Hillary Clinton arrived in Naypyidaw on Wednesday, becoming the first US secretary of state to visit Burma in 50 years, during a historic visit to the long-isolated Southeast Asian country, which is also known as Myanmar. And yet, the secretary of state’s visit barely caused a stir. According to CBS News, the visit is part [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called today for North Korea to “promote peace, stability, and denuclearization,” as the North boasted of “leaping progress” in building a light-water nuclear reactor along with low-enriched uranium. Skip to next paragraph Secretary Clinton issued the call in the port city of Pusan on the way to Burma (Myanmar) on [...]

Clinton has said she will insist that Burma free all political prisoners – activists’ estimates vary between 500 and more than 1,600 – and move to end long-running ethnic conflicts that have displaced thousands of people. Senior administration officials said Clinton would not announce an end to sweeping economic sanctions on Burma, a step that [...]

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30 November 2011 Last updated at 14:10 ET By Kim Ghattas BBC News, Nay Pyi Daw Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Hillary Clinton’s plane landed at the airport in the remote capital Nay Pyi Daw Hillary Clinton’s US government plane touched down on the lone airstrip of Nay Pyi Daw airport [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton steps into one of the world’s most repressive countries Wednesday with her arrival in Burma (Myanmar) – the first secretary of State to trod Burmese soil since John Foster Dulles in 1955. Skip to next paragraph Her three-day trip will test not only the military junta’s openness to political [...]

In other big news, Aung San Suu Kyi to rejoin politics (NEWSER) – Next month, Hillary Clinton will become the first American secretary of state to visit Burma in more than 50 years. President Obama, who is on a diplomatic mission to southeast Asia, announced the historic visit today, citing “flickers of progress in these [...]

REPORTING FROM NEW DELHI -– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday for a historic three-day visit aimed at encouraging reform and assessing progress in the long-isolated nation, as well as offering a road map on forging closer ties with the United States and Europe. She will also be looking for an [...]

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has given a strong boost to aid campaigners when she announced US backing for a transparency initiative to better track aid flows. The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) will consist of a registry that assembles all relevant aid information from governments, NGOs and foundations that will make it [...]

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Pusan, South Korea — When Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Burma today, the first U.S. secretary of state to do so in half a century, she will enter a country vacillating between pessimism and hope. Its authoritarian government is talking loudly of reform. Its opposition leaders are desperate for change, but deeply suspicious of the [...]

Political guru Karl Rove discounts speculation that President Obama will replace Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. “I accept the fact that it would be wise to replace Biden with any sentient human being,” Rove tells NewsmaxTV in an exclusive interview. “Why Washington seems to be infatuated with [...]

November 29, 2011, 7:55 PM EST By Daniel Ten Kate Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Myanmar starting today may give Western companies an opening to return to the former dictatorship 14 years after her husband banned new investment on human-rights concerns. Clinton’s three-day visit, the highest-level U.S. trip in [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Myanmar starting today may give Western companies an opening to return to the former dictatorship 14 years after her husband banned new investment on human-rights concerns. Clinton’s three-day visit, the highest-level U.S. trip in more than five decades, comes after Myanmar President Thein Sein released political prisoners and [...]

  (Scranton) — Yesterday’s tight travel schedule prevented me from putting out a blog post on President Clinton’s campaign appearance in Scranton. But from the “better late than never department,” here are my impressions of the event. Clinton said at the beginning of his appearance at Scranton High School that he wasn’t going to give [...]

Hilary Clinton, the US secretary of state, arrives in Burma on Wednesday, the first visit of a top-level American official to the isolated south-east Asian country in more than 50 years. The trip is both a reward for Burmese authorities’ tentative moves towards democratic reform and an effort by Washington to assert influence in a country which has [...]

Perhaps hoping to lure the attention and support of the legions of Hillary Democrats who might have soured on President Obama, the Mitt Romney campaign has dug up a 2008 quote by the Obama campaign that criticizes Clinton. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets in the traditional Thai way as she visits the collective [...]

Former President Bill Clinton hinted at what his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will do after she leaves office in an interview with conservative outlet NewsMax Sunday. Hillary Clinton has said that her role in the Obama administration would be her “last public position,” and that she will not serve a second term as [...]

Hillary Clinton may not have won the Democratic nomination in 2008, but as it turns out, plenty of moms still have her in mind as a future president. A new CafeMom poll shows that if Mrs. Clinton were running for president right now, she’d get 58 percent of moms’ votes. By comparison, only 42 percent [...]

    Foreign assistance and aid is at the heart of foreign relations. This is according to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday as she prepares to arrive in Busan Wednesday for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Clinton who will also use her time in Korea to meet with President [...]

Meet the new playbook, same as the McCain ’08 playbook? The Mitt Romney campaign tonight sent an email from communications director Gail Gitcho, invoking Hillary Clinton as a sympathetic figure and attempting to put a wedge based on the 2008 campaign between the Secretary of State’s supporters in swing states and the president. Continue Reading [...]

Washington: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will test Myanmar’s tentative democratic reforms this week in a high-stakes visit that could mark the resource-rich Asian nation’s return to the world stage after more than 50 years of political isolation. Clinton’s trip to Myanmar follows a decision by US President Barack Obama this month to open the [...]

Print this Article Email this ArticleSign up for text alertsSign up for e-mail headlines <!– –> When Hillary Clinton was on the campaign trail in 2008 and spoke at Scranton High School, the line to get tickets a few days before her appearance stretched about 1,000 people long. Monday’s line to grab the available free [...]

Clinton on Wednesday will become the top US official to visit the nation in more than 50 years as she tests the waters after dramatic – but tentative – reforms by the military-backed government. Clinton is expected to meet both President Thein Sein and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. She has said she will [...]

(AP)  WASHINGTON When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visits Myanmar this week, she’ll see a country that has made some progress on democracy, but has even farther to go to fix the corrupted economy and ethnic conflicts that stem from decades of military rule. After staging elections last November, Myanmar has begun to release [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has famously declared that she wants her next job title to be “grandmother.” But a Harris Poll indicates that Mrs. Clinton is just about the only politician with a job approval rating above sea level. And a second survey suggests that American moms — remember the role of the soccer [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Burma this week, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in more than 50 years. Clinton departs Monday for Asia, first stopping in South Korea before traveling on to Burma. Her visit to the isolated country begins Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama announced earlier this [...]

Former President Bill Clinton hinted at what his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will do after she leaves office in an interview with conservative outlet NewsMax Sunday. Hillary Clinton has said that her role in the Obama administration would be her “last public position,” and that she will not serve a second term as [...]

AFP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarks on a historic visit to Burma this week that aims not only to pry open the closed nation but to shake up the battle for global influence right on China’s doorstep. Clinton on Wednesday will become the top US official to visit the nation in more than [...]

Previously the radical Jihad-centered Muslim Brotherhood was banned and repressed in Egypt and Syria. Hillary Clinton is now supporting the group in both countries. Thanks to Hillary and the US state department, the Muslim Brotherhood is now a major player in Egypt. Hillary is supporting, and probably financing with our tax dollars, the same group [...]

Bill Clinton gave a surprising – and wide-ranging – interview to the conservative-leaning website NewsMax to promote his new book about the economy, in which he riffed on the politics of the day, including the Newt Gingrich surge and Hillary Clinton’s post-Secretary of State life. Of Newt, Clinton – who famously feuded with the former [...]

AFP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarks on a historic visit to Burma this week that aims not only to pry open the closed nation but to shake up the battle for global influence right on China’s doorstep. Clinton on Wednesday will become the top US official to visit the nation in more than [...]

