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August 14, 2009
There are plenty of reasons to be upset about what's going on in the Congo. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's angry response to a student who asked her what her husband thought about a matter of local importance is not one of them. The United Nations reports that there have been 200,000 acts of sexual violence in the Congo since 1998, 65 percent against children. Since January, more than half of the thousands of rapes reported were perpetrated by the Congolese army, according to Human Rights Watch.
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By The Washington Post | August 10, 2009
LUANDA, Angola - -Hillary Clinton made the first visit to Angola by a U.S. secretary of state in seven years, trying Sunday to strengthen relations with a growing oil producer that is being aggressively courted by China. Clinton sought to emphasize the positive in her two-day visit, praising Angola's efforts to rebuild after a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002. But during a meeting in Parliament, opposition politicians urged her to press for more democratic behavior from President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power for three decades.
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By Paul Richter | July 16, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Wednesday for a new "architecture of global cooperation" in a wide-ranging address aimed at raising her visibility as a chief voice of U.S. foreign policy. Outlining her view of global relationships, Clinton said the administration's goal is to enlist more partners, including individuals and groups, as well as governments, in solving world problems. "We will offer a place at the table to any nation, group or citizen willing to shoulder a fair share of the burden," she said, speaking to an audience of experts at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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By Ken Ellingwood | March 26, 2009
MEXICO CITY -Asserting that the United States shares blame for Mexico's drug violence, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised more equipment and support to help the country's war on traffickers Clinton said the United States has a duty to help because it is a major consumer of illicit drugs and a key supplier of weapons smuggled to the cartels. "We know very well that the drug traffickers are motivated by the demand for illegal drugs in the United States, that they are armed by the transport of weapons from the United States to Mexico," Clinton said Wednesday at a news conference with Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa.
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By Paul Richter | February 21, 2009
BEIJING -Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that she would not emphasize contentious issues such as human rights in talks this weekend with the Chinese and focus instead on topics on which progress might be more likely: the economy, climate change and security issues. Clinton's weeklong tour of Asia culminates with meetings in China, where she is remembered for a tough 1994 speech on human rights. But she said that after years of pressing Beijing, the dialogue on human rights, freedom for Tibet and accommodation with Taiwan had grown predictable.
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By Paul Richter | February 19, 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Indonesians yesterday that she wants to open a "robust partnership" with their fast-growing country, President Barack Obama's boyhood home. Arriving here on the second stop of her first trip as the top American diplomat, Clinton also announced that the Obama administration intends to sign a treaty moving the U.S. closer to a key regional group, the Association of South East Asian Nations. The Bush administration declined to sign the treaty, a move that critics took as a sign of its lack of interest in the region and preoccupation with the Middle East.
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By Paul Richter | February 18, 2009
TOKYO -In her first trip abroad as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton issued a sharp warning yesterday to North Korea over its threatened missile test, signed a military agreement with Japan and conferred with senior Japanese officials on topics that included the enveloping world financial crisis. But a 45-minute "town hall" meeting at the University of Tokyo also gave the country's chief diplomat a chance to project a softer American image. She avoided the phrase war on terror, which was standard terminology during the George W. Bush years.
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February 12, 2009
On February 8, 2009, CLINTON D. GREEN SR., devoted husband of Catherine C. Green, beloved father of Clinton Jr. and Gregory Green. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Ave., on Friday, February 13 after 8:30am. On Saturday family will receive friends at Star of Bethlehem Church 10:30am. followed by Funeral Service at 11, at 1301 W. Fayette St.
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December 19, 2008
When then-First Lady Hillary Clinton announced she was running for senator from New York in 2000, critics were quick to dismiss her as an unqualified, over-ambitious political neophyte aiming to cash in on her husband's name. Mrs. Clinton ran anyway and showed herself to be a formidable candidate, becoming the only first lady to run for office and the first female to represent New York in the U.S. Senate. Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of a former U.S. president, is, like Mrs. Clinton, a distinguished author, lawyer and longtime advocate of worthy causes, particularly in education and the arts.
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By New York Times News Service | November 3, 2008
WINTER PARK, Fla. - Her crowds are smaller now, and most of the reporters are gone. The campaign posters say his name, not hers. And instead of championing her ideas for health insurance or tax relief, Sen. Hillary Clinton is giving out 1-800 numbers and Internet addresses for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Watching Clinton campaign for her old rival, masking what friends say is lingering disappointment, it is easy to recall happier days. Of 20 Obama supporters interviewed about Clinton as she campaigned in Florida over the weekend, all praised her effusively.