Hillary Clinton

Democrat  •  New York  •  2nd Term  •  Sworn In 2001
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01/23/09
John McCain’s support for Obama

In his first speech to the new Congress, McCain admonished Republicans for delaying Hillary Clinton as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state. ...

Source: The Week Magazine
01/23/09
Editorial: Bungling vacancies

He too had known for some time that he would probably have to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat but he dithered, allowing him ample time to alienate two ...

Source: Scripps News, DC
01/23/09
Bill Clinton's cash flow hangs over Hillary

Moments after Barack Obama completed his inaugural address, his secretary of state designate, Sen. Hillary Clinton, was found in Statuary Hall in the ...

Source: Indianapolis Star, United States
01/23/09
Clinton senate replacement named

New York Governor David Paterson has appointed Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to take up Hillary Clinton's vacant senate seat. ...

Source: BBC News, UK
01/23/09
Rising star put in Senate

... second-term congresswoman from Greenport as the junior US senator from New York, ending an often stormy two-month process to replace Hillary Clinton. ...

Source: Albany Times Union, NY
01/23/09
New York governor names Gillibrand as senator

Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday to fill the US Senate seat vacated by newly confirmed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Gillibrand, 42, is a second-term ...

Source: Reuters
01/23/09
Barrett: Did Paterson Consider the Bruno Connection to ...

... hangs over Governor David Paterson's apparent selection of Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton as junior senator of New York. ...

Source: Village Voice, NY
01/23/09
Alumna of Davis Polk, Boies Schiller to Follow Clinton in Senate

David Paterson won’t announce his choice for Hillary Clinton’s Senate successor until noon. But several news outlets, including CNN, the New York Times, ...

Source: Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY
01/23/09
Clinton vows robust diplomacy as top US diplomat

US President Barack Obama smiles along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she makes remarks at the State Department in Washington January 22, 2009. ...

Source: 红网, China
01/23/09
Human Rights Campaign Statement on Gillibrand’s Appointment as Senator

David Paterson to fill the US Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who resigned as the state’s junior senator this week. ...

Source: WKTV, NY
01/23/09
US will back Taiwan's bid for more space: Clinton

Congressional members said Clinton also answered favorably questions from Louisiana Senator David Vitter and South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint on ...

Source: Taipei Times, Taiwan
01/23/09
Obama changes US course on treatment of detainees

Within hours, Obama then joined new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to declare to the nation's diplomats that the new administration will usher in a new ...

Source: Boston Globe, United States
01/23/09
Despite Pro-Abortion Views, Hillary Clinton Receives Wide Support

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Sen. Jim DeMint, RS.C., cast the lone "no" votes Wednesday, citing Clinton's support for taxpayer-funded abortions overseas. ...

Source: CitizenLink, CO
01/23/09
Travolta Extortion Plot

... Sanjay Gupta, former president Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama. After Palin's sudden rise to stardom as Sen. ...

Source: Washington Post, United States
01/23/09
Weingarten Has No Hard Feelings

David Paterson as he struggled to pick Hillary Clinton's successor. "Kirsten Gillibrand has the potential to be an outstanding Senator for New York. ...

Source: New York Daily News, NY
01/23/09
Already, donor issues

Although the Clinton Foundation disclosure concerns kept only two senators from voting to confirm Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, Ken Silverstein at ...

Source: Foreign Policy
01/23/09
Ms. Magazine publisher Eleanor Smeal talks Hillary and ...

Megan: Despite being the third woman to be Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton seems to be the first one with strong feminist leanings and has stated that ...

Source: Foreign Policy
01/23/09
Can Sarah Palin read? Chris Matthews isn’t sure

He’s represented big, big names in the past including President Obama, former President Clinton, and the new Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

Source: Christian Science Monitor, MA
01/23/09
Progressives Not Pacified

Jonathan Tasini, a labor activist who unsuccessfully challenged Hillary Clinton in a 2006 primary, running on her left on a largely anti-Iraq War platform, ...

Source: New York Daily News, NY
01/23/09
Kirsten Gillibrand To Fill Clinton's Senate Seat

... fill the Senate seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton. Surrounded by top Democratic officials and Republican bigwigs like former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, ...

Source: NY1, NY
01/23/09
Obama and Clinton call world leaders

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached out to as many as 21 foreign leaders including the Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, ...

Source: Hindu, India
01/23/09
20th CD Jockeying Begins

David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton in the US Senate, and, given the way this process has gone, everyone would be advised to keep their power dry ...

Source: New York Daily News, NY
01/23/09
Dutch FM Verhagen congratulates Clinton on appointment as US ...

Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen has written to Hillary Clinton to congratulate her on her appointment as US Secretary of State. In his letter, he expressed ...

Source: ISRIA (subscription), DC
01/23/09
Rep. Gillibrand picked to fill Clinton's Senate seat

Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The 42-year-old second-term Democrat from eastern New York state ...

Source: USA Today
01/23/09
Key women in the Obama White House

But other women are set to be central to Barack Obama's White House too, including well-known figures such as Hillary Clinton, Valerie Jarrett and Jill ...

Source: Hindu, India
01/23/09
Obama - the first 100 hours

77 Signed third executive order establishing an interagency taskforce on detainees, including Hillary Clinton and the defence secretary, Robert Gates, ...

Source: guardian.co.uk, UK
01/23/09
Harvard Taps Obama Campaign Manager Plouffe as Fellow

Plouffe, 41, helped guide Obama’s wins over Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Party primary and Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, ...

Source: Bloomberg
01/23/09
Republicans Craft Careful 'Resistance' in Congress

Tom Price, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who is heading up re-election efforts in the Senate. ...

Source: FOXNews
01/23/09
The New Hillary

... Just before she was confirmed as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton bid adieu to her New York constituents and her eight-year career as a US senator. ...

Source: New York Times, United States
01/23/09
Absence Speaks Louder Than Words

Nita Lowey, whom Gillibrand made sure to acknowledge (recall that Lowey stepped aside in 2000 to let Hillary Clinton run for this seat and then withdrew her ...

Source: New York Daily News, NY

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