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday telephoned her US counterpart Hillary Clinton to convey Pakistan’s “deep sense of rage” over cross-border NATO air strikes saying it violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.Khar said that attacks like Saturday’s strike on military outposts that left at least 24 Pakistani soldiers dead were “totally unacceptable” as they contravened international law, [...]

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday telephoned her US counterpart Hillary Clinton to convey Pakistan’s “deep sense of rage” over cross-border NATO air strikes saying it violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.Khar said that attacks like Saturday’s strike on military outposts that left at least 24 Pakistani soldiers dead were “totally unacceptable” as they contravened international law, [...]

Previously the radical Jihad-centered Muslim Brotherhood was banned and repressed in Egypt and Syria. Hillary Clinton is now supporting the group in both countries. Thanks to Hillary and the US state department, the Muslim Brotherhood is now a major player in Egypt. Hillary is supporting, and probably financing with our tax dollars, the same group [...]

Previously the radical Jihad-centered Muslim Brotherhood was banned and repressed in Egypt and Syria. Hillary Clinton is now supporting the group in both countries. Thanks to Hillary and the US state department, the Muslim Brotherhood is now a major player in Egypt. Hillary is supporting, and probably financing with our tax dollars, the same group [...]

November 27, 2011, 5:45 AM EST By Kristin Jensen Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — The idea of President Barack Obama stepping aside to let Hillary Clinton run for the White House, as posed by two pollsters this week, is “ridiculous,” said Neera Tanden, a former aide to both politicians. “It was fascinating that the right uses [...]

Hina Rabbani conveys Pak sentiments over NATO attack to Hillary ISLAMABAD, (SANA): Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has informed the US counterpart Hillary Clinton about the post Mohmand Agency incident situation and the decisions of cabinet defence committee regarding the ban over NATO supply and vacate the Shamsi Airbase within 15 days. According to the [...]

YANGON (Xinhua) – Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission issued a statement on Sunday welcoming the upcoming first ever visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton scheduled for next Wednesday. “The first visit of the US Secretary of State in 50 years will pave the way for promoting bilateral relations and provide positive impulses towards [...]

Perhaps tired of Republican presidential politics getting all the laughs, a pair of Democratic pollsters last week repeated a suggestion that President Barack Obama should drop his bid for re-election in favor of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Pollsters Patrick Caddell, who worked for President Jimmy Carter, and Doug Schoen, who worked for the centrist [...]

YANGON | Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:34pm EST YANGON (Reuters) – There are no skyscrapers in Yangon. No gleaming shopping malls. Certainly no subway system. Its rutted sidewalks are laced with treacherous holes and broken slabs of concrete. Myanmar’s former capital and biggest city is a crumbling monument to almost half a century of isolation [...]

US Senators call for international mechanism By Easwaran Rutnam Three American Senators have written to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to take concrete action over some concerns in Sri Lanka. Senators Patrick Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin and Robert P. Casey (Jr) have told Clinton to reiterate a December deadline for the Sri [...]

There is no ”brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters” in Syria as our left-wing media cries over and over. These are not ”anti-government protesters.” These are violent, murderous, hard-line Sunni Muslims seeking to install a theocratic government. At the center of the uprising is the radical Muslim Brotherhood. They are being backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, and [...]

There really isn’t much being said or written at this point about Hillary Clinton replacing President Barack Obama on the Democratic ticket in 2012 as the candidate for the White House. We don’t think it will happen, but this idea is gaining some strength among some Democrats. The reason is because they don’t think Obama [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday hailed the formation of a new government in Libya, calling it a “significant step” in the North African country’s transition to democracy. “The formation of a new cabinet by the Transitional National Council (NTC) is a significant step in Libya’s transition to [...]

By Hla Hla Htay (AFP) – 9 hours ago  NAYPYIDAW — Myanmar wants a “regular relationship” with the United States, a senior official in the military-dominated country said on Friday, days before a historic visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The signal of a desire for warmer diplomatic ties came as democracy leader [...]

Some political observers and commentators are openly saying what was once only whispered and easily dismissed. The possibility, if not likelihood, that President Obama will replace Vice President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket with someone much more popular and likely to add rather than subtract from a presidential ticket weighed down by [...]

A day earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Syria “already looks like a civil war.” Opposition groups seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad do not welcome talk of civil war. Such predictions, they fear, play into the hands of the Syrian leader. His regime has endeavored to challenge the prevalent international [...]

You likely remember the 3 a.m. phone call. In 2008, the most effective line of attack his opponents mounted against candidate Barack Obama centered on the freshman senator’s lack of experience. An ad for Hillary Clinton famously implied that you did not want this callow naif answering the phone at a moment of pre-dawn crisis. [...]

Washington—Hillary Clinton’s Burma visit next week, the first by an American secretary of state in over 50 years, is an indication that the Obama Administration is ready to forge new US-Burma relations, according to leading Burma observers. “We should expect the Secretary’s visit to mark the beginning of a new chapter in US relations with [...]

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton would embark on a historic three-day trip to Myanmar next week to accelerate fledgling reforms in this South East Asian nation. Clinton would reach Myanmar on November 30 after attending the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness at Busan in South Korea, officials said. She is the first US [...]

18 November 2011 Last updated at 02:26 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Aung San Suu Kyi on whether her party should re-enter politics The US has agreed to send Hillary Clinton to visit Burma next month, in the clearest sign yet that decades of isolation could be ending. President Barack [...]

BEIJING, China — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Burma next week not only marks a milestone in American foreign policy, but also has the potential to shift regional politics and dislodge China as Burma’s lone ally. And while many in Beijing are concerned about the potential swing in power dynamics, there is [...]

» 47 comments In a recent op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Fox News contributors Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen urged President Obama to “abandon his candidacy for re-election” in favor of “the one candidate who would become, by acclamation, the nominee of the Democratic Party: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.” Their premise is that [...]

By David Gardner Last updated at 7:59 PM on 21st November 2011 Barack Obama should make way for Hillary Clinton to run for president next year, two top Democratic pollsters claimed today. Despite the Secretary of State’s insistence that she has no plans to try again, her supporters claim she would now be the clear [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Myanmar starting on Nov. 30, the State Department said on Wednesday. While in Busan, ROK on Nov. 30, the top U.S. envoy will attend the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. “Secretary Clinton’s participation reflects [...]

The United States, said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech to the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Bali, Indonesia, is pivoting toward the Asia Pacific region, where it intends to be a diplomatic, economic, and strategic force for the 21st century.   The Asia Pacific has the world’s fastest rising economies, [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday hailed the formation of a new government in Libya, calling it a “significant step” in the North African country’s transition to democracy. “The formation of a new cabinet by the Transitional National Council (NTC) is a significant step in Libya’s transition to [...]

Rush Limbaugh dissed Hillary Clinton on his Wednesday show, associating her with the song “Lyin’ A*s B*tch” that played when Michele Bachmann appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” earlier in the week. Limbaugh praised Bachmann’s performance at the GOP debate on Tuesday night. Then, he hammered Jimmy Fallon’s show — which he called a [...]

Rush Limbaugh dissed Hillary Clinton on his Wednesday show, associating her with the song “Lyin’ A*s B*tch” that played when Michele Bachmann appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” earlier in the week. Limbaugh praised Bachmann’s performance at the GOP debate on Tuesday night. Then, he hammered Jimmy Fallon’s show — which he called a [...]

It’s November, so that means this year’s annual Doug Schoen and Patrick Caddell op-ed calling for President Obama to step aside in favor of Hillary Clinton is upon us. Write Schoen and Caddell in, this time around, the Wall Street Journal: Not only is Mrs. Clinton better positioned to win in 2012 than Mr. Obama, [...]

