Clinton Spells Out U.S. Foreign Policy Goals + Clinton Calls Cheney Out
22 April 2009 12:21 pm by GeoT
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/PoliticalNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=920245
“Our priorities are clear,” Clinton said. “We are deploying the tools of diplomacy and development along with military power. We are securing historic alliances, working with emerging regional powers, and seeking new avenues of engagement.”
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Saw her statement, with one thing to add:
“The President has outlined a strategy centered on a core goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda, and to prevent their return to safe havens in Afghanistan or Pakistan,” Clinton said. “We combined our strategic review with intensive diplomacy, and nations from around the world are joining together to address this urgent challenge.”
Including Holbrooke’s push at the recent donor conference to help stabilize Pakistan.
HRC’s full opening remarks:
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/04/122048.htm
I will forever be grateful to George Bush for one thing. Surviving his full terms in office. Can anyone imagine if Dick Cheney had become President with his set of values? OMG.
Way OT, but has anyone else heard about this today?
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0409/NSA_told_Pelosi_of_Harman_wiretap_years_ago.html
kris says:
22 April 2009 at 1:16 pm
good grief! I just grew a few more grey hairs, just thinking about that possibility. We missed a bullet on that one.
Clinton Questions Cheney’s Credibility: “I Don’t Consider Him A Particularly Reliable Source Of Information” (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/22/secretary-clinton-questio_n_190065.html
AliceP says:
22 April 2009 at 12:30 pm
Hillary was a vocal mouthpiece for the Bush/Cheney WMD lies, to deny it is ludicrous.
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Lets see your quote of her doing this -
AliceP
He ran off again?
I’m beginning to think he really isn’t a “pissed off American” -he’s too uninformed to be truly pissed off.
I’d like to see the quote, too, Alice P. and djjl.
Hopefully CSPAN will re-broadcast Hillary’s testimony tonight – she is in her element in these types of settings – confident, well prepared, knows every answer, every detail.
The exact opposite of Sarah Palin!
I’m pleased with the Obama administration so far – I do hope they have the courage to lift the ban on gays serving in the military soon though.
No doubt we all remember the heat Bill Clinton took in 1993 on this issue but at least he was brave enough to try. It will be interesting to see if resistance has softened in the last 16 years – I would hope so but there is still that core group of right wingers on the GOP side who will do everything they can to prevent progress!
Republican strategist Phil Musser explains how he knows whether a person should be tortured for intelligence. Lawrence O’Donnell calls him on it. (video)
“Just By Looking At Them”
http://tinyurl.com/chrap8
AG
Un…….believable
Audiegrl says:
22 April 2009 at 3:00 pm
Republican strategist Phil Musser explains how he knows whether a person should be tortured for intelligence. Lawrence O’Donnell calls him on it. (video)
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that was a classic, O’Donnel made mincemeat out of that guy.
BTW: Gen. Karpinsky interview on CNN (Re: torture at Abu Ghraib) also VERY well worth a listen: (should be available soon) She was just on with Rick Sanchez.
Watch Hillary smack down Pence of Indiana:
http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=2409880
Love that clip djjl
Hillary made Pence take a tall drink of STFU
The media push is beginning to build momentum:
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Torture timeline predated legal approval
A new document indicates the CIA first proposed waterboarding alleged al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubaydah to top Bush administration officials in mid-May 2002, three months before the Justice Department approved the interrogation technique in a secret legal opinion.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090422.wcia_0422/BNStory/International/home
djjl says:
22 April 2009 at 3:19 pm
That was beautiful.
I can hardly wait until this gets to the point where we find out they were torturing to come up with some excuse to invade Iraq.
Because I think it’s going to go that far.
This way OT, but had to share it
This is a video clip from a dating show, that features John Ziegler, Palin’s documentary “Media Malpractice” filmmaker as a contestant. You know the guy talking about the mean way the media treated Palin?
Needless to say, by the end of the date, you can see who the real misogynist is. John Ziegler. Apparently is not happy about this clip being out.
http://tinyurl.com/bkjntm
justlen says:
22 April 2009 at 3:44 pm
I can hardly wait until this gets to the point where we find out they were torturing to come up with some excuse to invade Iraq.
