Hillary Clinton - Back to Work after Blood Clot Treatments

Hillary Clinton Back to Work

Hillary Clinton, the woman who lost her bid to run for president in 2008, has accomplished something that no other Secretary of State has done. Never mind the far fetched notion that someday she would serve under Barack Obama after running against him, but in performing her job, she has visited at least 112 countries in her 4 years of service to the President. Up to this point in time, she has had an exemplary career in her service, but one last thing that she needs to clear up is the Bengazi issue. She is to testify soon in what turned out to be a murder of 4 diplomats a few months ago.
Regardless of what ANY Democratic opposition has to say about this issue, to date there has never been a person who represented the Post of Secretary of State with such admiration, popularity and success. For the last month, she has been resting after a fall after she became dizzy and acquired a blood clot between her skull and brain. She has been taking blood thinners and has just been released from the hospital.
What's she doing now? How about going back to work. Actually, she is preparing for the Bengazi hearing where she plans to testify soon.

List of countries Hillary Clinton visited from 2009-present - NOT A COMPLETE LIST

Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, Egypt, Israel, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Mexico, Netherlands, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, El Salvador, Honduras, Canada, India, Thailand, Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Liberia, