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Jen the Michigander


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Remember all the talk about Hillary being marginalized? Now, not so much...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/world/25diplo.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

When President Obama named two marquee diplomats as his special emissaries to the Middle East and to Afghanistan and Pakistan last January, many here wondered whether they would eclipse Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Nine months later, the two envoys, Richard C. Holbrooke and George J. Mitchell, are the ones fighting to stay in the limelight.

Interesting little tidbit here:

Some administration officials said there was a “good cop, bad cop” dimension to the administration’s Afghan strategy, with Mr. Holbrooke applying the prod to Mr. Karzai while the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry, cajoles the Afghan leader.

Mrs. Clinton has taken a similar “good cop” approach to Mr. Karzai. In a 40-minute call to him a week ago, she encouraged him up by recounting her own electoral setbacks and assuring him that he would emerge stronger from a runoff, according to a high-ranking official.

The appointments of Mr. Holbrooke and Mr. Mitchell relieved Mrs. Clinton of the diplomatic heavy lifting, particularly in the Middle East, where her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice, spent many fruitless days and nights. But that may be about to change.

Mrs. Clinton is scheduled to make her first trip to Pakistan soon, and will stop in Morocco on the way home for a conference, where she will lobby Arab foreign ministers to take conciliatory steps toward Israel. There is no word on whether she will make a stop in Afghanistan, but it may be unlikely given the runoff.

In his briefing on Friday, Mr. Holbrooke said that when she traveled to Pakistan, Mrs. Clinton would try to see “as many people as she can in a limited period of time, within the limits of a very, very dramatic situation.”

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It's amusing, all the people who think they can get over on Hillary, and she has the last laugh.  Of course, she no doubt does not think of it like that.  But I do!wink

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The special envoys aren't doing very well.  LOL the press is always trying to play this game and they always end up with egg on their face.

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Alex wrote:

It's amusing, all the people who think they can get over on Hillary, and she has the last laugh.  Of course, she no doubt does not think of it like that.  But I do!wink



I know what you mean.  They talk all around her, some in MSM just hoping they can report a bit of bad news about Hill.  She just keeps doing her job - way better than O does his, focusing on the important stuff, not worrying about whether MSM is reporting on her excellent work (which they are not, most of the time). Hillary's work ethic is strong - whether people are looking or not.  I wish MSM would take a lesson.



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