5 Sectys of State Advise Hillary
Sunday, December 7th, 2008Here are some criteria offered by the LA Times by which to judge how Hillary, under Obama, will be doing in the next 4 years. After reading “Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man” by John Perkins, however, I can think of a lot of others.
George Shultz, James Baker, Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell offer their views.
Hillary Rodham Clinton will have no shortage of issues to take on as secretary of State. She steps into the job amid a global economic meltdown and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On top of that, she must address the rising tensions between India and Pakistan, and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while managing complex relations with Russia and China. And there are the perennial issues of hunger and disease in Africa, drugs in Latin America and the nuclear threat worldwide. How can one person manage it all?
Times editorial writer Marjorie Miller asked five former secretaries of State what advice they had for Clinton in her new job. What follows are edited transcripts of their counsel.
[read on]
Zoe