Unites States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken to President Asif Ali Zardari to share with him the vision of President Barack Obama's administration and its policies towards the region and Pakistan.During a brief telephone conversation with Zardari on Thursday night, Clinton discussed the situation in the region and Pakistan-US relations.Zardari congratulated Clinton on assuming the post. He also welcomed Obama's desire to seek 'a new way forward' with Muslims.
In a big relief to Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Loretta Lynch has said the Democratic presidential candidate would not face any charges over allegations that she violated rules by using a private email server while she was US Secretary of State.
After 4,764 party delegates formally backed her, the former US First Lady tweeted, "This moment is for every little girl who dreams big."
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has vowed to plug tax loopholes for 'freeloader corporations' shipping jobs abroad and correct 'wrong' policies of the Bush administration, which were making Americans 'pay the price'. She claimed that that it was the average American who was paying the price for what she termed the wrong-headed policies of the administration. She said plugging tax loopholes will stop freeloader corporations from avoiding $50bn taxes every year.
The Republican presidential nominee said it would be embarrassing to lose against Clinton.
The thrust of Michelle Malkin's piece is that donors should be ethnically profiled; in fact, she calls "ethnical profiling" a bogey the Clinton campaign is raising to distract attention from the sort of people who are contributing to her in large numbers
When Oprah Winfrey appeared with US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama this weekend, the ensuing media firestorm levelled a serious charge against her -- she had crossed the line from endorsing the candidate to campaigning for him.
Trump quipped that it was a 'tough decision' to make his voting choice.
Obama has refused to debate Hillary Clinton,with no moderator, before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.
This is Clinton's first visit to the country since taking charge in the Obama Administration.
Clinton generated a 62 per cent favourable rating against her former rival Obama, who managed only 56 per cent.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on told the Pakistani leadership that the United States wants the continuation of dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad so that the two sides can resolve their outstanding problems amicably, diplomatic sources said on Monday.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the new missile defence system for Eastern Europe would leave America and its allies stronger and charged the Republicans that their criticism of the new policy is not based on facts.
State legislators of Indian-origin in the United States appeared to be divided in their support either for Senator Hillary Clinton or Senator Barack Obama -- both of whom are engaged in a bitter fight for Democratic nomination for the 2009 presidential election.
An emotional Hillary Clinton took personal responsibility for the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed her Ambassador to Libya, as she answered questions from lawmakers during her much-awaited Congressional testimony over the September 11 incident.
'Nothing that Hillary Clinton did or said, at least publicly, has attracted criticism. This in itself is a sign of success,' writes T P Sreenivasan.
Both win by wide margins over the next-closest finishers, Malala Yousafzai for women and Pope Francis and Donald Trump for men, the poll said in its latest survey.
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Exit polls showed that whereas Obama came away with 91 per cent of the African-American vote, Clinton was at an extremely poor six per cent in that category. However, she walked away with nearly 60 per cent of the white vote with African-American Senator getting just 37 per cent.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged India to do "even more" to cut its purchases of oil from sanctions-hit Iran to keep pressure on that country to o prove its nuclear programme is peaceful.
According to Britain's The Daily Telegraph, former President Bill Clinton has been laying the foundations for the Secretary of State's try in 2016, by campaigning for Democratic politicians who helped his wife Hillary run for the president's office against President Obama two years ago.
If November 9 ushers in a Hillary Clinton presidency, you can bet your last dollar that Huma Abedin will be back at POTUS' side.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reached out to her counterparts of more than a dozen countries, including Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, as the Obama Administration stepped up its effort to increase pressure on the Syrian regime.
If elected, Hillary Clinton would become the first women president of the US.
Key strategic issues, including civil-nuclear cooperation, terrorism, the situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran were discussed between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton, who is in India on the last leg of her three-nation Asia tour, called on Dr Singh at his Race Course Road residence, during which the two sides discussed ways to enhance economic ties.
The only two Indian-American delegates representing the host state of Colorado at the Democratic National Convention--the mother-daughter combination of Mona and Monisha Merchant,both Hillary Clinton delegates -- have said they will heed Clinton's impassioned plea to help elect Barack Obama to the White House.
Chatwal said the prayer service aims to garner blessings for Clinton.
"It is a great delight to be here with Aamir Khan, who is not only a Bollywood icon but also the great advocate for education," Clinton said during a special interactive session with the students of Xavier College in Mumbai in which Khan was also present.
Sheela Bhatt finds out what the experts have to say about Hillary Clinton's India visit and the Indo-US bilateral agenda
Polls show that Hillary's contenders are stronger than her.
Asserting that bonds outweighed differences in India-United States ties, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said her country was "betting high" on India's future and the bilateral relationship would be a defining partnership of the 21st century.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held nearly an hour-long meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday and are understood to have discussed various issues ranging from the Teesta water treaty to FDI in retail.
Ahead of a crucial meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Home Minister P Chidambaram, the United States today said his visit is aimed at deepening strategic relationship with India.
"The US is committed to promoting and defending civil society around the world. And we will continue to remind leaders of their responsibilities to their citizens under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," Clinton said in a statement issued on the occasion of Human Rights Day on Friday.
Defying opinion polls and political pundits who virtually wrote her off, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday defeated front-runner Barack Obama in a nail-biting New Hampshire Democratic presidential nomination contest to resurrect her campaign to be the first woman president of the United States.
The continuing and sustained terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including the recent attack on its army headquarters, and the past record of the nuclear black market operated by the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb A Q Khan, are certainly cause for concern and remain so, but that country's nuclear arsenal is secure, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said
According to a new Harris poll, Senator Clinton is the clear front runner for the presidency as among all adults
"I will take a new policy toward Pakistan, one that builds on the democratic yearnings expressed by the Pakistani people in the elections last week and recognises that the border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan are among the most important and dangerous in the world," she said.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pressed Pakistan to do more to ensure its territory is not used as "launching pad" by terror groups for attacks and also said that Hafiz Saeed was "one of the "principal architects" of the 2008 Mumbai carnage.
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