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In subtle moves, Hillary Clinton creates distance from Obama
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Posted on 03/20/2014 3:40:49 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

In subtle moves, Hillary Clinton creates distance from Obama

Reuters By Gabriel Debenedetti 20 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just over a year after leaving her job as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has offered views on foreign policy that analysts said seem part of an effort to distance herself from the Obama administration as she prepares a possible 2016 White House run.

In appearances this month, Clinton struck a hawkish tone on issues including Iran and Russia, even while expressing broad support for the work done by Obama and her successor as secretary of state, John Kerry.

Clinton said in New York on Wednesday night she was "personally skeptical" of Iran's commitment to reaching a comprehensive agreement on its nuclear program.

"I've seen their behavior over (the) years," she said, saying that if the diplomatic track failed, "every other option does remain on the table."

Just two weeks earlier, Clinton was forced to backtrack after she drew parallels between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler at a closed-door fundraiser. In comments leaked to the media by a local reporter who attended the event, Clinton said Putin's justifications for his actions in the Crimean region were akin to moves Hitler made in the years before World War Two.

"I'm not making a comparison, certainly, but I am recommending that we can perhaps learn from this tactic that has been used before," she said the next day at an event in Los Angeles.

As secretary of state, Clinton was a key player in a U.S. effort to reset relations with Russia, a policy that critics say now appears to be a glaring failure.

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TOPICS: Cuba; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: clinton; cuba; hillary; hillaryclinton; iran; israel; lebanon; russia; ukraine; viktoryanukovich; waronterror; yuliatymoshenko
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Hmmm, is because he has B.O.?
1 posted on 03/20/2014 3:40:49 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
As secretary of state, Clinton was a key player in a U.S. effort to reset relations with Russia, a policy that critics say now appears to be a glaring failure.

Heck of a reset there, Hillary.


2 posted on 03/20/2014 3:45:41 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Sub-Driver

Shw would Foster him if she could.


3 posted on 03/20/2014 3:48:34 PM PDT by deadrock (I am someone else.)
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To: Sub-Driver

4 posted on 03/20/2014 3:50:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Good one. Can you place ‘sec of state’ on it? (Some can’t add two plus two in the world of who’s running this good ship lollipop)

We can print and leave them around in lib hangouts.


5 posted on 03/20/2014 3:51:36 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Sub-Driver
Too late


6 posted on 03/20/2014 3:53:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Are you saying that Hillbilly unfriended bh0 on her facebook account?


7 posted on 03/20/2014 3:56:27 PM PDT by GreyFriar ( Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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I suspect that Obama appreciates these moves.


8 posted on 03/20/2014 3:57:37 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: GreyFriar

Too late-—As soon as she announces Obamacare becomes Hillarycare..


9 posted on 03/20/2014 3:57:58 PM PDT by CMailBag
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As secretary of state, Clinton was a key player in a U.S. effort to reset relations with Russia, a policy that critics say now appears to be a glaring failure.

The Republicans should be talking about this NOW, and not wait until next year when she announces her candidacy. They need to be reminding everybody about her silly phot-op with her Russian counterpart pushing the "Reset" button.

10 posted on 03/20/2014 3:58:09 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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“If you like your recession, you can keep your recession. Vote Hillary!”


11 posted on 03/20/2014 3:59:02 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (2001-2008: "Dissent Is Patriotism!" 2009-2016: "Dissent Is Racism!")
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12 posted on 03/20/2014 4:00:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Hillary is a zero. On par with Obama.


13 posted on 03/20/2014 4:03:13 PM PDT by mulligan (I)
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They'll always have Paris...

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14 posted on 03/20/2014 4:04:49 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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I don’t care in the least for Hillary, but I’m glad to see a split in the ranks develop!


15 posted on 03/20/2014 4:07:52 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Sub-Driver

she needs very much to try to distance herself from him...

just as a political survival tactic

but that still leaves her miserable performance in public office....(some of which she will almost certainly try to blame outright on her boss.....but “I was just following orders” doesn’t have a particularly positive political cache, does it?)


16 posted on 03/20/2014 4:07:53 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("H)
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In Subtle moves...as advertised in national media.

There’s nothing subtle about it. It’s just weasely.


17 posted on 03/20/2014 4:15:30 PM PDT by glorgau
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but that still leaves her miserable performance in public office....(some of which she will almost certainly try to blame outright on her boss.....but “I was just following orders” doesn’t have a particularly positive political cache, does it?

Whatever she can't blame on Obama, she, and the Democrat Media, will figure out a way to blame it on the Pubbies, and it will work for her.

18 posted on 03/20/2014 4:15:43 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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She is still fighting for the 2008 nomination.


19 posted on 03/20/2014 4:16:32 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The future ain't what it use to be -- Yogi Berra)
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its all Bush’s fault!

well, yes, that has seemed to work rather nicely for the D leadership.... so you could be right!

alas, we are so screwed....


20 posted on 03/20/2014 4:18:48 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("H)
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