Hillary Clinton has family ties to Penn State, so of course she has recused herself from commenting on the child abuse scandal that has rocked … oh wait, sorry. Actually she’s talking about it, and she’s sympathizing with the student rioters. To quote Rick Perry: “Oops.” Traveling with President Obama on a tour of the [...]

Some critics have called NBC the Nepotism Broadcasting Company after the news division announced that Chelsea Clinton will serve as a special correspondent for its “Making a Difference” segments. The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton joins a roster that includes former President George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager, a correspondent for Today, and [...]

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Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — The idea of President Barack Obama stepping aside to let Hillary Clinton run for the White House, as posed by two pollsters this week, is “ridiculous,” said Neera Tanden, a former aide to both politicians. “It was fascinating that the right uses Hillary against Obama,” said Tanden, who served as her [...]

Russian media has been poking fun at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she gave her Russian counterpart a “reset” button with an ironic misspelling. Clinton’s gift to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at their meeting in Geneva on Friday evening was meant to underscore the Obama administration’s readiness to “to press the reset [...]

In her new book Core of Conviction, Michele Bachmann shares that she would have preferred Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nominee and possibly president if Rep. John McCain wasn’t in the mix. Cheney Encourages Hillary Clinton to Challenge Obama Obama Poll Ratings Are Improving, but Still Vulnerable One-Third of Americans Say US Better If Hillary [...]

November 23, 2011, 6:46 AM EST By Kristin Jensen Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — The idea of President Barack Obama stepping aside to let Hillary Clinton run for the White House, as posed by two pollsters this week, is “ridiculous,” said Neera Tanden, a former aide to both politicians. “It was fascinating that the right uses [...]

(AFP) – 8 hours ago  WASHINGTON — A senior US official said Tuesday that the time was not right to ease sanctions on Myanmar despite Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s plans for a groundbreaking visit next week. Clinton will seek progress on human rights, including on the treatment of ethnic minorities, but it is “premature” [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech recently that most will never hear. But she said something we all should know: “Creating an AIDS-free generation has never been a policy priority for the United States government — until today.” Or in other words, we can end AIDS. The United States has been an extraordinary [...]

<!– The United States, Britain and Canada have announced new measures against Iran over its alleged attempts to develop nuclear weapons. The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton says the American sanctions will directly target Iran’s oil and energy industry for the first time. –> ELEANOR HALL: The United States, Britain and Canada announced new [...]

November 21, 2011 Viral video: Hillary Clinton cracks up at half-naked man Anonymous CNHI News Service The Register-Herald Mon Nov 21, 2011, 01:32 PM EST Photo ops involving political and business leaders aren’t usually very funny. But a surprise appearance by a half-naked man carrying a torch during an event in Honolulu gave Secretary of [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up a U.S. campaign to persuade the United Nations to appoint Ertharin Cousin, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, to the top job at the World Food Program. But WFP’s current leader, Josette Sheeran, is continuing to make her own case to donors [...]

Enlarge image U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, speaks during a news conference highlighting the efforts of the Obama Administration on HIV/AIDS issues in Washington, D.C. Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, speaks during a news conference highlighting the efforts of the Obama Administration on HIV/AIDS issues [...]

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will deliver remarks at approximately 4:45 PM, TODAY, Monday, November 21, 2011, to outline new steps the United States is taking to increase pressure on Iran. The remarks will take place in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State. WHO: Treasury [...]

UPDATED 8:32 a.m. ET President Obama should give up on the idea of another four years in office, paving the way for Hillary Clinton to run as the Democratic nominee, two Democratic pollsters wrote in Monday’s Wall Street Journal. Doug Schoen, who worked for Bill Clinton, and Pat Caddell, who worked for Jimmy Carter, argued [...]

Skip to main content News, Community, Action Profile Diaries (list) Stream Mon Nov 21, 2011 at 07:25 AM PST Hillary Clinton should be the 2012 nominee, say professional trolls Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen by Laura ClawsonFollow Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen engage in some first-class trolling with a Wall Street Journal op-ed arguing that [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be making a historic trip to Myanmar next month in the first visit by a secretary of state in more than a half century. Burma Christian Persecution: Orphanage Owner Detained in Connection to Deadly Bombing Burma’s Christian Refugees in India Demand Protection Burma Christian Persecution: at Least 10 [...]

Like us on Facebook Then on the other side there’s only Obama at the moment, a president who has never been able to establish needed power in office. His polling numbers remain low, and his appeal to many liberals is even low — leaving Obama in a sort of no-man’s land. Truth be told, America [...]

WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on November 18 her trip to Myanmar early next month is to find out whether the government there is committed to both political and economic reform. “One of the reasons that I’m going is to test what the true intentions are and whether there is a [...]

Firdia Lisnawati/APPresident Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One in Denpasar on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Saturday. A former pollster for Bill Clinton says President Barack Obama should not seek a second term and make way to allow Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic Party’s candidate for president. Douglas [...]

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Two New Yorkers — one the son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow — were awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University Sunday. Ronan Farrow, 23 — who graduated from Bard College at just 15 years old and then got a law degree from Yale — will study for a doctorate in [...]

President Obama should give up on the idea of another four years in office, paving the way for Hillary Clinton to run as the Democratic nominee, two Democratic pollsters wrote in Monday’s Wall Street Journal. Doug Schoen, who worked for Bill Clinton, and Pat Caddell, who worked for Jimmy Carter, argued that Obama should follow [...]

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton experienced a surprising moment when she was attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hawaii last weekend. As the Secretary of State was posing for a press photo with Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang, a man ran past the two leaders carrying a flame torch wearing [...]

When Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson accepted the reality that they could not effectively govern the nation if they sought re-election to the White House, both men took the moral high ground and decided against running for a new term as president. President Obama is facing a similar reality—and he must reach the same conclusion. [...]

STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON VISITING BURMA Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) News Release Nov 21, 2011 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) – Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today issued the following statement on the announcement that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Burma next [...]

AFP Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has dismissed as “wishful thinking” a warning by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that his country risks descending into civil war. “Whoever reads carefully remarks made by Mrs Clinton and Mr Ahmet Davutoglu and others feels that they are pushing for that (civil war),” Muallem told a news [...]

With her mother’s cadence and her father’s gift for extemporaneous speaking, Chelsea Clinton wowed the crowd Saturday night at a major fund-raiser for the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston. The former first daughter dropped her planned remarks and instead delivered a five-minute, off-the-cuff tribute to her grandmother, Dorothy Rodham, who died earlier this month [...]

Aung Zaw and others say Rangoon may be realizing that it cannot rely on China, its biggest supporter and benefactor, indefinitely, to the exclusion of regional neighbors and the West, including Britain, the former colonial power, and Washington. Beijing has routinely thwarted efforts to punish the junta’s miserable human-rights record, repression of its own citizens, [...]

NPR’s Nina Totenberg on Friday exhibited what Hillary Clinton would call a willing suspension of disbelief. When the subject of failed solar company Solyndra came up on PBS’s Inside Washington, Totenberg actually said with a straight face, “There is no evidence that there was any political anything about the awarding of this contract” (video follows [...]

MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took personal questions from students in the Philippines in a Wednesday town hall, offering answers about what she keeps in her purse and her relationship with her daughter. After meetings with President Benigno Aquino III and other officials on issues such as South China Sea [...]

BALI, INDONESIA – In addition to a series of foreign policy questions (which we’ll post in a bit), I asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday about the Penn State scandal. Clinton’s father Hugh attended Penn State University, graduating in 1935. Her brother Hugh graduated from Penn State in 1972. Both her father and brother [...]

