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Wed Oct 21, 2015, 04:40 PM Oct 2015

USA Today op-ed: Hillary Clinton worked to make diplomats safe

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This will be one of the main themes at the hearing tomorrow---




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USA Today op-ed: Hillary Clinton worked to make diplomats safe

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/10/21/hillary-clinton-secretary-of-state-embassies-john-kerry-column/74328300/



USAtoday: Hillary Clinton worked to make diplomats safe: Column


http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/10/21/hillary-clinton-secretary-of-state-embassies-john-kerry-column/74328300/

Hillary Clinton worked to make diplomats safe: Column


Wendy Sherman 3:52 p.m. EDT October 21, 2015
As a former undersecretary of State, I know her true record.
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(Photo: Pool photo by Carlos Barria)

Just a few short weeks ago, after four intense years, I stepped down as undersecretary of State for political affairs, responsible for the day-to-day work of all regional bureaus and international organizations. Thanks to then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's leadership, and continued by now Secretary John Kerry, I began every day looking at intelligence and getting information from every region to see which diplomats, which locally employed staff and which U.S. citizens might be at physical risk, and what we needed to do about it. Every day, every ambassador also looks at risk, and thanks to Secretary Clinton's initiative, works to implement every single recommendation of the non-partisan Accountability Review Board convened after the tragic death of our colleagues in Benghazi, Libya.................

Because of Secretary Clinton, and, of course, President Obama, our highest priority is security, for our diplomats and for our nation. As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton also took critical action to make our world safer, fundamental to making our diplomats and our country safer. She guided the State Department to repair relations around the globe and brokered major agreements that made our world safer, such as the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. She led the effort to impose the toughest sanctions in U.S. history on Iran, fought to expand Internet freedom and continually promoted the betterment of women and girls.






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USA Today op-ed: Hillary Clinton worked to make diplomats safe (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2015 OP
She did.. it was the repubs who cut the spending and she warned them about it. Cha Oct 2015 #1
K & R SunSeeker Oct 2015 #2

Cha

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1. She did.. it was the repubs who cut the spending and she warned them about it.
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 06:44 PM
Oct 2015


Jason Chaffetz Admits House GOP Cut Funding For Embassy Security: 'You Have To Prioritize Things'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/jason-chaffetz-embassy_n_1954912.html
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