<![CDATA[Clinton Confirmation Hearing: Deputies Will Manage State Department]]>

1.0 link 157505 <![CDATA[Clinton Confirmation Hearing: Deputies Will Manage State Department]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/clinton-confirmation-hear_n_157505.html Hillary Clinton sought to assuage senators on Monday about her ability to manage the sprawling State Department by saying that she won't actually be running it.

The biggest obstacle between Clinton and confirmation as Secretary of State may not be her husband's conflict of interests. Instead, there is often a deep, if rarely spoken, concern about her management skills, stemming from both the botched healthcare rollout in the early '90s and her famously chaotic and back-biting presidential campaign.

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)...

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