Hillary Clinton Zata Kai Ziyara Burma A wani sabon yunkuri ta fuskar difilomasiyyan shugaban Amurka Barack Obama zai tura sakatariyar harkokin wajen Amurka Hillary Clinton ta kai ziyara kasar Burma cikin watan gobe. Rubutawa: Aliyu Sahabo Imam | Washington, DC A wani sabon yunkuri ta fuskar difilomasiyyan shugaban Amurka Barack Obama  zai tura sakatariyar harkokin [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the increasing international pressure on President Bashar Assad and the Syrian government from the Arab League, Turkey and France “an unmistakable message.” “If they ever didn’t hear it… if they doubted that it was directed at them from their own neighborhood, there’s no way they can escape that reality,” [...]

Hillary Clinton earned her college degrees from Wellesley College and Yale Law School, so some people might be surprised to discover how familiar she is with Penn State football. Clinton grew up immersed in Nittany Lion lore because her father and brother both played there. Her father Hugh graduated in 1935 and was a third-string [...]

By: Pat Prescott11/15/2011 08:00 PM ET Hillary Clinton Streaker – Hillary Clinton’s photo op took a hilarious turn when a streaker ran behind her wearing nothing more than a loin cloth and a flaming torch. The incident happened shortly after she landed in Hawaii. Video of the incident, which surfaced Tuesday, shows the Secretary of [...]

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — President Obama announced Friday that he is sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Burma next month, the first visit by a US secretary of state in more than 50 years. The decision came after the White House concluded that the historically repressive government had taken important steps toward reform and [...]

Philippine protesters threw objects at a motorcade with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but the secretary’s car wasn’t hit, the State Department said. In Washington, the State Department said the motorcade was traveling from the presidential palace in Manila Wednesday when the incident occurred, CNN reported. “The secretary’s motorcade ran into a crowd of [...]

ABC Over the weekend in Hawaii, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was posing for photographs with Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, when a near-naked man ran into the frame. Clinton laughed and told the assembled photographers, “That was great! I hope you all captured that!” Asked what was going through her head, Clinton erupted [...]

It was the test Hillary Rodham Clinton offered as she hoped to win the White House, the “3 a.m. call” she argued Barack Obama was not ready to answer. But nearly four years later, Clinton is “happy to be out of politics” and a loyal member of the Obama team. In an interview with NBC [...]

He said that the current environment in Burma was a rare opening that could help millions of people “and that possibility is too important to ignore”. “After years of darkness, we’ve seen flickers of progress in these last several weeks,” he added. Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) said it would re-register as [...]

Hillary Clinton earned her college degrees from Wellesley College and Yale Law School, so some people might be surprised to discover how familiar she is with Penn State football. Clinton grew up immersed in Nittany Lion lore because her father and brother both played there. Her father Hugh graduated in 1935 and was a third-string [...]

BALI, Indonesia — Seizing an opportunity for historic progress in repressive Myanmar, President Barack Obama is dispatching Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the long-isolated nation next month in an attempt to accelerate fledgling reforms. The move is the most dramatic sign yet of an evolving relationship between the United States and Myanmar, also [...]

It was the test Hillary Rodham Clinton offered as she hoped to win the White House, the “3 a.m. call” she argued Barack Obama was not ready to answer. But nearly four years later, Clinton is “happy to be out of politics” and a loyal member of the Obama team. In an interview with NBC [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that she was “surprised” that her daughter, Chelsea, decided to take a reporting job with NBC News. “I was a little surprised that she decided to go for it, but I’m very excited for her,” the secretary of state told MSNBC Friday. Continue Reading POLITICO 44 On Monday, [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that she is “sick at heart about” the sexual child abuse scandal at Penn State. Clinton, who is traveling with President Barack Obama across the Pacific Rim this week, said the scandal that has engulfed the school was especially personal for her because of her family’s ties to [...]

Obama announces Clinton visit to Burma Link to this video Hillary Clinton will become the first US secretary of state in 50 years to visit Burma, it has been announced, as Washington ramped up its efforts to kindle “flickers of progress” in the isolated south-east Asian nation. The visit next month, announced by Barack Obama, [...]

(CNN) – U.S. President Barack Obama announced Friday that he will send Hillary Clinton to Myanmar next month, the first visit by a U.S. secretary of state in more than 50 years. The announcement came after Obama talked on the phone with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi while traveling from Australia to Indonesia to [...]

Senior administration officials, briefing reporters Friday, stressed that the new engagement with Myanmar was not about China. They said the Obama administration consulted with China about the move and said they expected China to be supportive. They argued that China in fact wants to see a stable Burma on its borders, so that it doesn’t [...]

BALI, Indonesia — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Burma next month in a major administration effort to bridge the decades-old divide between the United States and the Southeast Asian country, President Barack Obama announced here Friday. Clinton will be the first U.S. secretary of State to visit the country, also known as [...]

Thailand is still reeling from the Great Flood of 2011, but government officials stayed true to the country’s deeply ingrained sense of hospitality during the visit of its important guest. A large banner was strung on the facade of the evacuation center for flood victims welcoming Mrs. Clinton. What Mrs. Clinton witnessed on Thursday was [...]

Hillary Clinton visit paves way for more US-RP partnership and the US-TransPacific agenda By MARYA SALAMATBulatlat.com MANILA – Amid jeers that his government is engaged in “hardcore US puppetry,” President Benigno Aquino III sat at an extended bilateral meeting in Manila held by visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Wednesday, after which he [...]

BALI, Indonesia — Detecting “flickers of progress” in the long-shunned nation of Myanmar, President Barack Obama announced Friday that he will send Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the repressed country early next month, the first official in her position to visit in more than 50 years. “We want to seize what could be [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played with a toddler and asked a little girl if she misses school during a quick visit to an evacuation center for Thai flood victims Thursday, a day after announcing a $10 million aid package. Clinton exchanged the traditional Thai greeting known as “wai” – [...]

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Clinton was in Manila to commemorate 60 years of Mutual Defence Treaty Promised second warship for ill-equipped Philippine military Then visited Thailand to meet flood victims Pledged $10 million in aid and help of U.S. naval ship Now in Indonesian island of Bali for Southeast Asian Nations summit By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at [...]

Oh, the Hillary Hair Chronicles. We absolutely admire Hillary Clinton for both her professional and sartorial audacity. We’ve got a Secretary of State who can wear, among other things, butterfly clips, scrunchies, headbands… and barrettes! How many countries can say that? Today Clinton is in Thailand visiting flood victims, making a quick stop between her [...]

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded the “real commitment” the Philippines has shown in fighting against human trafficking, also called as “modern-day slavery.” At a forum dubbed “A Conversation in Manila” at the National Museum on Wednesday, Clinton cited the improvement in the country’s enforcement of laws against human trafficking, the illegal trade [...]

BANGKOK — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played with a toddler and asked a little girl if she misses school during a quick visit to an evacuation center for Thai flood victims Thursday, a day after announcing a $10 million aid package. Clinton exchanged the traditional Thai greeting known as “wai” – bowing [...]

A motorcade carrying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Philippines was pelted with eggs and other objects Wednesday, the State Department confirmed, but the car carrying Clinton was not hit and there were no injuries. The incident occurred at 2:45 p.m. in Manila, when the motorcade was traveling from the presidential palace to another [...]

The Los Angeles Times has aggressively covered the unproven sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain. When his wife Gloria granted an interview to Fox News to respond, Times reporter James Oliphant asked “Can Gloria Cain Pull a Hillary Clinton?” Oliphant didn’t seem to consider that an insulting question — since he never told the reader [...]

