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Clinton Gets In on Text Meme Joke

Matt Cantor — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:52:05 CDT

The "Texts from Hillary" blog just got some text from Hillary. The Tumblr blog has garnered much attention for its meme series featuring fake texts from Clinton, playing off a wire photo of her with her Blackberry. Now the secretary herself is in on the joke. She posted one of...

Clinton: Ready to Leave 'High Wire' of US Politics

John Johnson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:18:37 CST

Doesn't sound like Hillary Clinton is having second thoughts about stepping down as secretary of state if President Obama wins a second term. “I’ve made it clear that I will certainly stay on until the president nominates someone and that transition can occur,” she told State Department staffers today, according...

Hillary Clinton Starts Historic Burma Visit

Kevin Spak — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:57:04 CST

Hillary Clinton arrived in Burma’s capital of Naypyidaw today, kicking off the first visit by a US secretary of state to the country in more than 50 years. Clinton says her goal is to see for herself how serious Burma’s junta is about its halting steps toward democratic reform, according...

Clinton Gets Gadhafi News on BlackBerry

John Johnson — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:50:49 CDT

So how does a world leader react to big world news? Pretty much the way everyone else does, apparently. "Wow," says Hillary Clinton when she sees unconfirmed reports of Moammar Gadhafi's capture on her BlackBerry. "Huh." (See the CBS video below.) Then she tells others nearby, adding a dose...

Clinton Pushes Taliban Talks in Surprise Afghan Visit

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:34:14 CDT

Hillary Rodham Clinton is personally encouraging Afghanistan's wary leadership to keep up Taliban reconciliation efforts. Clinton arrived in Kabul today on an unannounced visit and was scheduled to see President Hamid Karzai and other top Afghan officials tomorrow. Her trip came after Karzai expressed frustration with attempts to woo Taliban...

Clinton: Ready to Get Off the 'Merry-Go- Round'

Mark Russell — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:08:00 CDT

After decades of living in the public eye, Hillary Clinton tells the BBC she is ready to get off the "merry-go-round" at the end of President Obama's first term and enjoy her private life, reports Politico (which has a link to the full transcript .) “I think that I am...

Clinton Blasts Syria After Embassy Hit

Kevin Spak — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:25:05 CDT

Hillary Clinton is fighting mad over yesterday’s attack on US and French embassies by pro-regime protesters in Syria. In a statement yesterday, Clinton said the US “strongly condemns Syria’s failure to protect diplomatic facilities,” and essentially disowned the regime. “If anyone, including President Assad, thinks that the United States is...

Hillary Clinton Considers Top Post at World Bank

John Johnson — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:38:15 CDT

Hillary Clinton swears she's done with elected politics, and Reuters thinks it knows where she's headed next: the World Bank. Quoting three unnamed sources, the news service says she has already talked to the White House about leaving her post at the State Department to assume the presidency of the...

Ex-Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger Dead

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:22:38 CDT

Lawrence S. Eagleburger, the only career U.S. foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state, died Saturday. He was 80. Eagleburger died in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a short illness, according to a family friend. Two of his one-time bosses, former President George H.W. Bush...