Is Hillary Clinton America's worst ever Secretary of State?
Trump's criticism of Hillary Clinton gets things backwards. The Secretary of State has no independent power; as a presidential appointee he or she is a functionary. The Secretary's ability to influence policy depends, therefore, on his relationship with the President. Presidents in the modern era have generally preferred to run foreign policy out of the White House. So unless the Secretary has a close relationship with the President his influence will be minimal. When Henry Kissinger was Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor, he and the President effectively sidelined William Rogers, the Secretary of State. Only when Kissinger himself became Secretary of State did the office acquire real power, which continued into the Ford Administration. This was due to the personal relationship between Kissinger and Nixon, who shared common views on foreign policy and respected one another intellectually. Hillary Clinton had no such influence with President Obama. Very obviously, he appointed her as a way of placating the Clintons after the bruising 2008 primary fight and also to prevent Clintonesque sniping from the sidelines. But she was no policymaker in the Kissinger mode. The Obama Administration effectively sidelined her, running foreign policy out of the White House. So the Pants-Suited One wasn't the worst Secretary of State ever but one of those—the majority—who for the most part had no real power or control over foreign policy. Interestingly, it appears that the current Secretary of State, John Kerry, has real influence over foreign policy. But of course, he and Barack Obama are ideological soul mates.
How Many Birthdays Does The Average Man Have????
One. His birthday comes around every year, but he only has one
What did Hillary Clinton really do as Secretary of State?
She did the same thing Margaret Thatcher did; she showed that a women is just a capable of doing an equally poor job at running things as a men do.
What is Hillary Clinton's greatest achievement as a Secretary of State?
Much of Clinton's work was focused on rebuilding American soft power following the Bush years. That said, here are a few of her more tangible achievements, though I'm sure there are others:Quadrennial Diplpmacy and Development Review. Clinton created the QDDR to help determine longer term blueprints for the State Department and suggest institutional reforms. Two reviews have been released so far.Iran sanctions. Clinton set up the multinational sanction regime that forced Iran to the negotiating table.Cuba relations normalisation. Clinton was one of the architects of the policy to normalise ties with Cuba.Zurich Protocols. Clinton was instrumental in resolving last-minute snags in the signing of this historic Turkish-Armenian accord (picture above).
Hi do you have to salute to both Secretary of Defense & Secretary of State if you are in the U.S.military?
A member of the U.S. Armed Forces should salute the Secretary of Defense, but does not have to salute the Secretary of State.
Was Hillary Clinton being honest when she resigned as Secretary of State and stated that she was returning to a private life? What changed her mind?
I don't think she wanted to have her fingerprints on re-establishing relations with Cuba or the nuclear agreement with Iran, thereby avoiding criticism from conservative politicians and voters. Plus I don't think she believed in Obama's position on the two issues. Her four years as Secretary of State basically consisted of promoting fracking globally, collecting contributions for the foundation, with many coming from Middle East human rights violators, and being a vociferous proponent of regime change. She also subscribes to Henry Kissinger realpolitik philosophy, which only values foreign policy decisions of economic benefit to the United States with limited regard 4 ethics or idealism.