"the US official in Washington focused on Iran"
See how many times the OBFUSCATING, CONCEALING, COVER-UP AmeriKan MSM refers to it in her travels.
"US links shield, Russia help on Iran; Relations thaw as plans made for Clinton meeting" by James Kilner and Ross Colvin, Reuters | February 14, 2009
MOSCOW - The United States signaled a willingness yesterday to slow plans for a missile defense shield in eastern Europe if Russia agrees to help stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons....
"If we are able to work together to dissuade Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapons capability, we would be able to moderate the pace of development of missile defenses in Europe," a senior US administration official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
You get tired of the propaganda like me?
It was the most explicit statement yet by an administration official linking the missile shield to Russia's willingness to help resolve the international stand-off over Iran's nuclear program. He spoke as Undersecretary of State William Burns held talks in Moscow, the most senior US official to do so since Obama took office last month.
Burns signaled the United States was ready to look at remodeling its missile defense plans to include Moscow. Washington is "open to the possibility of cooperation, both with Russia and NATO partners, in relation to a new configuration for missile defense which would use the resources that each of us have," Interfax news agency quoted him as saying. Burns gave no details.
In another sign that strained relations may be thawing, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would meet Russia's foreign minister in Geneva next month.... The Kremlin has been pressing Washington to give ground on the missile shield in exchange for Russia helping supply the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan.
But the US official in Washington focused on Iran. The United States has led a drive to isolate Iran over its nuclear program, which the West fears is a cover to develop atomic weapons and Tehran insists is for the peaceful generation of electricity.
And WE KNOW WHO DRIVES the U.S.!
Russia and the United States agree that world security would be threatened if Iran acquired nuclear weapons but they disagree over whether Tehran is actively pursuing a weapons program. Moscow, which plans to start up a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr plant by the end of the year, has used its veto in the United Nations Security Council on a number of occasions to soften or defeat US-led efforts to impose tougher sanctions on Iran....
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Now remember, it's all about Iran!!! Let's see how often it came up:
"Clinton makes offer to North Korea, appeals to China" by Arshad Mohammed, Reuters | February 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday offered North Korea a peace treaty, normal ties and aid if it eliminates its nuclear arms program and stressed her desire to work more cooperatively with China.
Speaking ahead of a trip to Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and China next week, Clinton also said North Koreans deserved political rights, urged Burma to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and, in a comment that may irk Beijing, said Tibetans and all Chinese deserved religious freedom.
Interesting how these two articles would just happen to appear after so many months of silence from the MSM, huh?
Burma to release 6,300 prisoners
Clashes over Tibet lead to lockdown
Yeah, coincidence my ass!
Searching for a way to end North Korea's nuclear programs is likely to be one of the main topics on Clinton's weeklong trip to Asia that will also cover the global financial crisis and climate change....
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Maybe here:
"As Clinton lands in Asia, N. Korea makes threat" by Mark Landler and Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times | February 17, 2009
TOKYO - As Hillary Clinton.... landed in Tokyo, [she] appeared to be sticking with her previously scheduled agenda of a trip this week to four Asian countries, intended to build solidarity between the United States and Asia on issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change.
Stepping from her plane on a blustery, cold evening, she reaffirmed.... choosing to make Asia her first official visit, rather than Europe or the Middle East where secretaries of state traditionally begin their diplomatic travels.... intended to send a message that the region was a high priority....
Clinton said she would pursue a partnership on climate change in China at the end of this week. She suggested, though, that she did not intend to press Beijing to accept mandatory caps on carbon emissions, something Obama supports, but which is not yet American policy....
She also praised the Chinese for adopting a "robust" economic stimulus program. While she said she would raise human-rights concerns in Beijing, the subject does not seem likely to come up prominently.
Just so you know where that really ranks with our shit-talking elite rulers.
Turning to another tense relationship, Clinton said she would meet in two weeks with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, for what she said she hoped would be a "positive start." But she said the Obama administration had not decided whether to scale back a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe that has caused tension between Moscow and Washington.
Clinton's choice of Japan for her first stop is meant to reassure the Japanese that they remain America's key Asian ally. Ten years ago, former president Bill Clinton skipped Japan during an Asian swing and spent more than a week in Beijing.
But this time, Japan looms large in efforts to recover from the global economic crisis. With its enormous foreign-exchange reserves, the country has pledged as much as $100 billion in aid to the International Monetary Fund to help countries facing credit shortages because of the crisis.--more--"
All right, next stop:
"Clinton sternly warns N. Korea over missile test threat; Says launch could harm improving relations with US" by Matthew Lee, Associated Press | February 18, 2009
TOKYO - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talked tough on her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat, delivering a sharp warning to North Korea yesterday over its threat to conduct a missile test.
