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| Obama is ditching his top diplomat when he travels abroad. - Stage not big enough. |
| 2009-07-09 |
| When the president travels out of country, his secretary of state customarily follows. Not so with Hillary Clinton. More and more, President Obama is ditching his top diplomat when he travels abroad. By the time Obama returns from Ghana on Sunday, the last stop on his latest three-country tour, he will have visited nine countries without Clinton. That's highly unusual for a new secretary of state. Though Clinton has accompanied Obama on several key international visits this year, including Egypt and Trinidad and Tobago, Obama has spent far more time than his predecessors without his foreign policy point person. Some analysts say this could be a product of Obama's acute interest in diplomacy and international affairs, or perhaps his wariness to promote on the world stage a former rival whose star power could detract from his. But they wonder whether Clinton, who as first lady traveled the world, is being used to her fullest potential at a time when crises are flaring all over the globe. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #7 "The president is getting the best advice he can from his advisers Maybe, but his holiness isn't listening, afterall "HE" knows better. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-09 22:30 |
| #6 Anybody have an over/under on when she resigns? Third week of November, 2010, after the Pubs re-take the House And then a primary challenge in 2012. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-07-09 18:20 |
| #5 Anybody have an over/under on when she resigns? Third week of November, 2010, after the Pubs re-take the House. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-07-09 15:46 |
| #4 Thought she had to stay home to clean up his Honduras kerflaffle. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-07-09 14:34 |
| #3 "The president is getting the best advice he can from his advisers." No doubt. But when you've got piss-poor |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-07-09 14:26 |
| #2 Ogabe is using the presidency as his chance to see the world. This is why the itinerary for most of his visits includes mainly private time, rather than meeting with foreign dignitaries. If Clinton traveled with him, he'd have to schedule a lot more meetings. It's not Ogabe's ego that's getting in the way - it's his latent laziness. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-07-09 14:24 |
| #1 Anybody have an over/under on when she resigns? I can't see that humongous ego putting up with this for more then a coupla years. And I don't think crushing his head between her massive thighs is an option any more... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-07-09 14:13 |