Hillary Clinton's Unyielding Commitment to Women's Empowerment
Stephanie Sinclair for Newsweek Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Abu Dhabi in January.RedTracker| A new Gallup poll reports that US Secy of State Hillary Clinton is the most popular person in the Obama Administration.
“Clinton’s popularity may be partly due to the nature of the secretary of state position, which is somewhat above the fray of partisan politics and focused on defending US interests globally,” writes Lydia Saad of the Gallup polling organization. But Ms. Saad also notes that Clinton “is seen in a favorable light by 45 percent of those who separately say they disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president.” via CSM
According to a recent Newsweek story on Hillary, two years into her tenure, she has out-traveled all of her predecessors, with 465,000 air miles and 79 countries under her belt. Secy Clinton is insistent that her ‘Hillary Doctrine’ is simple: the betterment of life for women and girls around the world.
Newsweek paints a portrait of Clinton as fully engaged, citing her presence on Egyptian news site Masrawy.com. Her presence resulted in more than 6,500 questions in three days—from young people across Egypt.
“We hope,” she said, “that as Egypt looks at its own future, it takes advantage of all of the people’s talents”—Clinton shorthand for including women. Read on: Hillary Clinton Says World’s Women Must Gain Power & Rights
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I wonder if the women being raped in Africa are all that excited about secretary clinton....I am going to have to take issue with you Anne...I think she has been a pathetic female sec of state. My own opinion......a total disappointment
just my 2 cents worth on hillary
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