hurriyet.com.tr - 1/14/2009
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Secretary of state designate Hillary Clinton Tuesday promised a "smart" blend of U.S. military and diplomatic power projection under Barack Obama, and said America must never give up on Middle East peace. Clinton promises smart power under Obama In the latest twist to her trail-blazing political ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/13/2009
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WASHINGTON Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton
intervened at least six times in government issues directly
affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband's foundation, an Associated Press review of her official ...
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AP: Clinton acted on concerns of husband's donors - ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/13/2009
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Clinton's Pragmatism, Smart Power, Multilateralism Welcomed in Muslim World
Informed Comment —
... Turkey's Hurriyet noted with obvious relief that although Clinton ruled out direct talks with Hamas, she at least expressed distress over civilian casualties on both sides in the present conflict. The Muslim world has been upset that Israel has killed nearly a thousand and wounded over 3000 Palestinians, about half of them women and children, in the current conflict. Only a handful of Israeli civilians have been killed or wounded during the same time. I don't believe Bush expressed any regret for this toll at all. ...
World Reaction to Hillary
Taylor Marsh —
... progressive community, which I’ll address at length another time.
RT has this headline:
Hillary to seek dialog with Moscow.
China
View focuses on the Middle East. But it ends with Iran, quoting Clinton
on what will be the Obama administration’s "new, perhaps a different approach,"
but ending with Clinton’s line on Iran that "no option is off the table," a line that would ring for the leadership inside China.
Turkey
got the message on the Middle East (via Juan
Cole): ...
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