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Very Difficult Time In The Asia Pacific »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 4, 2009 in Associated Press, Current Affairs, Foreign Aid, Indonesia, Southeast Asia | 7 Comments

This week. We have a tsunami in American Samoa and Samoa, with a typhoon hitting the Philippines. Add to that an earthquake, a MAJOR earthquake, in Indonesia. Sadly, many lives have been lost as a result of these natural occurrences.
Here is a good recap of what has happened during the past week [...]

A Different Take On Secretary Clinton’s Africa Trip »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 19, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bamboozling, Current Affairs, Feminism, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Gender Bias, Hoodwinking, MSM, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Misogyny, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Washington Post, Women and Children, World News | 48 Comments

Faithful NQ reader, CG, mentioned recently that the Washington Post actually did a very nice article on Secretary Clinton’s recent trip to Africa. Well, you coulda knocked me over with a feather. This morning, in my daily “DipBlog” from the State Department, sure enough, there it was, along with a link to an [...]

Secretary Clinton’s Accomplishments in Africa Blunted by Junk Politics »

By Ani on Aug 16, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sexism | 37 Comments

Judith Warner penned an excellent article in the NY Times on Friday, “Hillary Fights a Tide of Trivialization.” She speaks of the vital mission that Secretary Clinton was engaged in while touring Africa, to promote the rights of women and children and also build bonds with partners and allies. Warner points out the [...]

Inhumanity To Women, Children, And Horses, Too »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 13, 2009 in Abuse, Africa, Crime, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Misogyny, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Women and Children | 27 Comments

Secretary Clinton does it again. Stands up for women, that is. Here is a brief clip of her speaking in the Democratic Republic of Congo as she continues on her trip through Africa:

As she has done for so many years, Hillary Clinton speaks out for, and stands with, women and children, calling out [...]

Hillary Frustrated by White House Vetting “Nightmare” »

By Ani on Jul 19, 2009 in Commander in Chief, Foreign Aid, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, Obamaisms, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Tim Geithner | 75 Comments

Hillary Clinton has been working diligently for months to appoint a new administrator of USAID. Now Jill Dougherty of CNN reports that “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton showed a rare flash of frustration Monday:
– calling the vetting process for Obama administration nominees “ridiculous” and “a nightmare.”
At a question-and-answer session with staff from the [...]

Confirmation Hearing Open Thread #1 »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 13, 2009 in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 186 Comments

THIS THREAD is closing. Please move to the thread above. BTW: The television coverage is on C-Span2 but the Washington Post has a live feed as does C-Span.

Watch or listen to the hearings live via C-Span.

Athough C-Span indicates the hearing begins at 10 a.m., the official U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing announcement states [...]

The Obama Campaign: Consent of, or Contempt for, the People »

By Joseph Wilson on Apr 17, 2008 in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, NATO, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., William Ayers | 50 Comments

Originally published at Huffington Post. Reprinted with express permission.
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Senator Obama’s ill-conceived remarks likening small town Americans to embittered guns-and-God bigots have triggered a justifiable furor. Not only are the remarks insulting, but also factually incorrect.
As it happens, at the same event in San Francisco, Senator Obama made other remarks, equally startling, insulting our Foreign Service, [...]

The Rights of Women and Children, Worldwide: The Candidates Differ »

By SusanUnPC on Dec 18, 2007 in Clinton, Foreign Aid, Health Care, Obama, Presidential Candidates, Women and Children | 38 Comments

   [You can talk] to women — from the Philippines to Latin America to the Middle East — who can vote, own property, or go to school, because Hillary Clinton helped start a global women’s movement for women’s rights. [You can travel] to Africa and Asia, where Hillary Clinton visited countless remote villages to show how [...]

“U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia” »

By SusanUnPC on Jul 28, 2007 in Current Affairs, Foreign Aid, Israel, Saudi Arabia | 36 Comments

UPDATE below: “US accuses Saudis of telling lies about Iraq,” The Guardian
NYT:
WASHINGTON, July 27 — The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time when some United States officials contend that the [...]

Location, Location, Location! (Open Thread) »

By SusanUnPC on Jul 22, 2007 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Foreign Aid, Iraq | 30 Comments

– Cartoon by Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, sent to me by Leslie
Next, from McClatchy’s top article today, “Constant filibuster threat is tying Senate in knots“: