It looks like it could really happen and Barack Obama will name one time rival Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. It would be a smart move on his part. There have been a lot of criticisms of Hillary Clinton on just about every front and she clashed bitterly with Obama in the nomination
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HarrysPlace on 18th Nov 2008 (via hurryupharry.org)
We now know that Barack Obama met Hillary Clinton in Chicago on Thursday. Senior Obama advisers are giving anonymous briefings that she's under consideration for Secretary of State. The former First Lady herself done nothing to quash the speculation, indicating she's clearly open to at least being considered for the job. There may well be some games being played her - this storyline make...
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TobyHarnden on 14th Nov 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
So the Guardian, several steps ahead of the American media, has come out and reported that Hillary Clinton has been offered and has accepted the post of Secretary of State in an Obama administration. It's a strangely written story, with no details and virtually no sourcing. Clinton "plans to accept the job of secretary of state....the Guardian has learned". Er, that's it. What to make of...
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TobyHarnden on 4th Dec 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
So the Guardian, several steps ahead of the American media, has come out and reported that Hillary Clinton has been offered and has accepted the post of Secretary of State in an Obama administration. It's a strangely written story, with no details and virtually no sourcing. Clinton "plans to accept the job of secretary of state....the Guardian has learned". Er, that's it. What to make of...
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TobyHarnden on 18th Nov 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
The latest buzz coming out of the Obama camp is a secret meeting between Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton, followed by a 'leak' that Senator Clinton is being offered the position of Secretary of State in the new Obama Administration. I put leak in quote marks for the simple reason that this was a private meeting between Obama and Clinton and that any so-called leak was likely a d...
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JOSHUAPUNDIT on 14th Nov 2008 (via joshuapundit.blogspot.com)
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 ...
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PoliticsEtc on 12th Feb 2009 (via sgspolitics.blogspot.com)
The rumour circulating that Hillary Rodham Clinton might be appointed Secretary of State by President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama is surely some kind of pre-Thanksgiving joke? For it won't just be Hillary bestriding the world stage but the priapic former President, Bill Clinton, will be strutting his stuff on the world stage. Having worked his way through Washington's interns he can then ...
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BlaneysBlarney on 14th Nov 2008 (via donalblaney.blogspot.com)
After beating her to the Democratic nomination, snubbing her as his running mate and keeping her hanging on for a position in his cabinet, President-Elect Barack Obama has finally put the old girl out of her misery. Hillary Clinton has just been confirmed as Obama’s choice for Secretary of State. I am confident that Clinton will
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BUCF on 1st Dec 2008 (via bucf.wordpress.com)
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...
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SimO on 19th Nov 2008 (via sim-o.me.uk)
Turns out Hillary Clinton's "personal" trip to Chicago involves meeting personally with President-elect Barack Obama at his transition headquarters. Mike Allen: President-elect Barack Obama met Thursday with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) at his transition headquarters in Chicago as a growing chorus of advisers pushes her for secretary of state. ...
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FPPassport on 14th Nov 2008 (via blog.foreignpolicy.com)