As she wound down a long day of official events in Tokyo before preparing for the next leg of her Asia tour in Indonesia, Clinton said North Korea's threatened missile test would harm its prospects for improved relations with the United States and other neighbors....
Of course, U.S. can do it all the time and you never hear about it, never mind any complaints in the biased AmeriKan MSM.
Clinton's first day of talks with Japanese officials to reaffirm the US-Japan alliance was overshadowed by North Korea's rhetoric....
Actually, no, it was overshadowed by this guy:
TOKYO - The resignation of Japan's finance minister, who faced criticism for his odd behavior at a news conference at a Group of 7 meeting in Rome over the weekend, poses fresh problems for the country's leadership during a worsening recession.
The episode, which led the minister, Shoichi Nakagawa, to quit yesterday, was a major setback for Prime Minister Taro Aso, who has been in office only since September. He has already come under fire for his handling of the economy and for a series of embarrassing gaffes of his own.
A weekend poll by the NTV television network found Aso's approval rating at about 10 percent, and figures this week showed that the Japanese economy was contracting at the fastest rate since 1974. With parliamentary elections due this year, the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner are in danger of being voted out of office, political analysts say. A loss by the Liberal Democrats could set the stage for far-reaching changes in the political landscape of Japan. The elections must be held by September but can be called before that.
Kaoru Yosano, the minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, will double as finance minister for the time being, Aso said yesterday. That puts Yosano in charge of a wide portfolio and at the forefront of efforts to stem Japan's worst economic downturn in decades. At the news conference in Rome on Saturday, a red-faced Nakagawa gave muddled answers and at times appeared to nod off. A clip of Nakagawa in which he yawns and closes his eyes while speaking has been circulating on the Internet.
Nakagawa, 55, denied that he had been drinking and said cold medication and fatigue were to blame for his behavior....
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Sorry, buddy, but WE KNOWS IT when we SEES IT and it nice to know you guys are GETTING SMASHED while the ECONOMY IS!!!! Now let me introduce you to something called a guillotine, my friend.
Okay, back to Asia:
Speaking at a news conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, Clinton also stressed the Obama administration's commitment to Japan's security. The two signed a deal to reduce tensions caused by the presence of US troops on Japanese soil.
Under the deal - which has been in the works for years - 8,000 Marines now stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the US Pacific territory of Guam. There are roughly 50,000 American troops in Japan, about 20,000 of them on Okinawa.
Clinton also vowed to keep up pressure on the North to resolve Japan's concerns about the status of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang in the 1970s and '80s. To underscore the US-Japan ties, Clinton invited Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso to Washington next week.
Clinton heads to Indonesia today, hoping to refocus attention on the Obama administration's broader agenda for Asia, including climate change, development, and green energy after two days in Japan dominated by North Korea.--more--"
Strangely quite on the Iran front, no? She asking for help or.... ?
"Clinton hails Indonesian democracy; Cites advances in modernity, women's rights" by Mark Landler, New York Times | February 19, 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Reaching out to the world's most populous Muslim country and the boyhood home of her boss, President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Indonesia yesterday to pay tribute to its hard-won political freedoms.
"Indonesia has experienced a great transformation in the last 10 years," she said, hearkening to the Asian financial crisis of 1998, which led to the ouster of Suharto, its autocratic president, and set Indonesia on the path to becoming a robust, if somewhat confusing, democracy.
"If you want to know if Islam, democracy, modernity, and women's rights can coexist, go to Indonesia," she said at a dinner of academics, journalists, environmentalists, and women's rights advocates.
Yeah, as long as they are NOT INTERFERED WITH by FALSE-FLAGGING WAR-MAKERS and GLOBALIST CONTROLLERS!
Clinton said her decision to visit Jakarta - a nearly 7,000-mile detour between stops in Japan and South Korea - was also motivated by a desire to recognize the importance of Southeast Asia, a region that the Obama administration believes was neglected by the Bush administration.
To underline that point, she announced that the United States would begin the process of signing on to an amity and cooperation treaty with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. That would bind it closer to the 10-member group, which includes Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
But Clinton harshly criticized another ASEAN member, Burma, noting that the United States was reviewing its policy of economic sanctions against the military junta that runs the country.
That's the second time they've mentioned them in months. Now why does the MSM ignore the place and print such crap when they know people are suffering there? If they REALLY CARED, wouldn't they hammer on it everyday like they do the wars and "suiciders?" Those guys are in there every day, every day!
She professed frustration that the regime was seemingly impervious to pressure....
She said that about Israel did she? Oh, she was talking about Burma!
Clinton did not detail what steps the United States was contemplating. Indonesia, which is also critical of the junta, believes Burma's neighbors need to exert more pressure against it, according to Indonesia's foreign minister, Hassan Wirajuda. The United States, Clinton said, was seeking a broader partnership with Indonesia, particularly in areas such as climate change.
