Clinton Secretary of State

Report: Clinton Camp Fabricated Initial Obama "Offer"

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics


In the New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Drew sheds some more light on the behind-the-scenes wrangling between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over...

Clinton Prepares To Relinquish Independence

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


NEW YORK — For years, Hillary Rodham Clinton set aside her own considerable ambition to promote her husband's political career. Now, as Preside...

Secretary Of State Clinton Worries Some In Arab World

Washington Post | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


There is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Cl...

Sam Stein

Obama Eyeing Jim Steinberg As Dep. Secretary Of State, Official Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama is leaning towards appointing former deputy national security adviser Jim Steinberg as his Deputy Secretary of State, a well-connected De...

Clinton 'Disenchanted' With The Senate

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


The New York Times reports that one factor in Hillary Clinton's decision on moving to the Cabinet is a disappointment with the Senate: The uncertain...

Women See New Feminist Victory In Clinton At State

NY Times | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


Hillary Rodham Clinton, a first lady turned senator turned almost-president, is now transforming herself again, this time into the nation's top diplom...

Dem Foreign Policy Experts Fear Clinton Team

Washington Independent | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) almost certain to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state, some foreign-policy experts in t...

Clinton Camp Waiting On Obama, Source Says

Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Advisers to Bill and Hillary Clinton believe they've given the Obama transition team much if not all of the all the information on Bill's post-preside...

Steve Clemons: Clinton Could Be Obama's Bad Cop

CNN | Steve Clemons | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton? Secretary of state? What is Barack Obama thinking? This rock star president-elect may either be confused, deluded and self-destructi...

Bill Clinton: "I'll Do Whatever They Want"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


The New York Observer reports: Bill Clinton said he'd do "whatever they want" with respect to the vetting process and information he'd have to discl...

Hillary Clinton: Obama's First Drama

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night. If Barack Obama, the president-elect,...

Clinton's Chances: Associates Say "The Job Is Hers If She Wants It"

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a s...

McCain Staffer Crows At Idea Of Clinton In Cabinet

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Over at the Weekly Standard, McCain campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb explains why Republicans should be cheered by the prospect of Secretary of State...

Obama: Choose Bill Richardson, Lee Hamilton, Dick Lugar, Al Gore or Chuck Hagel -- but not Hillary Clinton -- as your Secretary of State

Robert Guttman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Robert Guttman

Why get involved with the Clintons when there are much better choices to be considered? Shouldn't the new president-elect be forming his own team of Obama loyalists?

Hillary Clinton Accepts Obama's Offer?

Bart Motes | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Bart Motes

The Guardian is now reporting that Hillary Clinton will accept Obama's offer to become secretary of state. My immediate question was, what would Hillaryis44.org have to say?

Sam Stein

Clinton Aides Comfortable With Bill's Vetting, Worried About Press

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Aides and advisers to the Clintons feel comfortable that the vetting of Bill Clinton will not disqualify Hillary from becoming Secretary of State, and...

Ken Silverstein: Five Reasons Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Secretary Of State

Harpers | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


It looks like Barack Obama has offered Hillary Clinton the post of Secretary of State and she's mulling over whether to take the job or not. Obama's a...

Obama-Clinton Negotiations: Why They've Gone Silent

Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


On Wednesday, the call came in from Chicago: President-elect Obama wanted to meet with Sen. Clinton, in private, the next day. According to Democrati...

Dowd: Picking Hillary As Secretary Of State "Cool Idea ... So Un-Clintonian"

NY Times | Maureen Dowd | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics


It's a cool idea, Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. At long last, the feminist icon would represent the feminist ideal of getting a room of her ...

Schwarzenegger: Clinton "Could Be A Great Move" For Secretary Of State

ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


Last week I reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was in the running to become Obama's secretary of state. Today we learned that the President-e...

Bill's Foreign Deals May Pose Issue For Clinton As Secretary Of State

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton's globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroa...

Hillary Clinton: A 21st Century Choice for Secretary of State

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Nancy L. Cohen

Obama will not choose her because she's a woman. He will choose her because she has shown visionary leadership on two of the critical international (and moral) questions of our age.

Jason Linkins

The American Prospect, To ABC News: You Must Chill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media


As you know, today is Friday, and Hillary Clinton's been to Chicago, and Barack Obama's transition team is in Chicago, and so everyone who's got an an...

Nico Pitney

Officials: Obama Offered Clinton Secretary Of State

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the position of Secretary of State during their meeting Thursday in Chicago, according to tw...

Seth Colter Walls

Secretary Of State: Would Hillary Want The Job?

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


On Friday, political chatter focused around reports that President-elect Barack Obama is thinking about naming Sen. Hillary Clinton as his Secretary o...