Read more secretary of State stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2195/secretary-of-state.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:36:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74301/clinton-makes-surprise-afghan-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton made an unexpected appearance in Afghanistan today to attend the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's Clinton's first trip to Afghanistan since becoming secretary of state. Clinton called the visit "a specific opportunity for everyone to take stock of where we are...http://www.newser.com/story/74301/clinton-makes-surprise-afghan-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 7:40:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73414/tension-builds-between-hillary-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAsk Hillary Clinton or her staff about President Obama and they’ll praise him and tell you the relationship between the two really is strong. But the tensions between the State Department and White House are starting to show, writes Joe Klein . The president’s foreign policy hasn’t yet yielded results, and...http://www.newser.com/story/73414/tension-builds-between-hillary-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow...http://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72961/clinton-talk-annoys-pakistani-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton was relaxed in her town hall-style address to professional Pakistani women today in Islamabad, discussing “habits of the heart,” like tolerance and compromise, and touting the female doctors sent on US aid missions to Pakistan. It was nice, she said with a chuckle, to not talk about security...http://www.newser.com/story/72961/clinton-talk-annoys-pakistani-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:20:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72821/clinton-pakistan-has-to-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton said today that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, in combating the Taliban and other extremists that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government...http://www.newser.com/story/72821/clinton-pakistan-has-to-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 6:57:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72740/clinton-backs-pakistan-as-bomb-toll-hits-90.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOffering sympathy for victims of today's terrorist bombing, Hillary Clinton praised Pakistan's offensive against extremists and pledged US support at a critical point in the country's history. "Pakistan is in the midst of a struggle against tenacious and brutal extremist groups who kill innocent people and terrorize communities," the secretary...http://www.newser.com/story/72740/clinton-backs-pakistan-as-bomb-toll-hits-90.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 9:34:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72330/clinton-boosts-kerry-on-afghan-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton was instrumental in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election—but it was what she didn’t do that mattered most. She didn’t interfere with erstwhile rival John Kerry’s mission. In fact, sources say, Clinton facilitated the meeting between Kerry and Karzai and then stepped away....http://www.newser.com/story/72330/clinton-boosts-kerry-on-afghan-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 11:00:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72056/clinton-hopeful-as-karzai-weighs-runoff-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamid Karzai intends to announce tomorrow how he will "set the stage" for resolving the country's postelection political crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. She wouldn't say whether the Afghan president has decided to accept the findings of a UN-backed fraud investigation that threw out nearly a third...http://www.newser.com/story/72056/clinton-hopeful-as-karzai-weighs-runoff-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 16:40:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72009/clinton-misspeaks-again-on-belfast-bombing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton has been caught in another war-zone exaggeration—this time, in Northern Ireland. The secretary of state told regional lawmakers that she stayed at a "bombed" hotel that was still partially boarded up in Belfast in 1995—even though the last terrorist strike there was in 1993 and the...http://www.newser.com/story/72009/clinton-misspeaks-again-on-belfast-bombing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 7:28:15 CDT