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New Mexico AG probes $6M voter education project

The New Mexico attorney general's office is investigating the state's administration of a voter education project following an audit that uncovered problems with the way more than $6 million in federal dollars was spent on the effort.

Officials: Obama set to introduce Clinton Monday

A deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work helped clear the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama's national security team as secretary of state, reshaping a once-bitter rivalry into a high-profile strategic and diplomatic union.

Democrats: Clinton to help Hillary get State job

Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's transition vetting process said Wednesday.

Clinton lawyers vetting her for secretary of state

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has engaged three prominent lawyers to help President-elect Barack Obama vet her candidacy for secretary of state even as some insiders criticized the pick and advisers to the former first lady said she was weighing whether to take the job if Obama offered it.

W.Va. GOP nominee says he's willing to quit race

The Republican running for West Virginia secretary of state wants to withdraw from the race in the hopes that the incumbent will take his place.

John Kerry: Is he angling for secretary of state?

The airplane came to a stop, the door opened and out popped Tony Blair. At the bottom of the stairs to greet the former British prime minister on Saturday was Sen. John Kerry, looking every part the diplomat.

U.S. scolds China on human rights
Source: MSNBC

The United States on Wednesday scolded China for a litany of human rights abuses last year, putting Hillary Clinton on the spot for not confronting the Chinese more aggressively during her visit to Beijing last week.

Happy Birthday, John Foster Dulles, Republican Secretary of State
Source: findingdulcinea.com

John Foster Dulles was hailed as a "master craftsman" of foreign policy.

Hillary Clinton: A New Voice Of Practicality And Candor

I must start out by saying that I need to give credit where credit is due. I was a dyed-in-the-wool Obama supporter since 2006 when I originally left the Republican Party for the Democratic Party.

Hillary's Media Makeover Continues: Secretary of State Clinton Scores High Marks for Her Asia Tour
Source: Dissenting Justice

The reporting on Hillary Clinton's first diplomatic tour sound remarkably different from the days when the media relentlessly portrayed her as a selfish, unstable, deceitful, club-wielding, kitchen-sink throwing, evil politician.

Condoleezza Rice agrees to a three-book deal
Source: MSNBC

The former Secretary of State will begin by writing a memoir about her years in the administration of President George W. Bush.

Hillary's China Game
Source: The Daily Beast

There aren't many places Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel where she'll be less popular than George W. Bush and his minions—but China is certainly one of them (along with India and parts of Africa).

Hillary Clinton: Chinese human rights secondary to economic survival
Source: Telegraph

Hillary Clinton has told China that the US considers human rights concerns secondary to economic survival.

Whither Afghanistan?

During the campaign, Candidate Obama said repeatedly that among Bush's mistakes was his involving us in Iraq, where there was no threat, while failing to focus resources on the real battle against terror, Afghanistan.

Hillary: Marginalized in a Foreign Affair?

To the American people the former first lady and former Senator from NY, has all the trappings of a prestigious foreign affairs position in the newly formed Obama administration.

Hillary's Incredible Shrinking Cabinet Role
Source: NewsMax

Dick Morris opines that Hillary is being boxed out of real important roles and contributions and power. Morris claims Hillary will be just a paper shuffler and count beans in the State Dept.

Calif. governor sues to furlough more workers
Source: MSNBC

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sued the state's Democratic controller Monday, trying to force furloughs for 15,000 more government workers to address California's $42 billion deficit.

Parental rights focus of amendment push (OneNewsNow.com)
Source: OneNewsNow.com

Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State is expected to push for the "Rights of the Child" incorporating U.S. law and entangling America with U.N. law according to news reports.

Anti-war lawmakers worry over Afghan plan
Source: MSNBC

After campaigning on the promise to end one war, President Barack Obama is preparing to escalate another.

Is Iran prepared to undo 30 years of anti-Americanism?
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The first thing Iranian leaders need is to be convinced the US is not after regime change," says a veteran analyst in Tehran. The regime "wants" to engage, though "only someone deep in the religious establishment can do it and Ahmadinejad has the credentials.

U.K. ruling sparks debate on Gitmo detainee
Source: MSNBC

A British court ruling to keep U.S. intelligence documents out of the public domain sparked debate Thursday over whether London had a responsibility in exposing the torture allegations of a U.K. resident held in Guantanamo Bay since 2004.

Clinton Warns Iran to Comply with UNSC and IAEA Mandates!
Source: Independent.co.uk

In her first meeting with U.K. counterpart David Miliband, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized a collaborative approach for countering Iran's nuclear ambitions and otherwise urging the nation to rejoin the international community.

Lawsuit argues Clinton ineligible for state post
Source: MSNBC

A conservative watchdog group says the former New York Senator and former first lady cannot legally serve as secretary of state, even though she was sworn in last week.

Iraq encouraged by US reassurances, minister says
Source: AP

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Iraq's foreign minister has told The Associated Press his government is very encouraged by reassurances from the Obama administration that there will be no quick withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Iran leader wants U.S. apology for past 'crimes'
Source: MSNBC

Iran's president called for the U.S. to apologize for past misdeeds Wednesday but also said the country would welcome a real and fundamental shift in foreign policy from the new American administration.

Diplomacy pushed to centre stage
Source: FT.com

Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East and the arrival of Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state both signalled one thing yesterday: the US administration's emphasis on diplomacy.

CITOKATE in the Whitehouse

Criticism is the only known antidote to error. "Citokate." Coined by one of my favourite authors, futurist, Dr.

Clinton takes charges at State Department
Source: MSNBC

Hillary Clinton assumed her role as secretary of State on Thursday with a pledge to State Department employees that they would be at the leading edge of improving U.S. foreign relations.