Posted on 05/29/2009 5:20:34 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Word coming recently that due to a series of diplomatic oversights, Queen Elizabeth was excluded from a planned U.S.-French commemoration of D-Day, despite her, as well as Britain's, role in the war and the D-Day campaign, has put renewed focus on the inner workings of the Obama State Department and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
According to State Department sources, while the U.S. State Department was not part of the full planning for the D-Day commemoration, American staff involved did not raise the issue of the Queen's involvement with the French. "It was French planning," says one State Department employee. "We were advised; we made sure we would have the necessary people in place, including the President, that was all."
But some State insiders say that the department in previous administrations would have taken a greater hand in shaping the events, particularly those with great symbolic or patriotic significance for the United States. "That's not a priority with this crew," says another State Department employee. "But this isn't the first time these guys haven't connected the dots or done their research in advance of meetings and the like."
The most high-profile embarrassment for Clinton was when she provided Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a gift to mark their first meeting: a prop "reset" button. "I would like to present you with a little gift that represents what President Obama and Vice President Biden and I have been saying and that is: 'We want to reset our relationship and so we will do it together,'" Clinton said, presenting Lavrov with the red button. What the foreign minister got, however, was a button that said "peregruzka," which in Russian means "overcharge."
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Hillary is going through the motions. State is a sinecure for her and she knows the real foreign policy decisions have been removed from State. It’s just another plaque to hang on her “I love me” wall.
Come on Hillary you are embarassing me. You need to concentrate on what you are doing.
Russian Reset buttton and forgetting the Queen of Britain shows you are in a daze.
I know you to be sharper than that.
Don’t try to think of games to play like the bama.
Stay focused!
Thanks.
She’ll be leaving State in about 2 years, when the next SC justice retires. That’s the ultimate payoff for her - a black robe.
The Americans, British, and Canadians should be there. The French? Not so much. As a history buff, I enjoy history most by putting myself in the shoes of the participants. In that role, I have found myself thinking “only the Americans would have believed they could invade a heavily fortified European continent, and then do it— no one else would have contemplated it...”
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Come on Hillary you are embarassing me. You need to concentrate on what you are doing.
Russian Reset buttton and forgetting the Queen of Britain shows you are in a daze.
I know you to be sharper than that.
Don’t try to think of games to play like the bama.
Stay focused!
Thanks.
Its a step up over the janitor, Madeline ALbright.
My God, we have idiot-savant children at the helm. God help us.
“growing impression that Clinton is frustrated by her inability to be front and center on foreign policy, taking the back seat to Obama, and chafing at White House control over foreign affairs.”
Its starting...how long before Hill quits and re starts her campaign?
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