US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she would not serve a full eight years if President Barack Obama wins another term, hoping eventually to retire to writing and teaching. Clinton, who has spent two decades in the national spotlight and narrowly lost her own bid to be president
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China to Clinton: Internet Freedom Speech Unjustified
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Beijing wastes little time denouncing America’s attempt to impose U.S. standards of Internet freedoms on other countries, calling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Jan. 21 speech an unjustified attack on China.
– The Chinese government
took little time rejecting U.S. Secretary of State’s Hillary Clinton’s Jan. 21
global call for an uncensored Internet free from cyber-attacks and intellectual
property theft. China, in particular, Clinton said, should conduct a thorough
investigation of the cyber-intrusion…
“U.S., allies won’t back down on Iran nuclear issueâ€
January 22nd, 2010 |
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. and allies will not back down in pressing Iran on concerns that its nuclear program is weapons related. Clinton discussed Iran, and next week’s London conference on Afghanistan, with the new European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
Clinton Pushes Cyber-security in Wake of Google Attacks
January 21st, 2010 |
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for countries to cooperate in defending against cyber-attacks, but remains cautious in her comments regarding the recent attacks reported by Google.
– U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech Jan. 21 took a strong
stance in favor of promoting cyber-security partnerships and ending
Internet censorship, but stopped short of using harsh language against China
in connection with the recent cyber-attacks reported by Google.
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Freedom to spend
January 21st, 2010 |
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The Supreme Court rules that businesses and unions may fund political messages in elections
BY THE narrowest of majorities, America’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday January 21st that Congress may not bar corporations and unions from paying to disseminate political messages at election time. The ruling is arguably a blow for free speech, although critics of the decision quickly concluded that it would lead to big business buying elections.
The case concerned “Hillary: The Movie”, a 90-minute documentary which portrays Hillary Clinton as a power-crazed gorgon. It is a dreary and unbalanced piece of hack work, but clearly protected by the Constitution. “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,” says the First Amendment. Not “thoughtful, judicious speech”. Just “speech”. Yet the makers of “Hillary: The Movie” were forced to drop plans to distribute their work via cable for fear of being fined or jailed. …
U.S. supports Montenegro’s NATO membership
January 21st, 2010 |
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed America’s support to Montenegro’s accession to the “Euro-Atlantic communityâ€. After a meeting with Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Äukanović in Washington on Wednesday, the U.S. secretary of state said that she congratulated Montenegro on achieving NATO’s Membership Action Plan (MAP) status and guaranteed the U.S. support in making Montenegro an integral part of the Euro-Atlantic institutions.
Gates pitches for military pacts with India
January 20th, 2010 |
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Visiting US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Wednesday hard-sold two military pacts that will bind New Delhi and Washington to providing logistics support to each other’s aircraft, ships and personnel, as also enable the exchange of sensitive communication equipment.
On his two-day visit to New Delhi, Gates Wednesday sought to build up momentum for the two [...]
Schumpeter: Womenomics
December 30th, 2009 |
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Feminist management theorists are flirting with some dangerous arguments
THE late Paul Samuelson once quipped that “women are just men with less money”. As a father of six, he might have added something about women’s role in the reproduction of the species. But his aphorism is about as good a one-sentence summary of classical feminism as you can get.
The first generations of successful women insisted on being judged by the same standards as men. They had nothing but contempt for the notion of special treatment for “the sisters”, and instead insisted on getting ahead by dint of working harder and thinking smarter. Margaret Thatcher made no secret of her contempt for the wimpish men around her. (There is a joke about her going out to dinner with her cabinet. “Steak or fish?” asks the waiter. “Steak, of course,” she replies. “And for the vegetables?” “They’ll have steak as well.”) During America’s most recent presidential election Hillary Clinton taunted Barack Obama with an advertisement that implied that he, unlike she, was not up to the challenge of answering the red phone at 3am. …
Jeremić in Washington, to meet U.S. counterpart
December 15th, 2009 |
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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington today. As announced by the minister himself before his departure, the meeting will focus on the situation in the region and bilateral relations, which have been on the rise over the past year, particularly after the visit of U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden.
Jeremić in Washington on Tuesday
December 13th, 2009 |
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Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will be in Washington on Tuesday to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The two are expected to talk about bilateral cooperation and the situation in the region.
US condemns the attacks on Iraqi people
December 9th, 2009 |
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Baghdad: Iraq’s capital, Baghdad witnessed a wave of bombings on Tuesday which killed at least 127 people.
Joe Biden, the US vice-president’s office commented, “The United States strongly condemns these attacks on the Iraqi people and their elected government.â€
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said “the terrorists who murdered innocent civilians today will not succeed [...]
Montgomery Burns For Mayor Of New York City
December 8th, 2009 |
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Mr. Burns Hearts New York! The Simpsons villain Charles Montgomery Burns scored the most write-in votes in the recent New York City mayoral election.
According to CNN, data released by the New York City Board of Elections reveals that the animated owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant received 27 of the 299 write-in votes.
Other write-in [...]
US’ talks with Taliban’s middle ranked leaders may fail to yield desired results
November 25th, 2009 |
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The United States has confirmed that it would support any initiative for talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, however any such plan for a dialogue with the insurgents is unlikely to yield the desired results.
According to sources, only middle rank Taliban leaders have agreed for the talks, and any decision made by these [...]
U.S. cautious on Afghan outreach to Taliban
November 24th, 2009 |
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States is open to the prospect of Afghan government peace talks with elements of the Taliban. But she advised Kabul officials to proceed cautiously.
Resumption of Indo-Pak bilateral talks very important: Clinton
November 20th, 2009 |
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Stressing that pending issues between India and Pakistan should be resolved amicably by both countries, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that a resumption of bilateral talks is very important.
In an interview with the BBC, the transcripts of which was released by the State Department here, Clinton said Washington is encouraging both countries [...]
Karzai says Afghan forces will take over security within five years
November 20th, 2009 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has set a five-year time frame for Afghan forces to take over from international troops.
“We are determined that by the next five years, the Afghan forces are capable of taking the lead in ensuring security and stability across the country,” The Telegraph quoted Karzai, as saying.
Karzai’s statement came a day after [...]
Karzai should seize the moment, end government corruption: Clinton
November 19th, 2009 |
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Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to seize the moment of his second term as head of state to end government corruption.
“President Karzai should seize this moment, and so should we. That is why President Obama is engaged in a careful and thorough review of our Afghanistan policy, [...]
Hillary Clinton ‘has the hots’ for British Foreign Minister
November 19th, 2009 |
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has confessed that she has a ‘crush’ on Britain’’s foreign minister, David Miliband.
Hillary, who is married to former US president Bill Clinton, gushed over youthful-looking, 44-year-old Miliband in the latest issue of US Vogue magazine.
“Oh my God! If you saw him it would be a big crush,” Herald Sun [...]