March 5th, 2010
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“Honduras has taken important and necessary steps that deserve the recognition and the normalization of relations,” Clinton said yesterday in Costa Rica, citing moves by President Porfirio Lobo to form a unity government and establish a truth commission to investigate abuses after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted and sent into exile by Hondurass military. [...]
March 4th, 2010
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While Brazil and the U.S. differ over whether sanctions are the best approach, both countries “do not want to see Iran become a nuclear weapons country,” Clinton told reporters in Brasilia yesterday after meeting Foreign Minister Celso Amorim.
Brazil, which holds a [...]
March 1st, 2010
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Clinton will briefly visit Santiago, Chiles capital, Tuesday morning. “We want to show Americas support for the people of Chile while mindful of the realities on the ground,” Clinton aide Philippe Reines said Sunday.
The secretary had been scheduled to go to Chile late Monday for talks with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and President-elect Sebastian Pinera, [...]
March 1st, 2010
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Jose Mujica, a former guerrilla leader, is the latest leftist president to be elected to a Latin American country. Clinton flew to Montevideo, Uruguay, on Monday, beginning a tour of the region. She will meet with Mujica just hours before hes sworn in.
Clintons five-nation weeklong trip is sure to focus on the earthquake in Chile, [...]
February 26th, 2010
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“We have to address this deficit and the debt of the U.S. as a matter of national security, not only as a matter of economics,” Clinton said in testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and related programs. The panel was reviewing the U.S. foreign affairs budget for fiscal year 2011. [...]
February 17th, 2010
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Clinton, speaking yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said her comments were “important for countries that are still evaluating” whether to support United Nations sanctions over Irans nuclear program. Those countries may believe Iran is “a democracy but for a flawed election,” she said.
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February 12th, 2010
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The 63-year-old Clinton, who underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2004, sought treatment yesterday after having “brief” episodes of chest discomfort over several days, the doctor, Allan Schwartz, said during a news conference last night at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
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February 8th, 2010
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Aides who shaped Bill and Hillary Rodham Clintons 1990s plan to cover all Americans, then labored in vain to pass it into law, are adamant that the Democrats cant afford another health care disaster. But theyre divided on whether scaling down Obamas plan would be an acceptable solution.
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January 30th, 2010
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“China will be under a lot of pressure to recognize the destabilizing effect that a nuclear-armed Iran would have in the Gulf, from which they receive a significant percentage of their oil supplies,” Clinton said in remarks to students, military officers and diplomats today in Paris.
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January 13th, 2010
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On Wednesday, Clinton was flying across the Pacific to the tropical nation of Papua New Guinea, where womens rights will be high on her agenda.
On numerous other overseas trips, Clinton has made a point of meeting with women who symbolize the promise of improving education, health and employment prospects for women. For example, in March [...]