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So she is not talking about Iran at all, huh?
SEOUL - A potential succession crisis in North Korea appears be hampering efforts to restart talks on its nuclear program, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday, adding she will seek guidance from South Korea and China about how to proceed if North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is incapacitated.
"Everybody is trying to read the tea leaves as to what is happening and what is likely to occur, and there is a lot of guessing going on," Clinton told reporters as she flew to the South Korean capital after a one-day stop in Indonesia....
Ooops! That's a DIPLOMATIC FAUX PAS, speculating about another country's leadership!!! Yeah, Hitlery will makes us look better in the world than Condi did!
Clinton also said she would seek to add North Korea's ballistic missile programs as a topic to be discussed at the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, within the current negotiations or as an adjunct. She said Pyongyang's missile program "was of great concern," but noted North Korea in the past has resisted efforts to include missiles in the nuclear talks....
What, she taking negotiation lessons from Israelis now? Just one more thing, right?
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Still nothing about Iran.
BEIJING - Human rights violations by China cannot block the possibility of significant cooperation between Washington and Beijing on the global economic crisis, climate change, and security threats such as North Korea's nuclear program, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday.
"We pretty much know what they are going to say" on human rights issues such as greater freedoms for Tibet, Clinton told reporters traveling with her on a tour of Asia. "We have to continue to press them. But our pressing on those issues can't interfere" with dialogue on other crucial topics.
Clinton's remarks elicited condemnation from Amnesty International, which has urged her to move human rights near the top of the US-China agenda. The organization accused Clinton of saying "that human rights will not be a priority in her diplomatic engagement with China" and urged her to "publicly declare that human rights are central to US-China relations before she leaves Beijing."
Never has been so why start now?
The Obama administration has high hopes of winning China's cooperation on reducing harmful greenhouse gases, in part through public-private partnerships. Clinton, who is ending her week-long trip with two days in the Chinese capital, is scheduled today to visit a thermal power plant that was developed with
On the economic crisis, Clinton wants to coordinate policies in advance of the G-20 summit in April. Clinton is also bringing proposals to elevate a high-level economic dialogue, currently managed by the Treasury secretary, to a more comprehensive conversation that could be handled by her or by the vice president....
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Amnesty International said after media reports of Clinton's remarks:
"The Chinese people face a dire situation. . . . Half a million people are currently in labor camps. Women face forced abortion and sterilization as part of China's enforcement of its one-child policy."
Yes, I STRENUOUSLY OBJECT!!!!
Amnesty, along with Human Rights Watch and other organizations, wrote Clinton a joint letter before her trip calling for her to tell Chinese officials that China's relationship with the United States "will depend in part on whether it lives by universally accepted human rights norms."
Why? We don't follow them.
Also see: U.S. Tortures for China
The letter noted that in recent years "human rights concerns have been pushed progressively further to the margins of the US-China relationship" as Beijing has gained economic, military, and diplomatic power. Clinton said yesterday that she was simply being realistic about China's stance on human rights, noting that the Chinese halted the broadcast of a tough speech she gave on women's rights in Beijing 13 years ago, when she was first lady....
I wonder why they are not realistic when it comes to Iran, huh?
She said she did not mean to imply "a lesser concern" for human rights but will spend more time talking about areas where she senses a breakthrough, possibly including "the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the security crisis. We have to have a dialogue that leads to an understanding and cooperation on those" issues."
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing yesterday for talks with Chinese leaders. She does not want differences over human rights to prevent cooperation in other areas. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
How much you gonna pay for the fart mist of the trip, lady?
All taxpayer dough anyway, ain't it?
"China, US to consult on economy, environment; Clinton meets with officials, tours new plant" by Glenn Kessler, Washington Post | February 22, 2009
BEIJING - China and the United States agreed yesterday to begin high-level consultations on combating the global economic crisis and climate change, with China's poor human rights record relegated as a lesser priority.
Enough with the fat-ass fart mist, 'kay, lady?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held extensive talks with a panoply of Chinese officials, including President Hu Jintao, and toured a new low-emissions power plant using
Clinton said the exact form of a "strategic dialogue" - apparently an upgrading of exchanges on economics and politics previously conducted by the Treasury secretary and deputy secretary of state - will be announced by Hu and President Obama when they meet on the sidelines of a economic summit in London in April.
On the economy, Clinton said, "We have every reason to believe that the United States and China will recover and that together we will help to lead the world recovery."
The NEW WORLD ORDER?
China is the largest holder of US Treasury securities, and Clinton sought in meetings with Hu, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and Premier Wen Jiabao to reassure Beijing about its US holdings.
"I appreciate greatly the Chinese government's continuing confidence in United States Treasuries," Clinton said. "I think that's a well grounded confidence." Yang sidestepped a question about whether China was looking for alternative investments for its foreign exchange reserves, saying China looks for safety, good value, and liquidity for its investments.
