blogs.abcnews.com - 11/14/2008
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ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports: President-elect Barack Obama met with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., yesterday to Chicago to discuss the possibility of the senator becoming Secretary of State. A source with knowledge of the transition process describes the meeting as...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/14/2008
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC’s Andrea MitchellTwo Obama advisers have told
NBC News that Hillary Clinton is under consideration to
be secretary of state. Would she be interested? Those who know Clinton say possibly. But her office says that any decisions ...
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Hillary for State?
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/14/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
By Michael D. Shear The upcoming meeting between
President-elect Barack Obama and his one-time rival, Sen. John
McCain, was set in motion during a phone call over the weekend between Obama and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), McCain's closest friend. In ...
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McCain-Obama Meeting Set in Motion by Graham
thewashingtonnote.com - 11/14/2008
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thewashingtonnote.com —
Four days ago I published and then quickly
"unpublished" this item on Hillary Clinton being in line
for Secretary of State: I just received some surprising news -- like, really surprising. The deal is not done -- but at the moment -- ...
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Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State?
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On Secretary of State Clinton
Taylor Marsh —
... ABC
has more, but goes short of a firm offer:
A source with knowledge of the transition process describes the meeting as
not a hard offer. Obama is more cautious than that.
He is doing this ...
Diplomacy -The Nuclear Option = Hillary and Barry and Bill and Michelle
AMERICAN DIGEST —
... Post-election ego-fluffing opportunities abound on the Barack Talk Express. Today's tidbit is the floater that Hillary's large experience shall be tapped to become the Secretary of State. Will wonders never cease? ...
Hillary or Richardson
PoliGazette —
... Richardson is an experienced diplomat. He worked for Bill Clinton as Ambassador to the United Nations in the 1990s, for instance. Clinton, meanwhile, may have less direct foreign policy experience, but she is a well known and well respected figure around the world who has interacted with foreign leaders during the eight years her husband was president. ...
New American Gothic
N/A —
Filed under duh; “Still, the fact that Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton had even met to discuss such a possibility [of Clinton taking Sec State position] left even some of their closest advisers and allies talking about the pros and cons of so close a partnership, and about how it would be complicated by a third wheel: Mrs. Clinton’s globe-trotting husband, former President Bill Clinton.”
Details, we want details. And who else is up for the job?
No time to freak. Can’t ...
Shots from the Weekend Show 11/15
Tammy Bruce —
**This post will be updated throughout the show**
Rove, the man that helped destroy conservatism within the Repub Party, thinks we care what he thinks now.
ABC: The Secretary of State job is Hillary's to turn down. And she should. Turn it down.
Newt and Jindal on CBS' Face the Nation tomorrow. (HT Pat S.)
Clinton Aides Comfortable With Bill's Vetting, Worried About Press
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... outlets last week that Obama had (informally) offered Clinton the post during their meeting in Chicago. Subsequent media accounts stated that a formal offer had not yet been extended. But aides say that is a distinction without a difference: Clinton believes, based on her meeting with Obama, that the position is hers if she wants it; moreover, aides say, Obama's transition team would not have gone through with the vetting of the former president (nor would he have agreed to it) if the idea of Hillary at State wasn't crystal clear. ...
Clinton Aides Comfortable With Bill's Vetting, Worried About Press
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... outlets last week that Obama had (informally) offered Clinton the post during their meeting in Chicago. Subsequent media accounts stated that a formal offer had not yet been extended. But aides say that is a distinction without a difference: Clinton believes, based on her meeting with Obama, that the position is hers if she wants it; moreover, aides say, Obama's transition team would not have gone through with the vetting of the former president (nor would he have agreed to it) if the idea of Hillary at State wasn't crystal clear. ...
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Don't bet on Rendell joining the cabinet —
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Obama invited to address United Nations —
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Craig a top candidate for White House counsel —
CNN Political Ticker 11/14/2008
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