Clinton Gives NYU Commencement Speech ("We Don't Have a Choice... We Know What the Result Will Be")

Source: Associated Press

Clinton Gives NYU Commencement Speech At Yankee Stadium

BETH FOUHY | May 13, 2009 02:29 PM EST |

NEW YORK — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged college graduates on Wednesday to resist the temptation to disengage from world affairs, saying to do so would "cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world."

Delivering New York University's commencement address, Clinton acknowledged the turbulent national and global environment that graduates face, but said their education, energy and facility with new technology would help them navigate and improve the world.

She cited the perils of climate change, disease and global nuclear proliferation and warned the audience to take those challenges seriously. "At the root of my conviction is a strong sense of reality - we don't have a choice," Clinton said. "We can sit on the sidelines, we can wring our hands, we can retreat into cynicism, and we know what the result will be."

The NYU ceremonies were held under sunny skies on the infield of the new Yankee Stadium. Clinton, who served eight years as senator from New York before Obama nominated her as secretary of state, was loudly cheered as she marched in procession through the stadium.

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charge full price for their premium seating at the graduation?? ;-)
Were the "obstructed view" seats still only $5.00? :rofl:

even after Abu Ghraib.

I didn't vote for her, mostly because I didn't want a rehashing of the Clinton years diring the election, but that was all about last year.

I think she's a pretty good SoS. She has alot of admirable qualities, even if I dont like all of her political positions.

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on the rest of the world"

:thumbsup:

Secularism is the only thing that allows societies to thrive.

Fuck "faith". Just another word for "unsupported delusions".

...more than just about anything else. Are all the politicians polishing the "faith" apple too ignorant to understand that it's unvarnished superstition and delusion, or are they too cynically manipulative to lay off the mass delusion button when it benefits them, even if that means lying with a straight face? Does Senator Clinton talk to invisible advisers in the dark? Or does she just want her supporters to think she does?

I'm not sure which is worse.

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