US Secretary of State Hillary confirmed something that's become all too obvious. While the Obama Administration is insisting that the current Israeli government keep its prior committments,even committments the Israeli cabinet never signed on to, it has no intention whatsoever of honoring its own to Israel. When Israel first accepted the US Roadmap during the Bush Administration in 2003, Arie...

Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, warned Israel that its survival could depend on negotiating a peace deal with the Palestinians and its Arab neighbours in an eagerly awaited speech that followed the recent rift between the two countries.

On the Chris Matthews Show, David Ignatius set out the internal debate in the administration about Af-Pak policy: “Vice President Biden and the deputy secretary of state Jim Steinberg argued for this narrow focus on al-Qaeda, a kind of minimal definition of the US role. Richard Holbrooke, our new emissary to that part of the world, Hillary Clinton argued with General Petraeus for a broader n...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticised Israel's plans to demolish more than 80 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem as "unhelpful" and a violation of its international obligations.

The Guardian:Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned. Obama's advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton's foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with development, to ensure that there is no conflict of int...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel proposed "confidence-building steps" with Palestinians in a telephone call on Thursday with Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, after a dispute over settlements

Will Hillary Clinton actually have anything to do as Secretary of State? That is the question posed in this article from The Hill. Obama has been very keen to have a 'Team of Rivals' in his administration, and Clinton must have thought she'd won a particularly important victory when appointed Secretary of State. But as the Obama Administration settles in, has she been outmanouevred? Several other ...

Peter Baker for the New York Times: Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday. Mrs. Clinton came to her decision after additional discussion with President-elect Barack Ob...

PoliticalBetting.com has an interesting piece on the Democratic Party's debate over a running mate for Barack Hussein Obama. Mrs Bill Clinton is apparently being considered. Surely this would be a bad move for both Obama and Clinton alike.While having Clinton on board would give him access to her money, activists and voters (particularly white blue-collar workers in the North East and Mid-West) it...

Well, as predicted, the clash between Obama and  General Clinton - and Israel, is playing out to plan. "Israel’s new right-wing government was set for its first stand-off with the Obama Administration today, after it openly rebuffed a call from Washington to a total freeze on all Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, called last night for ...