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TOPIC: Hillary Clinton Redefining State Department & Her Own Role (WaPo 8/23/09)

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Date: Aug 23, 2009

Hillary Clinton Redefining State Department & Her Own Role (WaPo 8/23/09)	Permalink

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082101772.html?nav=hcmodule Amid all the distractions, what is Clinton actually doing? Only overseeing what may be the most profound changes in U.S. foreign policy in two decades -- a transformation that may render the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush mere side notes in a long transition to a meaningful post-Cold War worldview. The secretary has quietly begun rethinking the very nature of diplomacy and translating that vision into a revitalized State Department, one that approaches U.S. allies and rivals in ways that challenge long-held traditions. And despite the pessimists who invoked the "team of rivals" cliche to predict that President Obama and Clinton would not get along, Hillary has defined a role for herself in the Obamaverse: often bad cop to his good cop, spine stiffener when it comes to tough adversaries and nurturer of new strategies. Recognizing that the 3 a.m. phone calls are going to the White House, she is instead tackling the tough questions that, since the end of the Cold War, have kept America's leaders awake all night. __________________

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