US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the best speech of the entire Obama administration last week, when she spoke of “a new American moment”. She would have made a far better president, argues Tunku Varadarajan.
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US and Turkey no longer pals?
Turkey — along with Brazil — voted no for tougher sanctions against Iran by the UN, but the sanctions were passed. Is it the relationship between the US and Turkey — long-term allies — now tarnished?
Conroy frantically spins Clinton speech
The debate over internet censorship has moved to the global centre stage, with Hillary Clinton declaring free access to information online as critical a human right. Will Rudd get on board? asks Colin Jacobs.
Crikey Says: Paying lip service to internet freedom
A recent editorial from China’s People’s Daily took umbrage at Hillary Clinton’s comments on “internet freedom. Finally the Chinese government manage to land a punch on the US.
Clinton declares cyber war on China
Among buckets of saccharine rhetoric linking freedom and democracy, Hillary Clinton’s speech on internet freedom is a declaration of cyber war against China.
Hillary Clinton: Free the internet
Hillary Clinton has a new gong to bang: internet freedom. Read her speech championing the increase of freedom of speech online and calling on the China to get with the program.
Girl power: Julia and Hillary hit the town
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is headed down under, and plans are under way for a girls’ day out in Melbourne with deputy PM Julia Gillard. From the Australian Open to AUSMIN, Misha Schubert has all the details on Clinton’s visit.
Criticising the Clintons
Hillary and Bill Clinton usually come out guns ablazing in a counterattack to any vicious political rumours floating around the traps. So why aren’t they this time in response to the gossipy new political book Game Change? Because, it was Clinton’s staffers that leaked all the info.
Bill and Hillary’s worlds collide
She’s the Secretary of State, he’s a former President; both spend their time flying around the world to lobby and negotiate with world powers — can the Clintons keep their worlds from colliding?
Crikey wrap: remembering the fall of the Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years ago today, reunited Germany and marked the official end of the 40-year Cold War. Crikey intern Michelle Loh does a wrap of what the pundits are saying.
How Clinton convinced Karzai to cave
Negotiations with Afghani President Hamid Karzai to enter into a runoff election have been underway for months, but according to the Times, it was a telephone call three days ago from Hillary Clinton that finally saw him relent.
Did Gawker prompt a State Department investigation?
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has ordered an investigation into allegations that private security contractors guarding the US embassy in Kabul are having wild, drunken parties involving prostitutes, violence and hazing. Can snarky media gossip site Gawker take credit?
Keggers in Kabul: security contractors party hard
A letter sent to US secretary of state Hillary Clinton alleges that the private security contractors guarding the US Embassy in Kabul are living in a “Lord of the Flies” environment, with parties involving drunken brawls, prostitutes, hazing and humiliation a regular event.
Why Hillary snapped
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s recent outburst at a stunned Congolese uni student that “My husband is not the secretary of State. I am.” came at the end of being in some pretty stressful situations. Cut her some slack, says Tina Brown: everybody needs to let off a little marital steam.