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already out there:
Senate Report: Harsh Tactics Used In Attempt to Establish Non-Existent Iraq-al Qaida Link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/21/report-harsh-interrogatio_n_189817.html
This is waaaaaay off topic too….but, I wanted to let you see what I’ve been doing on the computer instead of talking with you guys.
http://www.beyondthewideworldsend.com/The_Kid/Snapshots/Snapshots.html
Audiegrl says:
22 April 2009 at 3:47 pm
This is way OT, but had to share it
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LOL:
been to that driving range (Shoal Canyon)
been to that Restaurant (many times): Damon’s in Glendale, CA– great steaks and Mai Tai’s
GeoT
Guess I just assumed he was portraying a jerk on TV. But in real life he seems to be just that. What a loser.
great pics djjl, and congrats!
djjl says:
22 April 2009 at 3:19 pm
Watch Hillary smack down Pence of Indiana:
Oh my Gawd!! She made mincement of Mr. Pence. LMAO! Ogenec, you will love this (if you didn’t see it already).
Thanks AG
lynette
That’s what I so love about her. She’s got the ability to politely knock the hell out ‘em.
djjl says:
22 April 2009 at 4:09 pm
lynette
That’s what I so love about her. She’s got the ability to politely knock the hell out ‘em.
And she did just that! I am still laughing. Good for her. I loved Mr. Pence’s reaction – he looked like he was about to go hide in the corner.
Audiegrl says:
22 April 2009 at 4:05 pm
GeoT
Guess I just assumed he was portraying a jerk on TV. But in real life he seems to be just that. What a loser.
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he’s a slacker.
lynnette says:
22 April 2009 at 4:11 pm
djjl says:
22 April 2009 at 4:09 pm
lynette
That’s what I so love about her. She’s got the ability to politely knock the hell out ‘em.
And she did just that! I am still laughing. Good for her. I loved Mr. Pence’s reaction – he looked like he was about to go hide in the corner.
lynette
I thought he looked like he had wet his pants.
djjl says:
22 April 2009 at 4:13 pm I thought he looked like he had wet his pants.
I know. LMAO. Bravo.
GeoT
Thanks for that HuffPo link. It is what I had thought and worse. You can go back to the Woodward laudatory book – Bush at War – and read the Cheney was talking Iraq “big time” on 9/11.
djjl….adorable! Who is the great photographer?
Pence did have a really pained look on his face. If my mother-in-law was still alive, she would say:
he looks like a ghost sucking on a pickle
Hillary just continues to amaze,like Bill said she is a once in a generation individual. I think she is a national treasure and we are so lucky to have her. So is Obama,she will talk straight to him and she will try her best to protect him from the right.
The best thing about HRC,NOTHING intimadates her!
I loved it too. I really admire her ability to speak extemporaneously.
I think, at this moment, President Obama is glad he chose her! She will be a fierce fighter for him because she knows what certain people will try to do to him.
Pence had egg all over his face. Hillary had him cold. I loved the Obama won line.
As to Cheney and Iraq. Following the invasion of Iraq I read somewhere and I can’t remember for the likes of me where, that Cheney had begun to plan the invasion of Iraq in the ’90s. If someone read this also let me know.
Pence looked like a pompous ass.
Lake Lady says:
22 April 2009 at 4:21 pm
djjl….adorable! Who is the great photographer?
Daddy is the photographer. He certainly looks like a proud one too.
look for the Bob Baer interview on HardBall…
“torture does not work” “the CIA rank and file were against this”
etc.
video should be available soon.
Any military person would tell you torture doesn’t work. That’s one of the reasons this entire thing makes me want to puke.
Taylor -
If you are still around could you put up a thread discussing the implications of the Taliban closing in on Islamabad?
THanks.
Just read GM is closing their plants for 9 weeks.
djjl says:
22 April 2009 at 3:19 pm
Waaaay late to this topic but what the hell. All I can add is a hearty BOO-muther-frickin’-YEEAH to that one.
*their* side: sniffle, snidely-quiet-concern-trolling voice,”Gee, isn’t it true that Obama is a poopy head for allowing himself to act like an adult and smile with a boogey man? He might as well have fellated the evil bad man!”
Clinton: “Suck it. Kennedy did it. Nixon did it. Ford did it. Carter did it. Reagan did it. It’s called diplomacy and maturity. You lost. Hell, *I* lost. We tried it your way for 8 years. Total Fail. Now it’s Obama’s turn.”
OK, so I threw in the suck it, but she had that going on between the lines to that douche.
wuulfgar says:
23 April 2009 at 10:38 am
that gets my vote for post of the year!