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WRITING ON Huffington Post, Secretary Clinton talks about what the Obama administration has done under President Obama’s leadership. It’s as close as she’s come to politics and campaigning for her boss since she became his Secretary of State.
Writing about the continuation and expansion of policies that came before, which America is investing in to create a better world, Clinton has begun the segue for what will come next. The pitch she also made at CGI last week, which is about partnerships to accomplish great things.
Diplomacy means a lot of things, including “saving more lives” through programs like making global health a priority. An excerpt:
And we made global health one of our diplomatic priorities — because fighting disease takes political leadership. Donors and partner countries have to make health a priority in their budgets. Their policies have to reflect a long-term commitment to improving access to care for everyone, not just a privileged few. They have to fight corruption. All of these are inherently political challenges. So I instructed our ambassadors around the world to elevate health in their discussions with presidents, prime ministers and leaders from outside government as well.
What does all this mean in practice?
Through our global health diplomacy, we’ve helped bring new partners to the table and keep old partners at the table; while we’ve committed $4 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria since 2009, other donors have committed $7 billion.
I didn’t realize she was the Secretary of Health. No wonder Syria’s not such a big concern.
Oh, what a load of hot bullshit, fangio. I don’t know if you realize it, but you sound very much like John (Dr. Strangelove http://tinyurl.com/75pbnp) McCain.
One other point. Larry Wilkerson who was Colin Powell’s right hand stooge as Powell was the Bushies Stooge when he infamously testified at the UN about those Iraqi trucks carrying alluminum tubes that were supposed to be used for reconstitution of their nuclear weapons program which was a lie, derided SOS Clinton for using her office to fight on behalf of women and girls as Wilkerson saw that as weak diplomacy. And, we all now know that Clinton’s advocacy on behalf of “half the sky” as a diplomatic tool to use in the State Department’s tool box was the right thing to do because when a country’s women and girls are treated equally and have a strong steak in their country, that country is not only stronger but thrives in a global economy. Wilkerson got it egregiously wrong twice as far as I can see: with Powell and then with his misplaced and woefully wrong-headed criticism of Clinton’s mission for State which I would also argue includes the health of nations and is part of the World Health Organiztion who suffer from Aids, malaria, collera, malnutrition, and the physical and mental effects of female genital mutilation. SOS Clinton did the right thing and made State relevant once again when it became a ghost of itself for 8 long years under the Bushies and then SOS Rice.
Beautifully said, newdealem1.