Hillary Clinton's record as secretary of state hints at possible presidential role, The Guardian, 2016 Flashcards
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March 2009, Russia
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- Russian foreign minister
- Zurich
- “reset” button
- “overcharged”
- used by the administration’s critics to illustrate its alleged naivety in trying to cuddle up to the Russian bear
- Trump used it as an example of her missteps in office
- unable to deny her wealth of foreign policy experience, Trump has instead sought to denigrate it as “bad experience”
2
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On Libya
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- she helped convince a reluctant Obama to take part in a military intervention
- Chris Stevens: attack in Congress for the failure to provide adequate security for her diplomats
3
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On Iran
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- 2008 campaign: ridiculed Obama who wanted to meet Iran leaders
- took the lead in building a high wall of sanctions around Tehran, playing “bad cop” to the outstretched hand of Obama’s “good cop”
4
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On Syria
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- advocated a robust train-and-equip policy in support of the armed opposition
- although she eventually lost that argument with the White House
- last year, with Petraeus: plan to arm the Syrian rebels
5
Q
On Afghanistan and Pakistan
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- she sided with Bob Gates and the generals asking for a surge in troop levels
- against Biden and Obama
- appointed Richard Holbrooke as her envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- November 2011, US gunships mistakenly opened fire on a Pakistani border post, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers and plunging bilateral relations into crisis
- the two governments had completely stopped talking to each other
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Q
Categorization
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- hawk
- dove
7
Q
David Miliband
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- UK foreign secretary
- “the best listener in politics”
- willing to use force
- lot of commitment to diplomacy
- personal relationships
8
Q
Miles she travelled as Secretary of State
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- 1 million
- 112 countries
- supporters: testament to her commitment to addressing diplomatic challenges that do not regularly make the front pages
9
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Turkey and Armenia
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- deal to normalize their relations
- and open their shared border
- but never ratified
10
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Administration
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- she won the loyalty of her staff
- when she left in 2013n most popular member of the administration
- though without any dramatic achievements to her name
- Iran deal would have been impossible without Rohani (arrived in 2013)
