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.
Hillary Clinton on Friday became the first woman ever to accept a major US party's presidential nomination.
"Trump failed our country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump is a chaos agent who is focused on himself, not the American people. Trump tried to destroy our democracy by lying about the election and inciting a violent mob to attack the Capitol," he said.
Former United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton, could run for the 2016 presidential elections, her husband Bill Clinton has hinted. Bill Clinton, one of the most popular American presidents in recent past, added fuel to the speculation at an event on Saturday night, where he said that the country would have some "good choices" in the 2016 presidential elections.
The US Senate is likely to approve the vote on nomination of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State after a Republican lawmaker, who a day before voiced concern over foreign donations to her husband Bill Clinton's foundation, on Wedensday said he would vote in favour of the former First Lady.
The Democratic nominee emerged as the clear winner with nearly 62 per cent voters opting for her over her rival Donald Trump.
Her comments came days before the 15th anniversary of the twin towers attack in New York that killed more than 3,000 people.
Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, speaks exclusively to Aziz Haniffa.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday held a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sidelines of a meeting of CEOs from India and the US.
Hillary Clinton has signed up for speaking circuit and will charge a whopping $200,000 (Rs Rs 1.0894 crore) per appearance, an amount more than her annual salaray as the United States secretary of state.
"Some of the senior staff who spoke to her about half an hour ago say that she's sounding terrific, upbeat, raring to go. She's looking forward to getting back to the office," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told media person.
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.
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.
'I think of that young baby, still in her diapers, balancing with her arms held up by her mother, a Tamil woman wearing a salwar kameez and a dupatta, seated on a stoop,' recalls Aseem Chhabra.
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.
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.
A female protester has thrown a shoe at Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, while she was delivering a speech in Las Vegas, media reports said.
Consensus among media analysts was that the Las Vegas debate would go down as a plus in the Hillary Clinton column, a no-score for Edwards, and a definite minus for Obama who largely failed to show at his best.
Harris, 59, is scheduled to formally accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination on Thursday to take on Republican rival Donald Trump, 78, in the November 5 election.
India Inc honchos Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and others are likely to explore measures to boost bilateral business ties during their brainstorming session over breakfast with US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton on Saturday.
He said Trump is 'temperamentally unfit to be the Commander-in-Chief' and he lacks basic understanding of the world.
The United States is determined to keep this partnership going and growing. And that means working together, says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an exclusive article to Rediff.com
The United States is determined to keep this partnership going and growing. And that means working together, says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an exclusive article to Rediff.com
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday had a breakfast meeting with top honchos of India Inc at the iconic, sea-facing Taj Hotel in Mumbai. Amongst those from India Inc who were present at the meeting included Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Group and Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani. Others present were the chiefs of India's two largest banks, O P Bhatt of State Bank and Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank, Swati Piramal and Sudha Murthy.
'A vote for Hillary means a vote for endless wars of trying to overthrow governments and rebuilding foreign countries.' 'A vote for Bernie Sanders means an end to these interventionist wars, and instead spending our money and precious resources rebuilding our own country,' Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the only Hindu-American in the United States Congress, tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com
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.
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.
Clinton, 68, and Republican rival Donald Trump separately had visited the memorial site, but they did not address the event.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in the Pakistani capital on Thursday for talks aimed at pressing the country's leadership to crack down on the Haqqani network to facilitate the process of reconciliation in neighbouring Afghanistan.
"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.
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.
"Secretary Clinton expressed her desire to work together with the external affairs minister to take the relationship between India and the US to a new level," the ministry said in a statement.
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.
Terrified that their bloody primary campaign will doom them in the November presidential elections in the US, some Democrats are floating a consolation prize for Hillary Clinton -- Governor of New York State, according to a media report. The travails of New York Governor David Paterson have opened up a new potential career path for Clinton, Newsweek says quoting unidentified well-informed Democratic Party insiders.
On his maiden trip to India as the Deputy Secretary of State -- the most powerful position in the US State Department after the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton -- Burns visit is reflective of the high-level engagement between the two countries in the aftermath of the Bali meet between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama.
While providing a read-out of the Clinton-Menon meeting Wood was asked if there would be a follow-up meeting between the two countries soon, or if Clinton would be going to India sometime, to which he replied, "At some point, the Secretary will be going to India, but there's isn't any plan at this moment of her travel. But you know, when there is, we'll certainly let you know."
"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.
We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win, Harris said.
Clinton was asked what she would do if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America programme, Ynetnews reported. "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the President, we will attack Iran," she replied, adding, "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