Angry anti-U.S. protesters in the Philippines targeted Hillary Clinton’s convoy today, splattering it with red paint, the BBC reports. About 50-60 people managed to “paint ambush” Clinton’s vehicle as it drove past. Politico reports that the activists were able to bypass traffic police and catch the convoy off guard, forcing it to turn back. According [...]

By Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty With the number of international students enrolled in colleges and universities in the United States at a record high this year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging more American students to follow those students’ lead and pack their backpacks for study in other countries. Only 1% of American [...]

Yellow may be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s favorite color, but a ride through Manila on Wednesday had her seeing red. About 60 left-wing demonstrators stormed past police and threw red paint on vehicles in Clinton’s motorcade, the local Aksyon news service reported. The convoy was driving away from the Malacanang Palace, where Clinton had [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Thai flood victims in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) Source: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met Thai flood victims at an evacuation centre after announcing a $US10 million aid package. Clinton spent about 10 minutes at a gymnasium housing more than 1400 evacuees today. The [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s convoy was hit with red paint by anti-U.S. activists in the Philippines on Wednesday. A vehicle Clinton was traveling with was targeted by activists angry at U.S. involvement in the country, reports the BBC. Continue Reading POLITICO 44 About 50 activists employed a “paint ambush” to protest legislation that [...]

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce new support for the Philippines and flood-hit Thailand as she shores up ties with key US allies, officials said Tuesday. Clinton was due Tuesday in the Philippines and will head later this week to Thailand, part of a renewed US focus on Asia. [...]

Yellow may be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s favorite color, but a ride through Manila on Wednesday had her seeing red. About 60 left-wing demonstrators stormed past police and threw red paint on vehicles in Clinton’s motorcade, the local Aksyon news service reported. The convoy was driving away from the Malacanang Palace, where Clinton had [...]

In a nearly hour-long outdoor speech, Clinton addressed a few hundred invited guests including Hawaii’s political leaders, heads of a dozen Pacific island nations and senior U.S. military officials. Clinton was in Hawaii to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, calling the event’s host state “America’s gateway to Asia.” “It is becoming increasingly clear that [...]

By Shaun Tandon (AFP) – 6 hours ago  BANGKOK — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged flood-stricken Thailand to overcome political infighting during the crisis as she announced immediate assistance for the historic ally. Clinton said that a US warship, the USS Lassen, had docked and that its crew would begin work [...]

Over the weekend while attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Hawaii, a formal photo-op between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang was upstaged by a loincloth-wearing dancer. Reporters and photographers noticed it first — but the secretary’s hearty reaction is priceless. Watch the video above (or here). [...]

Press Statement   On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I want to congratulate the Liberian people for exercising their right to vote in last week’s presidential and legislative elections. These historic elections are important milestones on Liberia’s path toward democratic reconciliation. The United States congratulates President Sirleaf on her [...]

MANILA, Philippines — United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday assured the Philippines that the US government will always be on the Philippines’ side, noting that the country is one of its closest allies. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Malacanang yesterday for a luncheon with President Benigno S. Aquino III. [...]

MANILA, Philippines – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived on Tuesday afternoon for a one-day working visit to the Philippines. Clinton flew in from Hawaii on board an official US plane, and then quickly rode her black limousine to go to her hotel. Clinton is expected to attend the 60th anniversary of the Philippine-US [...]

BY CRIS LARANO MANILA—U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States wants to see a peaceful resolution of the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, urging claimants to refrain from resorting to intimidation to enforce claims in the area. “We are strongly of the … Article source: http://asia.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190504577041213482505688.html

Age: 31. Appearance: The love child of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Isn’t she just the child of Bill and Hillary Clinton? Well, yes, but she’d look the same either way. Profound. What’s she done now? She’s been hired by NBC News, as a reporter. What’s she going to be reporting on? She’ll be presenting the network’s [...]

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at Malacañang Palace Wednesday morning for an expanded bilateral meeting with President Benigno Aquino III. Clinton arrived around 11:30 am and was ushered to the Aguinaldo State Dining Hall to sign the guestbook. She was welcomed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, Finance [...]

The Philippines criticized fellow Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday for failing to take a united stand against China over maritime rights in the South China Sea, a crucial commercial shipping lane thought to contain valuable oil and minerals. The comments by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario coincide with the arrival of US Secretary of [...]

Hillary Clinton was posing for photos with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang after their recent meeting in Honolulu when someone decided to crash that party. The Secretary of State must have caught it out of the corner of her eye, because a second or two after the fact, she realized what happened and seriously [...]

Hillary Clinton’s trip to Hawaii took a hilarious turn when a half-naked man interrupted her photo op and streaked in the background with nothing but a flaming torch and loin cloth. Video of the incident, which surfaced Tuesday, shows the Secretary of State busting out a hearty laugh and clapping her hands when she spots [...]

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to announce new support for the Philippines and flood-hit Thailand as she shores up ties with key US allies, officials said Tuesday. After her Manila visit, Clinton will head later this week to Thailand, part of a renewed US focus on Asia. President [...]

Rush Limbaugh took to his radio show Monday to discuss NBC’s announcement that Chelsea Clinton will join its reporting staff. The network has tapped the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to join NBC News as a full-time special correspondent. Her reports will be featured in the “Making A [...]

Almost 20 years ago, the wife of a presidential candidate appeared on a national news program to defend her husband against allegations of sexual impropriety. The candidate’s campaign survived the allegations and he ultimately won his party’s nomination and then the White House. The woman, of course, was Hlllary Rodham Clinton — and her husband’s [...]

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will announce new support for the Philippines and flood-hit Thailand as she shores up ties with key US allies, officials said Tuesday. Clinton was due Tuesday in the Philippines and will head later this week to Thailand, part of a renewed US focus on [...]

By Michael Zennie Last updated at 9:19 PM on 14th November 2011 Hillary Clinton got a Hawaiin surprise this weekend when a half-naked man interrupted a photo op when he ran behind her carrying a flaming torch and wearing nothing but a loincloth. The Secretary of State clapped her hands and howled with laughter when [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be live and online in Manila on Wednesday, November 16, at a public forum featuring a wide array of bloggers, social media personalities and campus journalists. The event will be aired live exclusively on GMA News TV, and livestreamed (gmanews.tv/livestream) on GMA News Online. The exact time and [...]

Chelsea Clinton attends the George Washington University kickoff rally Oct. 18, 2011. (Credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images) (CBS) Chelsea Clinton has decided to step out and into the spotlight. NBC announced Monday that it has hired the daughter of  President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC [...]

Hillary Clinton has said the US will get more involved in the Asia-Pacific region as it pulls out of Afghanistan and Iraq – building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam. At a summit in Hawaii, Clinton spoke at length about China and the [...]

Philippine Daily Inquirer US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton AFP FILE PHOTO US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arriving Tuesday in Manila for an overnight visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty and to launch the Partnership for Growth (PFG) in the country, according to the [...]

By Christine O. AvendañoPhilippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—United States State Secretary Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Manila Tuesday for an overnight visit but it was not clear at press time when she would meet with President Aquino. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said it was not clear whether President Benigno Aquino III will [...]

PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwire – Nov 14, 2011) – m-Via™, the company revolutionizing how families save and share their wealth, today announced that it is partnering with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Univision Networks, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to establish La Idea, a marketplace for Latino entrepreneurs [...]

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting the Philippines on Tuesday to initiate the Obama administration’s Partnership for Growth (PFG) program for devising measures to facilitate trade and investments in conflict, poverty and graft stricken countries such as Tanzania, El Salvador and Ghana. Clinton’s one-day visit will also highlight the 60th anniversary of the [...]

