Clinton Will Be In Talks About New Kyoto Protocol

The announcement today included his selection for Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. He also announced that Susan Rice will serve as ambassador to the United Nations, Gen. James L. Jones will be national security adviser, and Robert M. Gates, the current defense secretary, will maintain his post.

From her post as Secretary of State, Clinton will lead U.S. diplomatic relations, including the coming negotiations on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. This is especially relevant this week, as world leaders gather in Poznan, Poland, to continue laying the groundwork for that treaty.

She talked to Grist last year, when she was vying for the Democratic nomination, about international negotiations and the need to bring along developing economics like India and China. "Global warming is a global problem that's going to require a global solution," she said. "As president, I will work to involve both China and India. But I think it's important for the U.S. to provide leadership by taking aggressive steps to reduce our contribution to global-warming pollution."

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Comments

[ohiomark]

Great, more politicans trying to find new ways to separate us from our money.

......and all over a hoax.

[darthdarcy]

If Hillary fails to address the "Coal Seam Fires" burning out of control in China which are equal in CO2 production of all the cars and light trucks in the United States, then this a waste of time...

Most of China's pollution travels along the pollution band to California...by the way these fires also produce heat which rises to harm our atmosphere as well..

The technology to put these fires out now exists..

[fumes]

co2 is a red herring

[fumes2]

co2 is a red herring

[sandiegoconservative]

The new Kyoto protocol- Demand aggressive reductions in greenhouse gases and reduce carbon footprints, but that only applies to industrialized nations and even then, really only applies to the U.S. All other nations need not comply.

[Takae]

"But I think it's important for the U.S. to provide leadership by taking aggressive steps to reduce our contribution to global-warming pollution."

Pfft! Don't you mean 'to provide "symbolical" leadership'? You know, like those symbolic signatures? Sorry, I don't believe the US will ratify this new KP either.

[EinChicago]

Seems Biden is pretty much relegated to state funerals.

With HRC as SoS, Biden is suddenly a distant wannabe in the foreign policy realm as far as this administration is concerned.

[Sumocat]

Biden may not be the face of the U.S. abroad, but he is the counterbalance that allowed Obama to stack his foreign policy team with heavyweights. Biden won't be the behind-the-scenes boss that Cheney is, but he's positioned to be a strong voice on foreign affairs within the White House.

It also remains to be seen what type of role he'll play in the Senate. The President of the Senate has very limited power under current rules, but Biden has more Senate experience than anyone. If anyone knows how to work the system, it's him. I would be very surprised if Obama does not take full advantage of the resources Biden has to offer.

[fumes2]

Biden will be sitting in his office bending paperclips and throwing pencils in the ceiling for four years. Biden is the Dan Quayle of the Obama Administration.