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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/16/MNLO1FTHRP.DTL&type=politics

On a day when President Obama explicitly quashed speculation that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would be his 2012 running mate, the runner-up for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination sidestepped all domestic political discussion during an appearance Friday in San Francisco.

Instead, Clinton invited all Americans, particularly innovators from the technologically savvy Bay Area, to share their ideas on how to improve U.S. diplomacy. International relations, she said, are not just the province of men wearing three-piece suits shuttling in and out of meetings.

“Diplomacy and outreach can’t just be left to our government,” Clinton said during a 75-minute speech and onstage interview sponsored by the Commonwealth Club. She spoke of the State Department’s new “emphasis on technology and innovation.”

She met recently with representatives of San Francisco’s Twitter and huddled last week with leaders of the cell phone industry. She wants their help in closing a “gender gap” that she said keeps cell phones out of the hands of 300 million women in low- and middle-income countries.

She mentioned a new venture capital fund that already has invested in solar lighting in rural Uganda and a portable bicycle that doubles as a power source.

“We’re working to leverage the power and potential of what I call 21st century statecraft,” Clinton said. “If you have a good idea, we will listen.”

Once inside, the former Democratic U.S. senator from New York, first lady and presidential candidate couldn’t be goaded into the political swamp. “I’m out of politics as you know,” she said. “The secretary of state is not involved in any political activity.”

The closest she came was when she acknowledged – “speaking as a private citizen” – some of the “anger” and “frustration” she sees in the country, much of it because of the rising number of unemployed.

“And I hope that people take some of that energy and focus it on the environment and climate change,” Clinton said. “Because we really do have to have a longer-range view of what will make our country strong, and rich and smart.”

Naaaah, she doesn't sound like she's campaigning, does she?

On Friday, Obama sought to silence rumors that Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden would be interested in switching jobs in 2012 to energize the Democratic ticket.

At a rally in Delaware for Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons, Obama told an audience in Biden’s home state that choosing Biden was “the single best decision I have made.”

Earlier this year, Clinton said she was not interested in serving another four years as secretary of state should Obama be re-elected.

Clinton addressed a range of topics during the discussion:

– Afghanistan: “I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I know what the end of the story will be. But we have an increasingly effective strategy that we’re going to follow through on,” Clinton said.

– Pakistan: She called on Pakistanis to adopt a tax structure that would force the country’s richest citizens to pay their fair share of taxes. “The elite of Pakistan need to do more to help their own country.”

– Iran: “We are hopefully closer to engagement on their nuclear program” than confrontation, she said.

– China, and its enormous investments in clean energy technology: “If we permit that to happen, shame on us. It’s something that the United States should be the leader in,” she said.

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Boy what I wouldn't give to be one of those people in the audience who got to hear Hillary speak for 75 minutes!!

I just wish I knew what the hell her plan is for the future! Part of me knows she'll run in '12, and part of me knows she'll run in '16. But ALL of me knows that she will be President during my lifetime.

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Some of my FB friends went to this event. Afterward, one of them spoke to Hillary briefly and mentioned 2012. Hillary laughed, but she didn't say no.

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