Category: State Department Press Briefings
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 6, 2010 in Bill Clinton, Counterterrorism, Crime, Current Affairs, Cyber Attacks, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings, Terrorism | View Comments
Update below the fold. The release of State Department cables by Julian Assange at WikiLeaks has continued to have an impact at home and abroad. I am still not sure how it is this man has not been charged with espionage, or Pfc Bradley Manning with treason for providing classified information to a foreign national, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 15, 2010 in 9/11, Abuse, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Islam, Misogyny, Muslim, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Sharia Law, State Department Press Briefings, Women and Children | View Comments
That would be sending Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, to name two, on our dime, as a representative of the United States. And yes, he first began his work for the State Department in 2007. This will be his third trip. Given his claim in 2001 that the United [...]
By SusanUnPC on May 21, 2009 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, India, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
First, let me apologize for the disheveled organization of this post, since I have a lot of incongruent pincer-like situations on my mind, but — nevertheless — I have been trying to stay up on the latest news coming out of Pakistan because, dammit, it’s so important and because most media aren’t covering it in [...]
By SusanUnPC on Mar 27, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings, Tim Geithner, Toxic Assets | View Comments
“She looks presidential.” No, she doesn’t. Yes, she does! Oh, honestly. Jesus Christ on a pogo stick! BESIDES: I can’t believe how the rightwing has walked right into Obama’s set-up, his favorite play with the magician’s “sleight of hand” to distract people, to keep the rightwing obsessing about brown people in Mexico causing WAR (!) [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 26, 2009 in China, Current Affairs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
First Lady Michelle Obama wore purple the color of royalty. In human color psychology, purple is associated with royalty, regality, and nobility (stemming from antiquity where Tyrian Purple was only affordable to the elites). See also: ‘Royal purple’ or the dark violet color known as vulgar purple.” ]. First Lady Obama was introduced to all [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 13, 2009 in Counterterrorism, Martin Luther King, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
I’ve decided, when possible, to write up an update for all of you on Hillary’s and the State Department’s most interesting and newsworthy events, including, below the fold, news about Envoy Richard Holbrooke’s progress in Pakistan as well as Hillary’s remarks on her vision for Envoy Holbrooke’s role. Below, we’ll also discuss Secretary Clinton’s important [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 4, 2009 in Current Affairs, Gaza, George Mitchell, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
First things first: Lest there be any confusion among New York Times reporters, here is what Hillary Clinton says at the conclusion of the press conference: “We are going to report to the President in the next day.” “We,” not “he.” (The full text is below the fold.) Here is Reuters’ video report on the [...]
By SusanUnPC on Feb 3, 2009 in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
Clinton eyes Asia for first trip abroad WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is looking east as she plans her first trip abroad as America’s top diplomat. Clinton is expected to visit key North Asian allies Japan and South Korea, as well as China, on her maiden voyage, which will likely begin [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 31, 2009 in Current Affairs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
Below you’ll see the video and full transcript of Secretary Clinton’s and Schultz’s remarks to the press today. But first it’s entertaining to reminisce a bit about just who George Shultz is, and what he’s done in government — after all, many of our younger readers may not know much about him since he was [...]
By SusanUnPC on Jan 27, 2009 in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings, World News | View Comments
Every day, you can receive the daily State Dept. briefings via e-mail and video. BELOW is the January 26, 2009 briefing:
By SusanUnPC on Jan 24, 2009 in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | View Comments
Since I’ve got a hunch that the media won’t be covering most of Hillary’s day-to-day achievements as Secretary of State — except when they can somehow infer that Hillary is focusing on a certain country because Bill’s foundation somehow got funding from that government or one of its prominent citizens (RIGHT?) — I’m digging around [...]
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