Secretary Clinton

Lost at Sea

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Lost Treaty, Secretary Clinton, Environmental Treaty, Lost, Law of the Sea, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Law of the Sea Treaty, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had it right when she recently testified that "ideology" and "mythology," not facts, were behind conservative Republican senators' opposition to the UN Law of the Sea Treaty.

Read Post

12 Days Of Giving To Support Women And Girls Globally

Stephenie Foster | Posted 02.24.2012

As we begin the Twelve Days of Christmas, and mark the fifth night of Hanukah, here are some organizations I recommend that help create sustainable change for women and girls worldwide.

Read Post

In the Middle East, the Obama Administration Is Still Failing to Live Up to Its Rhetoric

Neil Hicks | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Secretary Clinton, u.s. Foreign Policy, Middle East, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, President Obama, World News

Uprisings throughout the Middle East in countries allied with the United States and others will continue to test this administration's commitment to universal principles it claims to hold dear.

Read Post

Who Can Replace Richard Holbrooke at the Department of State?

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secretary Clinton, Colin Powell, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, President Obama, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Department of State, Politics News

Colin Powell is beloved within the State Department. And he didn't leave there happy -- in this situation, he can return to work at a job different from Secretary of State, helping to restore America's reputation around the world.

Read Post

US-Pakistan Negotiations Leave Out Pakistani People

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

The whole Strategic Dialogue is a farce. We're not accomplishing any of our national security goals in the AfPak region, we're actually making our problems worse!

Read Post

Ending the Conflict Minerals Trade

Robert Hormats | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gesi, Tungsten, Conflict Minerals, Drc, Congo, Economic, Robert Hormats, Un Mission in Congo, Prostitution, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Fdlr, Trafficking, Conflict, United Nations, Sgbv, Monuc, Secretary Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rape, Gender Based Violence, Ngos, Eicc, Tin, Tantalum, Fardc, Agricultural Affairs, Sexual and Gender Based Violence, Kabila, President Kabila, Cndp, Under Secretary, Democratic Republic of Congo, Energy, Hillary Clinton, Gdrc, Politics News

Huffington Post readers may be surprised to learn that the world's deadliest conflict since World War II is still occurring -- in the Democratic Repub...

Read Post

Dateline Doha: Engaging The Islamic World

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doha, Oic, Palestine, Yemen, US-Islamic World Forum, Muslim World, Aghanistan, Secretary Clinton, Islamic Republic of Iran, Saban-Center-for-Middle-East-Policy, Martin Indyk, Israel, Taliban, Brookings Institution, Obama Cairo Speech, Qatar, World News

Since President Obama was elected, the U.S.-Islamic Forum has striven to sustain the momentum borne from Obama's landmark address in Cairo and the new era ushered in by his election.

Read Post

Iran's Defiant Dare = Crunch Time for Obama

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Persian Gulf, Obama, UN Security Council, Hezbollah, China, Ahmadinejad, Centcom, Iran, Uae, Secretary Gates, Secretary Clinton, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Kevin Chilton, Russia, Israel, Iaea, Nuclear Bomb, World News

Biting economic sanctions -- the type that hit at the very economic and financial heart of the regime and not the Iranian people -- must be aggressively pursued and carefully constructed.

Read Post

Uganda: Signs of Eroding Support for Anti-Gay Bill?

Amie Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fundamentalism, Uganda, Secretary Clinton, President Obama, Gay Rights, Christian Right, Reproductive Rights, The Fellowship. The Family, RH Reality Check, International, World News

Given the international outcry the proposition of this legislation has incited, it seems likely that the bill will not be signed into law in its current incarnation.

Read Post

Obama, Clinton: Elevating Women's Issues but Not Global Development?

Nandini Oomman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, Globalization, Usaid, Secretary Clinton, Poverty, Center for Global Development, Nandini Oomman, Gender, Politics News

The Obama administration has made separate pronouncements on global health, food security and women's rights. It's not yet clear how it will fit these together into a coordinated global development strategy.

Read Post

Hillary Clinton, Rape and Mobile Phones

Lesley-Anne Knight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secretary Clinton, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Congo, Africa, Mobile Phones, A Caritas, Hillary Clinton, Congo, Gender-Based Violence, Lord's Resistance Army, Laurent Nkunda, Joseph Kony, World News

The protection of the people of the Congo needs to be a priority for the Congolese Government and the international community.

