Hillary:I’m Gone in One Term —and Not Running Again

S.A. Miller,New York Post

WASHINGTON —Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday insisted she is quitting her globetrotting position when President Obama’s current term ends in 2013.

Not only does she not want to head the State Department,she doesn’t want to be defense secretary,vice president or president,she told CNN…

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Taxpayers foot State Department’s stiff liquor bill

By Jim McElhatton,Washington Times

 that’s just great

Months after President Obama urged federal agencies last year to cut wasteful spending,the U.S. Department of State paid $3,814 to fill an order of Jack Daniel’s whiskey for gratuities at one of its many overseas embassies.

The booze buy wasn’t [...]

Clinton gift gaffe:‘Overcharge’

David S Cloud,Politico

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened her first extended talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov by giving him a present meant to symbolize the Obama administration’s vow to “press the reset button” on U.S.-Russia relations.

She handed a palm-sized box wrapped with a [...]