Comments on: Clinton: International portfolio, domestic concerns http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2013/01/11/clinton-international-portfolio-domestic-concerns/ The Global Middle Tue, 21 May 2013 04:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: COindependent http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2013/01/11/clinton-international-portfolio-domestic-concerns/#comment-2476 COindependent Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:57:26 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/?p=1429#comment-2476 "Clinton is partly to blame for this dynamic. She has been a very good but very cautious secretary of state, who kept her distance from Afghanistan and other seemingly intractable conflicts." And, she has used the same tactic to avoid any responsibility for the disaster in Benghazi. At what point is she accountable for indecision? The last thing this country will need in 2016 is another President (or candidate) that is unwilling (or incapable) of doing the detailed work that leadership requires. “Clinton is partly to blame for this dynamic. She has been a very good but very cautious secretary of state, who kept her distance from Afghanistan and other seemingly intractable conflicts.”

And, she has used the same tactic to avoid any responsibility for the disaster in Benghazi. At what point is she accountable for indecision? The last thing this country will need in 2016 is another President (or candidate) that is unwilling (or incapable) of doing the detailed work that leadership requires.

]]> By: pbgd http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2013/01/11/clinton-international-portfolio-domestic-concerns/#comment-2475 pbgd Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:23:15 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/?p=1429#comment-2475 It is a legend that all politics is local and domestic. Of course all of our present-day leaders are interested in foreign policy. Not just Kerry, but Biden and Obama as well, came to their present jobs directly from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It is a legend that all politics is local and domestic. Of course all of our present-day leaders are interested in foreign policy. Not just Kerry, but Biden and Obama as well, came to their present jobs directly from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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