A Head For Diplomacy
[New Delhi, July 20. Image via Getty]
Hillary Is Pulling U.S. Foreign Policy Out Of The Shadows
[Tokyo, February 17. Images via Getty]
Hillary Clinton Greets Her New Job, Staff With A Smile
Hillary Clinton gave her first speech in her new role as Secretary of State today, addressing the thousands of State Department employees with humility, grace and a radiant smile. Video is after the jump.
Hillary Gets Official
Hillary Clinton was confirmed as Secretary of State in a 94-2 vote late this afternoon. The sole hold-outs were Louisiana Senator (and prostitute-patronizer) David Vitter and South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint. [Madame Secretary]
Hillary Heads To The Floor
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved Hillary Clinton's nomination to be Secretary of State. The full Senate is expected to vote to confirm her next week after the Inauguration. [Associated Press]
Hillary Clinton Talked The (Girl) Talk At Senate Confirmation
Perhaps in line with Barack Obama's letter that he wants to make the world a better place for children, Hillary Clinton wants to make the world a better place for daughters in particular.
It's Going To Be An Oprah-guration!
- Oprah Winfrey is talking her show on the road to D.C. during the Inauguration. Let the speculation begin about which members of the new Administration will be appearing. [Access Hollywood]
- Congress is going to pass a law to reduce the salary of the Secretary of State to block Republican efforts to keep Hillary Clinton…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while speaking last night at a forum on gender and politics, was asked whether Hillary Clinton might face sexism in her role as Secretary of State. Pelosi said that, in her experiences abroad, she has never been received with anything but respect, adding, "[Clinton] is a force in her own…
Hillary As Sec Of State: Some Call It The "Women's Spot"
Wait, did the women's movement suddenly stop being about obtaining and maintaining equality and start becoming about placing humans with the appropriate reproductive equipment in the biggest and best seats of political power, regardless of their politics? Did we miss a memo? Because with the latest round of kvetching…
Hillary Clinton Is Everyone's Fantasy, Sick Or Otherwise
There are so many things that change when you become President of the United States — for instance, like the Pope, you lose your name. And with this election, lions are lying down with lambs, former rivals are — at least according to Andrew Sullivan — submitting to the authority of their onetime rivals, and former…
Is Clinton In, Out, Up, Down, Wrong Or Right?
It's a week that belongs to the chattering class and, apparently,
Katy Perry and whatever music and puppy cams can get 's through another day of speculation about Hillary Clinton's potential nomination for (and/or acceptance of) Secretary of State. That, plus what David Frum's writing reminds us of, and what we would…
A Weekend Of Talks For Obama, And Decisions For Clinton?
- Officials are confirming that Hillary Clinton met with Barack Obama in Chicago to talk about a potential Cabinet slot. Two "senior Democratic officials" confirmed to the Huffington Post that Clinton was offered Secretary of State and asked for time to consider it, but she didn't admit to anything at a press…