Chelsea Clinton is heading to work this morning at NBC News. The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton has kept a relatively low profile — except for her much-ballyhooed wedding in July 2010 to Mark Mezvinsky — but now she’ll be stepping into the limelight, the network announced Monday, working on projects for “NBC Nightly [...]

Agence France-Presse HONOLULU, Hawaii Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran on Friday to address the latest concerns about its nuclear weapons program urgently and said the United States was consulting with its allies. Tension between Iran and its two principal foes, Israel and the United States, has risen since the release Tuesday of a [...]

Coptic Christians living in the United States have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pleading for her to take more action to save their brethren in Egypt, as Egyptian Coptic Christians face increasing persecution and annihilation by the Egyptian army under the aegis of the Muslim Brotherhood. Termed “a crime against humanity” [...]

Here’s something President Obama might have forgotten: In 2008, when then-Sen. Obama was fighting then-Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, he got the inside track by opposing a federal mandate requiring you and every other American to purchase health insurance.  The individual mandate, which is so totalitarian and unconstitutional that even the thoroughly [...]

Philippine Daily Inquirer US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton AFP FILE PHOTO The United States Embassy in Manila has launched an online contest for young Filipinos who want to meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit here on November 15 The contest, which the embassy calls “Chikahan Tayo (Let’s Chat) Challenge, was launched [...]

Coptic Christians living in the United States have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pleading for her to take more action to save their brethren in Egypt, as Egyptian Coptic Christians face increasing persecution and annihilation by the Egyptian army under the aegis of the Muslim Brotherhood. Termed “a crime against humanity” [...]

<!– –>   Tweet – A A A + Written by The Associated Press <!– –> Honolulu, HI — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Iran must respond soon to a report by the U.N. atomic agency alleging that it is working secretly on developing a nuclear weapon. Clinton said Friday that she discussed [...]

Tweet Comments US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Asia will occupy the centrestage in strategic and economic affairs in the 21st century November 12, 2011 – Washington US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Asia will occupy the centrestage in strategic and economic affairs in the 21st century Clinton’s speech at the [...]

Any country or company that wants to succeed in today’s economy must unlock the power of women’s potential. This was the message of Hillary Clinton’s far-reaching speech that she delivered to a rapt audience at APEC on Friday. A host of statistics support Clinton’s case. When women are empowered, a nation’s stability improves and democratic [...]

Hillary says china to pressurize Iran on nuclear issue HONOLULU, (SANA): US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has said that Iran should answer the serious questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report in the coming days and China should pressurized Tehran to resolve the issue. Talking to Chinese counterpart Yang g Ache [...]

MANILA, Philippines—US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be greeted with protests by militant groups during her short visit to Manila on Tuesday, as the date coincides with the anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the United States. The militant Anakbayan youth group has vowed to hound Clinton everywhere she [...]

Hillary Clinton: “Women must play a bigger role in the world’s economy” by Karen on November 12, 2011 Hillary Clinton addressing APEC on Friday Any country or company that wants to succeed in today’s economy must unlock the power of women’s potential. This was the message of the far-reaching speech that Hillary Clinton delivered to a [...]

Clinton says Myanmar must do ‘much more’ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Myanmar needed to do “much more” to improve human rights despite what she saw as signs of change by the military-backed government. Clinton, in Hawaii for an Asia-Pacific summit, reiterated that she believed there were “real changes” under way as [...]

Government Supporting Daily 11 November 2011 The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has commended Rwanda for her endeavor to settle vulnerable children in foster families rather than keeping them in childcare institutions. She said this during the inauguration of the Way Forward Project, a congressional summit hosted in the US on the adoption of [...]

WASHINGTON | Wed Nov 2, 2011 6:40am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, died on Tuesday at the age of 92, the Clinton family said in a statement. “Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself,” the statement said, calling Rodham “a woman [...]

  By LINDA NYONDOUNITED States of America Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has commended the Zambian Government for doubling its budgetary allocation to anti-retroviral therapy.Ms Clinton congratulated Government following the announcement byMinister of Health Joseph Kasonde that an additional US$5 million will be sourced to go towards anti-retroviral treatment.This is according to a statement released [...]

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Any country or company that wants to succeed in today’s economy must unlock the power of women’s potential. This was the message of Hillary Clinton’s far-reaching speech that she delivered to a rapt audience at APEC on Friday. A host of statistics support Clinton’s case. When women are empowered, a nation’s stability improves and democratic [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Myanmar is making real progress toward reform but much more needs to be done, including the release of political prisoners. Clinton said a recent visit by senior American diplomats found “real changes taking place on the ground.” The U.S. supports those efforts, but she said, “We know there [...]

Washington, Nov 12(ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Asia will occupy the centrestage in strategic and economic affairs in the 21st century Clinton’s speech at the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Hawaii indicated that the western hemisphere’s influence in the world was rapidly waning, and the US was hifting its focus [...]

By Matt Spetalnick HONOLULU | Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:59pm EST HONOLULU (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded on Friday that Iran respond within days to a U.N. nuclear watchdog’s accusations of atomic weapons work, and said Washington was consulting allies on further steps to pressure Tehran. Clinton, speaking at an Asia-Pacific summit [...]

Among the changes Washington wants to see in Myanmar is the inclusion of the National League for Democracy, led by democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, into the political system. Suu Kyi’s party overwhelmingly won a 1990 general election, but the army refused to hand over power, instead repressing Suu Kyi and other activists. Article [...]

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared the U.S. government’s intent to create an “AIDS-free generation.” Secretary Clinton outlined a bold plan to reduce new HIV-infections, globally, including the eradication of pediatric HIV by 2015. This new strategy builds upon the success of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. program [...]

HONOLULU (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed to expand U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific by building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam. In a nearly hour-long outdoor speech, Clinton addressed a few hundred invited guests including Hawaii’s political [...]

Alarmed by a series of self-immolations by desperate Tibetans, including monks and nuns, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked China to respect the human rights of its people. Clinton raised the issue of Tibetan self-immolation when she met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, [...]

Hillary’s Radical Summer – Photo: Corbis [hippie]; Getty Images [Hillary] The other evening, we the people were witnesses to a happening, which even in our wildest imaginings, way back when in the purple haze daze of Woodstock, we wouldn’t have been capable of wrapping our Watergate warped minds around: the 42nd President of the United [...]

By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press – 1 day ago  HONOLULU (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed to expand U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific by building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam. In a nearly hour-long outdoor speech, Clinton [...]

In a nearly hour-long outdoor speech, Clinton addressed a few hundred invited guests including Hawaii’s political leaders, heads of a dozen Pacific island nations and senior U.S. military officials. Clinton was in Hawaii to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, calling the event’s host state “America’s gateway to Asia.” “It is becoming increasingly clear that [...]

Associated Press Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. AFP WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit U.S. treaty allies Thailand and the Philippines before attending the annual East Asia summit in Indonesia this month. The State Department said Wednesday the visits underscore U.S. efforts to strengthen key alliances in the region. Clinton will first attend [...]

By JAYMES SONG The Associated Press E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type HONOLULU — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed to expand U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific by building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam. In a nearly hour-long outdoor [...]

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the Obama Administration is fundamentally committed to develop a positive and cooperative relationship with China. At the same time, she acknowledged that America’s relationship with China is one of the most complex and consequential ties with an emerging power. “Our most complex and consequential relationships [...]

Activists are preparing protests against the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) and Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the visit of US State Secretary Hillary Clinton to the Philippines on next Tuesday. The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), an umbrella group of activist groups, said Clinton’s upcoming visit on November 15 will mark the 60th anniversary of the [...]

