Clinton-Obama Détente - From Top Rival to Top Aide
The thaw in the resentful relationship between the most powerful woman in the Democratic Party and her younger male rival began at the party’s convention this summer, when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton gave such a passionate speech supporting Senator Barack Obama that his top aides leapt out of their chairs backstage to give her a standing ovation as she swept past.
Mr. Obama, who was in the first steps of what would become a strategic ...
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I believe Hillary Clinton will make an excellent Secretary of State. It seems to me that if President-elect Obama is asking her to accept this high-level position in his cabinet, they are both satisfied that she can and will articulate and implement his foreign policy. Of course, Hillary is a strong personality, and I have no doubt she will openly discuss he possible disagreement with the president should that become necessary, but ultimately they will reach accommodation, and she will be loyal to her president.