US officials have high hopes they can work closely with China on climate change, which was highlighted by Clinton's tour of the massive Taiyanggong thermal power plant. The facility heats 1 million homes and the US Embassy in Beijing with half the emissions and one-third of the water usage of an equivalent Chinese coal-fired plant.
Todd Stern, the administration's special envoy for climate change, after the tour:
"In our view, nothing is more important for dealing with this threat than a US-China partnership. There is no way to preserve a safe, livable planet unless China plays a very important role along with the United States. This is not a matter of politics or morality or right or wrong. It is simply the unforgiving math of accumulating emissions."
PFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT!!!!!
Clinton said the plant was a model of the type of partnership the administration wants to form with China, which recently passed the United States as the world's biggest emitter of harmful gases.
Hey, a billion+ people will cut a lot of farts, especially with the spicy food.
"We want China to grow. We want the Chinese people to have a very good standard of living," Clinton said she told Chinese officials. "What we hope is that you won't make the same mistakes we made, because I don't think either China or the world can afford that. When we were industrializing and growing, we didn't know any better."
Clinton and Yang said a regular dialogue between their countries on economic issues would now include terrorism and other security issues. The United States wants China to step up efforts to address threats from nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, and the tenuous security situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
FINALLY, after what, EIGHT DAYS, they MENTION IRAN!!!!!
Clinton today will complete a one-week tour of Asia, which included stops in Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and China. Beijing was the last and perhaps most important stop on Clinton's trip, which she concluded today by attending church services and meeting with women who are leaders in civil society.
The secretary of state infuriated human rights organizations when she told reporters Friday that human rights concerns "can't interfere" with pressing China for greater cooperation on economics, the environment, and the impasse over North Korea's nuclear programs. Many advocates were especially upset because Clinton, as first lady, in 1995 achieved renown for making a tough speech in Beijing about China's human rights record.
And she used to stand against the health care lobby -- until they bought her off as a senator.
But Clinton yesterday shrugged off the criticism. "The promotion of human rights is an essential aspect of US global policy," she told reporters at a joint news conference with Yang.
Translation; she don't give a f*** what you human rights squishies think.
Clinton said she had raised human rights in her talks with Chinese officials, but she noted that "at least as important in building respect for and making progress on human rights are the efforts" of civic organizations and nongovernmental groups. She plans a meeting with such private advocates today.
Yeah, those CIVIL GROUPS are important OVER THERE, not HERE at HOME! Here we have a "PROTECTING," yet LYING and LOOTING government!!!
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Aww right, let's wrap it up:
SEOUL - Dashing through a kaleidoscopic tour of the Far East in her first outing as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton seemed to be back in full campaign mode....
Yeah, it had that feel, didn't it?
Clinton unleashed the ebullient public persona she showed in the final stages of her unsuccessful 2008 campaign. Clinton appeared delighted to soak up affectionate, sometimes gushing reactions that she evoked among foreign officials and onlookers.
At the Jakarta airport in Indonesia, she was serenaded by rows of schoolchildren. Later, she visited the headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, waving and smiling broadly when hundreds of employees chanted "Hee-ler-ry," Hee-ler-ry" as she entered.
Yeah, she's a real rock star. Didn't we just dump one of those as Sec of State?
The bloc's secretary general, Surin Pitsuwan, appeared smitten and spoke in glowing terms about the former first lady, presenting her with an arrangement of 32 yellow flowers.
Clinton has maintained a grueling public schedule with gusto as she visited Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, and China.
I guess that is better than shopping for shoes.
She has kept busy until late at night, seemingly unaffected by jet lag as she crams in official meetings, local media appearances, and visits to cultural sites such as the venerable Meiji shrine in Tokyo.
I know the feeling; however, I'm yawning and she's jetting? What drugs is she on, because she needs to share.
That continued yesterday in China, where she visited a low-emissions energy plant in Beijing and attended a church service. Some of her appearances have mirrored her campaign stops. Clinton showed up at college auditoriums in Tokyo and South Korea, plying audiences with anecdotes and fielding questions on topics from motherhood to politics....
Hard to rattle
Clinton has waded into crowds despite nervous glances from her security detail, worked rope lines, and happily taken time to pose for photos with pretty much anyone who has gotten close enough. The arduous pace has exhausted her traveling staff and local embassy employees.
Not even natural disasters could stop the new secretary of state. On her first morning abroad as America's top diplomat, Clinton was jolted awake by one of Japan's frequent minor earthquakes....
God sending her a message? And how come there was not a word in my MSM paper?
The early wake-up call did not, however, slow her down. That day, Clinton had at least 12 official events, beginning at the Shinto shrine at 8 a.m. and ending with a 9 p.m. meeting with Japan's main opposition leader.
Was he drunk?
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