(AFP) – 1 hour ago  HONOLULU, Hawaii — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China to use its influence to raise pressure on Iran after new charges that the Tehran regime is pursuing nuclear weapons, officials said. Clinton, meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Hawaii ahead of a weekend Asia-Pacific summit, talked [...]

Hillary Clinton has said the US will get more involved in the Asia-Pacific region as it pulls out of Afghanistan and Iraq – building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam. At a summit in Hawaii, Clinton spoke at length about China and the [...]

By Isla Harvey Nov 10, 2011, 13:35 GMT Bill Clinton admitted that his mother in law, Dorothy Rodham, was far more impressed by Keith Richards than she ever was about him. Leah Wood, daughter of Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood, marries Jack Macdonald in Southwick Cathedral, London. Guests such as Jade Jagger,Keith Richards, Jerry Hall, Kate [...]

HONOLULU — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday vowed to expand U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific by building trade ties, reinforcing alliances and continuing to press for democratic reforms in authoritarian nations like China and Vietnam. AP Parks in peril: budget impasse could take a major toll AP A flattened hotel, a heart-stopping flashback [...]

By Ghanizada – Thu Nov 10, 3:02 pm 0 Comments 53 views Tweet  Email  Print Also Wrote Hundreds of Afghans protest over US-Afghan strategic pact Violence, vandalism and looting across London Heavy fighting nearly Tripoli as rebels advance Friendly Fire Kills 20 Afghan Police In Northeastern Afghanistan New UN report shows detainees torture in Afghan [...]

By Isla Harvey Nov 10, 2011, 13:35 GMT Bill Clinton admitted that his mother in law, Dorothy Rodham, was far more impressed by Keith Richards than she ever was about him. Leah Wood, daughter of Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood, marries Jack Macdonald in Southwick Cathedral, London. Guests such as Jade Jagger,Keith Richards, Jerry Hall, Kate [...]

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BANGKOK, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Thailand, the U.S. longstanding ally in South East Asia, on November 16, the Foreign Ministry and the U.S. Embassy in Thailand affirmed Thursday. Clinton will first attend Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Hawaii before making her way to Manila, the [...]

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared the U.S. government’s intent to create an “AIDS-free generation.” Secretary Clinton outlined a bold plan to reduce new HIV-infections, globally, including the eradication of pediatric HIV by 2015. This new strategy builds upon the success of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. program [...]

WASHINGTON — The United States will, for the first time, make it a policy goal to have an “AIDS-free generation” in the near future, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced. The administration’s new AIDS-free generation goal will focus on “combination prevention strategy,” combining three interventions that have been proven to slow the spread of the [...]

As Democrats survey the political wreckage of the last three years, the temptation to imagine more pleasant alternate realities is irresistible. What if Hillary Clinton had been elected president instead of Obama? Would events have played out any differently? Or, even more tantalizingly (albeit technically impossible), what if the Big Dog himself, Bill Clinton, had [...]

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared the U.S. government’s intent to create an “AIDS-free generation.” Secretary Clinton outlined a bold plan to reduce new HIV-infections, globally, including the eradication of pediatric HIV by 2015. This new strategy builds upon the success of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. program [...]

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(RTTNews) – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will embark on a three-nation Asia-Pacific tour on Wednesday, underscoring U.S. efforts to fully engage the region’s multilateral institutions and to strengthen key alliances. Clinton will first travel to Honolulu, Hawaii for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. On November 10, she will give remarks at [...]

(AFP) – 34 minutes ago  WASHINGTON — With a US withdrawal looming, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is vowing to do her best to fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan and progress made in advancing their status in Afghan society. “I have said from the very beginning that it’s going to be one of my [...]

(AFP) – 2 hours ago  WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who leaves Wednesday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, will also visit Thailand and the Philippines before attending an Asian summit in Bali, her office said. Clinton travels to Manila on November 15 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the US-Philippines Mutual [...]

In 2007 when she was running for president, Hillary Clinton told a fundraising event in Carson City, Nev., “I sure don’t want Democrats, or the supporters of Democrats, to be engaging in the politics of personal destruction. I think we should stay focused on what we’re going to do for America.” Clinton’s husband, the former [...]

The hilarious talk show host was given a very serious responsibility Tuesday. The New York Daily News reported Ellen DeGeneres was appointed a special envoy for global AIDS awareness. The State Department hopes DeGeneres and her celebrity status will help bring more attention to the issue. “Ellen is going to bring not only her sharp [...]

Would President Obama swap Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton on his 2012 ticket? NPR’s Political Junkie Ken Rudin is dubious. “Where this comes from I do not know,” he declared in his Monday column dismissing the speculation about any plans to replace Biden. One source Ken singled out was Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — she who referred to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for so very long as a “reformer” — is now trying to excuse the administration’s moral and diplomatic sloth that is its Syria policy. In a windy speech on Monday, Clinton made minimal effort to explain why we intervened in Libya [...]

“We have a chance to give countless lives and futures to millions of people who are alive today but equally, if not profoundly more importantly, to an entire new generation yet to be born,” Clinton said. “The goal of an AIDS-free generation is ambitious, but it is possible,” she said. “An AIDS-free generation would be [...]

By BETSY MCKAY Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to call Tuesday for a new push by the U.S. and other countries to harness recent science to stem the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Government researchers believe science has now developed sufficient tools to contain the pandemic, which erupted 30 years ago, has infected more than 60 [...]

The Obama administration has announced $60 million in additional funding to fight AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, and a new special envoy to raise global awareness about the deadly disease: Ellen DeGeneres. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the actress will “bring her sharp wit and big heart, and her impressive TV audience and [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the U.S. will increase its global AIDS campaign, emphasizing HIV-fighting drugs that can prevent new infections to bring the goal of “an AIDS-free generation.” Ms. Clinton’s announcement comes as the Obama administration has announced $60 million in additional funding to fight AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. The [...]

War is hell. No news there. If you’re interested in what’s really going on in the world, though, and you want a clear-eyed, keenly focused picture of how the nature of war has changed in the years and decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, please make time Tuesday for the fifth [...]

War is hell. No news there. If you’re interested in what’s really going on in the world, though, and you want a clear-eyed, keenly focused picture of how the nature of war has changed in the years and decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, please make time Tuesday for the fifth [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has “systematically” violated all terms of the Arab League-mediated peace plan for his country.  In a policy speech, Clinton said the United States supports democratic reform in the Middle East without reservation.  Aides say Clinton made the speech to clearly affirm that [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has “systematically” violated all terms of the Arab League-mediated peace plan for his country.  In a policy speech, Clinton said the United States supports democratic reform in the Middle East without reservation.  Aides say Clinton made the speech to clearly affirm that [...]

Tue Nov 8, 2011 12:12pm EST * HIV drugs make “AIDS-free generation” possible-Clinton * U.S. seeks to ramp up treatment in hard-hit countries * Circumcision, mother-to-child transmission also targeted By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – The United States set a new direction for its global AIDS campaign on Tuesday, emphasizing HIV-fighting drugs that [...]

Tue Nov 8, 2011 12:12pm EST * HIV drugs make “AIDS-free generation” possible-Clinton * U.S. seeks to ramp up treatment in hard-hit countries * Circumcision, mother-to-child transmission also targeted By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – The United States set a new direction for its global AIDS campaign on Tuesday, emphasizing HIV-fighting drugs that [...]

