Read more Hillary Clinton stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/85/hillary-clinton.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74376/karzai-sworn-in-vows-to-fight-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamid Karzai vowed to fight corruption today after he was sworn in to a second 5-year term as president of Afghanistan. Karzai, whose election victory was tainted by widespread allegations of vote-rigging, said his government would learn from "our mistakes and shortcomings of the last eight years." The ceremony was...http://www.newser.com/story/74376/karzai-sworn-in-vows-to-fight-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:31:00 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/74227/clinton-i-didnt-want-the-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton accepted the Secretary of State job only because Barack Obama badgered her into it. In a glowing profile in Vogue , Clinton tells Jonathan Van Meter that she was “ stunned ” Obama wanted her. “I didn't want to do it. I just really had a lot of doubts, and I...http://www.newser.com/story/74227/clinton-i-didnt-want-the-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 15:48:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74167/palin-not-fit-for-presidency-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a blockbuster memoir and national tour, Sarah Palin is again grabbing headlines. But does she have what it takes for a 2012 presidential bid? The answer is a resounding “no,” according a CNN and Opinion Research poll. Only 28% believe she’s qualified for the nation’s top job, and 70%...http://www.newser.com/story/74167/palin-not-fit-for-presidency-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74070/clinton-karzai-on-the-hot-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan mission to "disrupt,...http://www.newser.com/story/74070/clinton-karzai-on-the-hot-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 10:51:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74060/clinton-ill-have-coffee-with-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee. In an interview for broadcast today on NBC's Meet the Press, Clinton says she's never met the onetime GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and thinks it would be very...http://www.newser.com/story/74060/clinton-ill-have-coffee-with-palin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 5:35:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73784/top-obama-advisers-push-30k-troop-increase.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs President Obama heads into a meeting with his national security team today, one of the four options on the table for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan has emerged as a favorite of his top advisers. Hillary Clinton, Mike Mullen, and Robert Gates all favor a plan to send about...http://www.newser.com/story/73784/top-obama-advisers-push-30k-troop-increase.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 7:45:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73652/germany-celebrates-fall-of-the-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFireworks illuminated the rainy skies above Berlin as Germans and high-profile visitors came together today to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. President Obama unexpectedly joined the festivities—in a video greeting introduced by Hillary Clinton. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny," he...http://www.newser.com/story/73652/germany-celebrates-fall-of-the-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73618/in-goldilocks-age-when-will-female-pols-be-just-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen in politics are suffering from a "Goldilocks Syndrome" at the hands of a misogynist media: With Hillary Clinton deemed "too hard" for not paying attention to fashion and beauty, and Sarah Palin "too soft" for doing just that, what woman will possibly be deemed "just right?" asks Meghan McCain...http://www.newser.com/story/73618/in-goldilocks-age-when-will-female-pols-be-just-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 10:39:00 CST