Farewell?

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration’s handling of the attack don’t live in an “evidence-based world,” and their refusal to “accept [...]

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Oh, I was born ready.

No surprises there, via ABC: By an overwhelming vote of 94-3, the Senate has confirmed Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be the next Secretary of State. The vote was met with a long round of applause from those in the Senate chamber for the 28-year Senate veteran. He appeared on the floor, greeted by hugs [...]

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Priorities.

Allahpundit covered John Kerry’s Secretary of State Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday with some hardcore foreign-policy questioning from Sen. Rand Paul, but there were some other juicy moments that were pretty revealing in terms of where the Obama administration is looking to focus their policy concerns in the coming years. Kerry enthusiastically followed his new [...]

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Fallout.

On Thursday I asked that President Obama no longer consider me for the job of secretary of state. I made this decision because it is the right step for this country I love. I have never shied away from a fight for a cause I believe in. But, as it became clear that my potential [...]

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Out.

Did she fall on her own sword or did the White House hand her one? “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,” Rice wrote in a letter to President Obama, saying she’s saddened by [...]

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Clarity.

Does this mean it’s no longer racist to oppose her nomination as Secretary of State? Or, since she’s now admitting her mistake, does this mean it’s really racist to oppose her nomination as Secretary of State? I’m sure the left will tell us when the time is right. Today, Acting CIA Director Michael Morell and [...]

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Trust.

Adding to the chorus of voices looking to preemptively block a potential nomination for current United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of State, 97 House Republicans sent a letter to the White House yesterday expressing their vociferous opposition to such a move. Though ambassador Rice has been our Representative to [...]

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Terrific.

Time for the daily reminder that elections have consequences, and not just at the presidential level. If the GOP had found a way to get to 51 in the Senate, I’m thinking O might not have bothered nominating Rice. The temptation for Republicans to nuke her out of hand over her Benghazi disinformation would have [...]

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Star.

I can’t really say anything that will add to this, so I’ll let Secretary Rice take it away. The crowd here in the room was entranced.

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Terrific.

A nifty example of a Republican pol with his eye on higher office using Birtherism to pander to the most passionately anti-Obama members of his base. Note how fine a line he’s walking here. He says he believes/hopes that O was born in Hawaii and hasn’t questioned the authenticity of the birth certificate — he [...]

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