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12/1/09
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accompanied President Obama to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday to hear him deliver his speech on his Afghanistan strategy. After that, she will hit Capitol Hill and Brussels, Belgium, where NATO ministers will be meeting to consider sending more troops to Afghanistan, following up on the U.S. commitment for 30,000 additional military members.
Clinton's Wednesday: According to the State Department, Clinton "will have about seven hours of hearings tomorrow, beginning with the Senate Armed Services Committee at 9, and then that will be followed in the afternoon by the House Foreign Affairs Committee." She'll be joined by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at both of those briefings.
Clinton's Thursday: The same three will participate in the hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That starts at 9. She then travels to Brussels.
Clinton's Thursday: The same three will participate in the hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That starts at 9. She then travels to Brussels.
Clinton's Friday: "There will be a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of foreign ministers at NATO headquarters," her spokesman said. "On the agenda, there will also be a meeting of NATO foreign ministers with non-NATO ISAF contributing nations and a NATO-Russia Council working lunch. She, of course, will also meet with the NATO Secretary General [Anders Fogh] Rasmussen, as well as with the newly appointed Belgian Prime Minister, Yves Leterme, and Foreign Minister, Steven Vanackere, and EU leaders."
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Lynn Sweet is a columnist at PoliticsDaily.com and writes the Daily FLOTUS blog on Michelle Obama. She is also Washington Bureau Chief of the Chicago Sun-Times.... moreRelated Articles
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libslie0066
10:35PM Dec 1st 2009
I don't know about anyone else, but its about damn time NATO and our other allies start to put their support where their mouths are. The US cannot be expected to fight on their behalf, they have just as much to lose if this war is lost.
We have been chumps for too long.
We have been chumps for too long.
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Alex Lekas
9:59AM Dec 2nd 2009
how is Hillary going to sell a nebulous plan? Obama didn't outline a strategy; he put forth something designed to appeal to everyone which may be decent politics, but is lousy policy.
The administration remains unsure of what it wants to do in Afghanistan. If the goal is winning, and that is admittedly tough to quantify here, then setting a date for withdrawal sends a conflicted message. If the goal is an orderly withdrawal, that does not square with an influx of troops. In short, it's a confused approach that once again highlights the difference between teh all-seeing all-knowing candidate Obama and the unsure commander in chief.
The administration remains unsure of what it wants to do in Afghanistan. If the goal is winning, and that is admittedly tough to quantify here, then setting a date for withdrawal sends a conflicted message. If the goal is an orderly withdrawal, that does not square with an influx of troops. In short, it's a confused approach that once again highlights the difference between teh all-seeing all-knowing candidate Obama and the unsure commander in chief.
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(1) dumbasademocrat
11:07AM Dec 2nd 2009
Why bother to SELL anything , these countries are not making anything more than a token contribution to the war effort, if that! We need to forget politics and get on with the business of war . Support our troops and kill the enemy. Stop worrying about making any body happy , this will only lead to political posturing and get our troops killed.
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(0) garry402
2:05PM Dec 2nd 2009
Hillary must be thinking why do I have to clean up after men. I had to clean up after Bill's bimbo eruptions and now Barack's brain farts.
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(1) mkw737
2:39PM Dec 2nd 2009
Hillary Clinton opposed Vietnam as a college student, now she falls into the same involvement trap which Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon did. She should not have attended the Karzai kangaroo annointment -- cool site; Balkingpoints ; incredible satellite view of earth
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