Clinton Moves To Expand Role Of State Department: "Reinvention Of The Wheel"
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New York Times:
WASHINGTON -- Even before taking office, Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking to build a more powerful State Department, with a bigger budget, high-profile special envoys to trouble spots and an expanded role in dealing with global economic issues at a time of crisis.
Mrs. Clinton is recruiting Jacob J. Lew, the budget director under President Bill Clinton, as one of two deputies, according to people close to the Obama transition team. Mr. Lew's focus, they said, will be on increasing the share of financing that goes to the diplomatic corps. He and James B. Steinberg, a deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, are to be Mrs. Clinton's chief lieutenants.
First Posted: 12-22-08 10:56 PM | Updated: 01-22-09 05:12 AM