Hillary Clinton Secretary of State

USS New York Commissioning To Include Hillary Clinton

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York


WASHINGTON — A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning...

Clinton Makes Personal Bid To Resume Mideast Talks

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settleme...

UN Starts World's First Arms Trade Treaty: Will It Work?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 10.31.2009 | World


Evelyn Leopold

The aim is to set standards for the global $55 billion export business in guns, tanks, attack helicopters, jet fighters, missiles and other conventional weapons.

Clinton Faces Pakistani Anger At Predator Drone Attacks

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 10.31.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused ...

President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

Matt Damon Narrates Video Against World Hunger

Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact


The U.S. State Department released a video narrated by Matt Damon in late September to YouTube, describing the world food crisis and how global climat...

Fatally Flawed UN Goldstone Report Could Come Back to Bite America For Fighting Terrorists

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Goldstone's report, in effect, equates Israel with Nazis and other tyrants of history by accusing the Jewish State of deliberately targeting civilians.

Leave Punishing Iran to Iranians

Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.

Putting a Stop to Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Without Export Embargoes

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.02.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

With recent revelations about Iran's nuclear deception, growing concerns of the major European states, and a far more amenable Russia and China, the moment for a boycott on Iranian oil has come.

The Two Presidents Are In Sync Using the Media to Deliver the Message: CGI Opens in NYC.

Michelle Kraus | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Michelle Kraus

The Clinton Global Initiative is a magnificent prelude to the meetings to be held later in the week with the Chinese government and other world leaders at the United Nations. This is a true gesture of unity.

Hillary: Now Is the Time to Restore President Zelaya

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.22.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

As it has throughout the crisis, the U.S. media is largely burying the news from Honduras. Now is the time for Americans to speak up.

Hillary On Health Care: It Won't Be Everything We Want, But I Am Optimistic

George's Bottom Line | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


"Will it be everything any one person would want? No, of course not. That's not the nature of the compromise required in a legislative setting. But...

Hillary Clinton Challenged by Judicial Watch

Norman Cressy | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Norman Cressy

As far as anyone knows, Secretary Clinton did not have a sex change.

Three-Judge Panel Hears Challenge To Hillary Clinton's Eligibility To Serve As Secretary of State

Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


A three-judge panel is hearing a case Wednesday morning that challenges Hillary Clinton's "constitutional eligibility" to serve as the government's Se...

U.S. Diplomacy in Sudan: What's at Stake

John Prendergast | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


John Prendergast

Given the enormously high stakes in Sudan, it's critically important that the Obama administration strike the right tone and substance in its policy and diplomatic strategy.

Politicians Descend On Senator Kennedy's Funeral

Duncan Quirk | Posted 10.16.2009 | Comedy


Duncan Quirk

Candidate Clinton Was Not a Victim of Sexism But Secretary Clinton Is

Keli Goff | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics


Keli Goff

Hillary didn't "lose her cool." All I saw is a woman who has spent her entire life trying to be her own person, and despite her best efforts, is being deprived of the opportunity to do so.

Hillary Clinton Praises Cape Verde As She Finishes Africa Tour

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


SANTA MARIA, Cape Verde — Winding up an 11-day African tour, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she's optimistic about i...

Clinton Dismisses Questions About Her Tart Response To Questioner: "Psychobabble" Says Close Aide

AP | MATTHEW LEE and BARRY SCHWEID | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


MONROVIA, Liberia — A close aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton dismissed as "psychobabble" the fuss over the secretary of state's barbed response to...

Secretary Clinton's Opportunity: Ending the World's Two Deadliest Wars

John Prendergast | Posted 09.13.2009 | World


John Prendergast

In the aftermath of Secretary of State Clinton's trip to Africa, the U.S. has a chance to help bring an end to two of the great unfolding tragedies of the 21st century.

A Female Secretary of State, Making a Difference in Africa

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


Madeleine M. Kunin

One slip of the tongue for Hillary Clinton threatens to undermine all that she has accomplished. Why, after having proven that she is a skilled diplomat, are the commentators so quick to jump on her?

Nigeria at a Tipping Point

Michael Watts | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Michael Watts

Secretary Clinton arrives in Nigeria at a crucial moment: another failure of will by the federal government could prove to be catastrophic.

Clinton In Nigeria: US Elections, Like In 2000, Have Problems Too (VIDEO)

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during a visit to Nigeria today, made a comparison between the elections in Nigeria and the United States, sayi...

Need a Dose of Nature? An Exotic Spa? Try Wildfitness in Kenya

Beth Arnold | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style


Beth Arnold

I felt a deep pull to Africa that I've not felt anywhere else in the world. Wildfitness was physically tough -- an exotic luxurious boot camp -- that captured our souls.

Yikes! Bill Did NOT Upstage Hillary Again

Michelle Kraus | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


Michelle Kraus

Can't we all take a moment and rejoice in the return of these two young women without throwing rotten tomatoes at our own Madam Secretary of State?