CHICAGO — The early life of Hillary Rodham Clinton is often painted as a struggle against the demanding, staunchly Republican father whose political beliefs she eventually rejected. But it was Clinton’s mother, some say, whose compassion, humor and toughness might have left the most profound influence. Dorothy Rodham, 92, whose role as a cheerful stay-at-home [...]

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday heralded the movements of Arab Spring and said the United States was prepared to work with rising Islamist groups in the region, such as those who enjoyed a recent election victory in Tunisia. The United States shares “their desire to see a Tunisian democracy emerge,” she told [...]

Democratic vice presidential candidate U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) (R) and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (L) speak at a rally in support of then Democratic presidential nomineee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on Oct. 11, 2008 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Fusco / Getty Images) This week’s column was intended to focus on a primer [...]

Mitt Romney has at least one thing in common with Hillary Clinton of 2008: They began as front-runners, with support from their party establishments. Does that mean the former Massachusetts governor will suffer the same fate as the current secretary of State? The Hill offers the best arguments for yes and no. YES Clinton was [...]

WASHINGTON | Mon Nov 7, 2011 9:29pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. interests sometimes clash with its support for democracy in the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged Monday, but she said democratic freedoms were the best guarantee of stability in the long run. In a speech on Washington’s response to the Arab [...]

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pressing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for more information about the State Department’s review of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. A new letter from Boxer signals that a growing number of senators are questioning whether State’s review of TransCanada’s proposed $7 billion [...]

Ali Larijani condemned Clinton’s statements, saying that if the United States is interested in opening a virtual embassy, “it’s time for President Obama to appoint a virtual secretary of state.” Iranian government officials were livid following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton interviews with the BBC and Voice of America. The VOA interview was translated into Persian for the Iranian [...]

Bill Clinton is asking people to ignore all that blogosphere talk about his wife becoming vice president. In fact, in an interview with Susan Page of USA TODAY, the former president says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will follow through with plans to retire after President Obama’s first term. “She said that she intends [...]

As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to those two theaters. In the next 10 years, we need to be smart and systematic about where we invest time [...]

A GOP presidential candidate can get within spitting distance of 50 percent of Florida’s voters if Sen. Marco Rubio is his or her vice-presidential running mate, according to a new poll from Suffolk University in Boston. The poll offers what may be an even more enticing proposition for President Barack Obama: Were he to jettison [...]

By Stanley Perera-Melbourne One can imagine Hillary Clinton entered into an agreement with Sri Lankan born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam who is an American criminal serving 11 year jail sentence, if the Tamil Terrorists funded Hillary’s presidential campaign, Hillary will return the favour to the Tamil Terrorists if she won the election. Hillary lost in one [...]

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama chat during a round of golf in September. The cool relationship between the two Democrats is gradually warming, aides say, and Clinton is trying to help Obama’s chances of re-election in 2012 with a new book. Chris Kleponis-Pool/GETTY IMAGES Last summer, as Bill and Hillary Rodham [...]

Washington — Dorothy Rodham, a suburban Chicago homemaker who endured a devastating childhood and served as an inspiration to her daughter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the most accomplished women in American government, died Tuesday. She was 92. Ms. Rodham spent decades as a familiar but unflashy presence alongside her daughter, now the secretary of [...]

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WASHINGTON | Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:20pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey must do more to cement democratic gains and smooth prickly ties with neighbors such as Israel if it is to emerge as a guarantor of Middle Eastern stability, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday. Clinton, speaking to the American-Turkish Council in [...]

By Qudssia Akhlaque Will it be flip-flop again? Not unexpectedly many Pakistanis raised this question after the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest visit to Islamabad. Will the US Secretary of State stay the course of what some interpreted in Pakistan as Washington’s review of its Afghanistan policy. A tentative answer has come via [...]

Much has been made lately about Rick Perry’s deep decline in Republican presidential polls over the past two months. However, it would be a very bad idea to count Perry out just yet. The reason? History. Take the presidential race from 2008 as a prime example.  In the first week of November four years ago, Gallup [...]

There is no incongruity between enforcing intellectual property rights online and protecting freedom of expression on the Web, according to a letter from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.). “The State Department is strongly committed to advancing both Internet freedom and the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights on the [...]

Last summer, as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton celebrated the former president’s 65th birthday with a party at their rented Hamptons home, talk among their guests turned to President Barack Obama’s travails over the debt crisis and doubts about his re-election. “I’m really trying to help him,” the former president said, “but he seems to [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dorothy Rodham, mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton’s mother-in-law, died Tuesday at age 92 after an illness. The family said Rodham died shortly after midnight, surrounded by her family at a Washington hospital. The secretary of state had cancelled a planned trip to London and [...]

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John Kingcustom_html Since there will be a presidential election a year from now, this week got me thinking. It’s no secret that the real Jedi Knights of communication don’t work in advertising. They work in politics. The good news for the rest of us is that every four years we can expect someone to evolve [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s recent comment he would side with Pakistan in a war against the United States were “taken out of context and misunderstood.” Clinton — just back from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan — addressed the controversy during her testimony before the House Committee [...]

Email Print Aa Tweet Originally published: November 1, 2011 10:57 AM Updated: November 1, 2011 11:03 AM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A statement from the Clinton family says Dorothy Rodham, mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton, has died at 92. AP video. (Nov. 1) Videos Clinton’s mother dies Galleries Recent notable deaths Dorothy Rodham, mother of [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dorothy Rodham, mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton’s mother-in-law, died Tuesday at age 92 after an illness. The family said Rodham died shortly after midnight, surrounded by her family at a Washington hospital. The secretary of state had cancelled a planned trip to London and [...]

In politics, your friends today weren’t necessarily your friends the day before. Just ask Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. In the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Nutter backed Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama. So did much of the Philadelphia political establishment, which had deep loyalties to Hillary’s husband, the former president. But Hillary lost and now Obama [...]

In interviews with the Voice of America and the BBC, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the threats posed by the Iranian regime, from its sponsorship of terror to the regime’s attempt to acquire nuclear weapons. But Secretary Clinton said the United States makes a clear distinction between the Iranian people and their government: [...]

WASHINGTON – The 92-year-old mother of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton died early Tuesday after her health took a turn for the worse, causing the chief US diplomat to cancel foreign travel plans. Dorothy Rodham, who was born in Chicago on June 4, 1919, died shortly after midnight on Tuesday surrounded by her family, [...]

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By Kevin Lamarque Traveling with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, covering  seven countries in seven days  (Malta, Libya, Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan  and Uzbekistan) was sure to present some challenges, but also offer some fresh perspectives. My usual beat, covering Obama at the White House and on his trips abroad, generally involves lots of pushing [...]

Dale McFeatters What do Sarah Palin, Mitch Daniels, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Haley Barbour, John Thune and Mike Pence have in common? They are all current or former Republican office holders, governors or members of Congress, who had a reasonable shot at the GOP presidential nomination and some of whom could have arguably [...]

Poll: The Rubio Clinton factor in Florida The poll indicates that Obama struggles in Florida in the low 40 percent range on job performance and possible 2012 head-to-head matchups with Romney and Cain, but he rises to 50 percent in a hypothetical match up when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is added to the Democratic [...]

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her famous family are in mourning. The Secretary of State’s mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, passed away, surrounded by family, just past midnight on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the Clintons announced in a statement. PHOTOS: The Clinton and Rodham families celebrate at Chelsea’s wedding “Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely [...]

Last updated at 8:42 PM on 1st November 2011 Anna Chapman wasn’t just a member of one of the largest rings of Russian sleeper agents ever rolled up by the FBI. The 29-year-old former real estate agent, who became a lingerie model and corporate spokeswoman back in Moscow, represented a new breed of Russian spies [...]