S. and its negotiating partners may have to "show some patience" before nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea can resume. Clinton, speaking at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said both the U.S. and Russia want to try to get the North Koreans back to the six-party negotiating framework. "We may have to show some patience before that is achieved, but we agree on the goal that we are aiming for," Clinton said. The U.S. has been involved in negotiations with the two Koreas, China, Japan... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246554/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 00:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244004/posts Top Democrats advising President Obama on his first Supreme Court vacancy are urging him not to pick a sitting judge. "I would like to see more people from outside the judicial monastery - somebody who has had some real-life experience," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) told ABC's "This Week." Picking up on the outsider theme, brand-new Democrat Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania - who shepherded ex-President George W. Bush's two high court picks as the panel's former GOP chairman - agreed that the eight other justices on the bench who were lower court judges were plenty. Specter told... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244004/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 19:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243182/posts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to keep things secret that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton found it expedient to politicize. The Obama administration wants to keep its metrics of progress for the war in Afghanistan under wraps. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243182/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 14:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2242430/posts Don't Do This!!! Google Images http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2242430/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 23:52:21 GMT