Hillary Rodham Clinton

A former State Department contract employee was sentenced Friday to a year's probation for illegally accessing more than 75 celebrity passport application files. William Celey, 28, of Washington, was among six current or former State Department employees to plead guilty to unauthorized peeking into the files. Celey, who pleaded guilty in July, also was ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson to perform 50 hours of community service. He admitted logging into the computer database and viewing applications of actors, models, musicians, athletes, record producers, family members, a politician and others. Celey acknowledged that msg mhe looked at the files to satisfy his curiosity. ... Read Full Story

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the glow of praise from her Nobel laureate boss on Saturday after spearheading successful efforts to salvage historic accords between longtime bitter foes Turkey and Armenia. President Barack Obama, who a day earlier was the surprise winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, telephoned Clinton in Switzerland to congratulate her on overcoming a last minute-hitch that threatened to scuttle the Turkish-Armenian deals, a senior State Department official said. Clinton was headed to the airport in the Swiss city of Zurich following an intense and frantic day of negotiations when she got the call from Obama, the ... Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan relies heavily on civilian efforts, and she is calling for all U.S. diplomats to contribute. In a cable to U.S. embassies and consulates abroad, Clinton says the success of President Barack Obama's plan depends on the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, whose ranks in Afghanistan and Pakistan are in line for boosts. "Whether this strategy succeeds or not depends in large part on all of us," she said in the cable to employees of the two agencies late Friday after Obama announced ... Read Full Story

We all know the political power of the Clinton machine, but who would have thought that power extended to ousting an elected president. I know, “What!?” you say. Well sometime the face before the camera is just that, the appearance of reality. But fold the onion layers back and the stinging reality hits you. Obviously by now, everyone has heard that Hillary Rodham Clinton is the new Secretary of State. But what many people may not realize is the depth to which the Clinton apparatus has penetrated the Obamanation. Step back a bit to the early years of the 2008 presidential race and a ... Read Full Story

New York : New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly isn’t certain she would accept the post of US Secretary of State even if Barack Obama offers it to her. Politico quoted several people close to the former First Lady, as saying that “She is still weighing this, independent of President Clinton’’s work.” Clinton, one person said, remains deeply “torn” between the possibility of serving in Obama’s cabinet and remaining in the Senate to “help pass health care and work on a broad range of domestic issues.” Most of the speculation about Clinton’s frame of mind in the last few days has been off-base, ... Read Full Story