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National: Hillary Clinton

March 11, 2009 - 08:02 am
NEWS FEED: New York Observer

Morning Read: Stripper Tax, Bloomberg's Operation, Islip's Change

Eric Holder will speak at Columbia on May 19. Here’s a “Free Madoff” sign I saw in Williamsburg yesterday. Sheldon Silver has a column in the Daily News advocating reform of the Rockefeller Drug laws, which has passed the Assembly but not the Senate. "Kirsten has inspired the band to get back together," said one of Hillary Clinton’s former spokeswomen. Gillibrand is the new Chuck Schumer, says Jay DeDapper. Tom Robbins looks at how Michael Bloomberg financed activities by...

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March 10, 2009 - 07:07 pm
NEWS FEED: New York Observer

Hillary 2016!

When she agreed to serve as Barack Obama’s secretary of state, there was some question about what it would mean for Hillary Clinton’s political future – and more specifically, if she’d even have one.</p>  <p class="MsoNormal">Outside of the early days of the republic, secretaries of state <a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/secretary-state-prize-rarely-stepping-stone">do not have a track record</a> of advancing to the presidency, or to any other prestigious elected posts. And they often don’t even last for a full...

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March 6, 2009 - 01:18 pm
NEWS FEED: Politico

Clinton gift gaffe: 'Overcharge'

By David S. Cloud

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened her first meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov by giving him a present.

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February 25, 2009 - 03:53 pm
NEWS FEED: New York Observer

The Paterson Shuffle: Kauffmann, Sefl, Greenberg and Quinlan

By Jason Horowitz

David Paterson is making key staff changes today.

According to a source with knowledge of the hires, former Hillary Clinton spokesman (and post-9/11 Navy veteran, and current Glover Park employee) Peter Kauffmann is coming in as the new communications director.  read more »

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February 18, 2009 - 04:31 pm
NEWS FEED: Politico

Thaw with Burma?

By Alexander Burns

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggests a course shift.

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February 18, 2009 - 09:03 am
NEWS FEED: Politico

Second stop: Indonesia

By Andy Barr

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to talk about climate change and education with local leaders.

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February 18, 2009 - 09:03 am
NEWS FEED: Politico

Second stop: Indonesia

By Andy Barr

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to talk about climate change and education with local leaders.

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February 17, 2009 - 04:21 am
NEWS FEED: Politico

Hillary Clinton's first trip

By Andy Barr

Clinton tells reporters that she plans on discussing human rights issues with her hosts in China.

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February 12, 2009 - 04:13 pm
NEWS FEED: New York Observer

Miller on Clinton's Middle East Options

By Jason Horowitz

Who would have thought that Hillary Clinton would have worse prospects for success in bringing peace to the Middle East than Condoleezza Rice?

Much of the talk about Hillary Clinton since she became secretary of state has centered on how ambitious she would be in brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace in the Middle East.

Now, given the post-election gridlock in Israel, Clinton, along with special envoy George Mitchell, would seem to have even fewer options than Rice, whose performance in the region was widely criticized as belated and ineffectual.

"The form follows function," said Aaron David Miller, who has advised several secretaries of state on Middle East issues and who is now a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.  read more »

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February 10, 2009 - 04:43 am
NEWS FEED: Politico

Clintonites jostle for jobs at State

By media@politico.com (Amie Parnes)

Hillary Clinton's famously sharp-elbowed staffers are jockeying to land jobs with her at the State Department.

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