Read Post

Honduras: Term Limits When Governments Benefit People

Nelson P. Valdes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dominican Republic, Chile, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Henry Kissinger, Latin America, Latin America Policy, Manuel Zelaya, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Military Fascism, US-Policy-in-Latin-America, Manuel Zelaya Honduras, Post-Cold-War, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Chavism, Coup D'etat, Secretary Clinton, Anti-Castroites Miami, United Nations Development Programme, Cia, Oscar Arias, Richard Nixon, US Embassy, State-Department-Human-Rights-Report, Guatemala, Lyndon Johnson, Salvador-Allende, Undp, World News

Congress and Courts belong to the rich and powerful who also control the military in cooperation with the Pentagon. Washington provided aid.

Read Post

A Fictional Iran Intel Account of the Obama-Netanyahu Summit

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dennis Ross, Iran, Secretary Clinton, President Obama, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News

Holy Imam: The following report summarizes our Washington intelligence unit's assessment of Monday's summit meeting between the Zionist leader (Prime Minister Netanyahu) and the American President Barack Obama.

Read Post

Clinton says US never will `sell out' Lebanon

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lebanon, Hillary Clinton Lebanon, Syria, Secretary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, World News

BEIRUT — Ahead of an election that could oust the U.S.-backed Beirut government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that...

Read Whole Story

Clinton Questions Cheney's Credibility: "I Don't Consider Him A Particularly Reliable Source Of Information" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Secretary Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney Video, Hillary Clinton Dick Cheney Credibility, Clinton Questions Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Video, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Secretary Clinton testified today before Congress about President Obama's anti-terrorism strategy, saying the main goals are to prevent al-Qaida's res...

Read Whole Story

Secretary Clinton Testifies Before Congress

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congressional Testimony, Congress, Hillary Clinton Testifies Before Congress, Hillary Clinton Congress, Hillary Clinton, Secretary Clinton, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling Congress that the core goal of President Barack Obama's anti-terror strategy i...

Read Whole Story

Weapons of Mass Influence - Undermining Terrorism - An Interview With Jerrold M. Post

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, War on Terror, Weapons of Mass Influence, Osama Bin Laden, General David Petraeus, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Terrorist, Hamas, Dick Cheney, Psychological Operations, Overseas Contingency Operations, Psychological Operations and Counter Terrorism, Secretary Clinton, Argentina, State Terrorism, Terrorists, Human Bombs, Nashra Hassan, Jerrold M. Post, Muammar Qadaffi, Politics, Man Caused Disasters, Al-Qaeda, Ariel Merari, Bin Laden, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Central Command, The Mind of a Terrorist, Saddam Hussein, The Junta, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Cen Comm, Psyop, World News

Dr. Post offers a step-by-step approach for political, military and ideological actions to induce behavioral, emotional and attitudinal changes to manage and minimize a "war" we just can't win.

Read Post

Clinton In Asia: Local Media Respond (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

Hillary Clinton is currently in Asia on her first international trip as secretary of state. With stops in Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and China, Cl...

Read Whole Story

Clinton's Trip To Asia Underscores Importance Of Rising East

Christian Science Monitor | Howard LaFranchi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clinton Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Asia, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Global Financial Crisis Asian Stocks, Secretary of State, Secretary Clinton, Indonesia, South Korea, Climate Change, Financial Crisis, Hillary Clinton, Global Financial Crisis, Japan, Asia, China, World News

The countries that Secretary Clinton will visit, beginning Monday, reflect the variety in the kinds of relations the United States has in Asia: There ...

Read Whole Story

Day One, A.B. (After Bush)

John Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Secret Prisons, Obama Guantanamo, Secretary Clinton, President Obama, Obama Closes Guantanamo, President Obama Day One, Obama Day One, Hillary Clinton, 100 Days, Obama First Day, Barack Obama, Politics News

Making good on a campaign promise, Obama will close Gitmo, which houses 245 of the dangerous inmates in the world. It is expected that they will be relocated to a place they will fit in, like the DMV or the Post Office.

Read Post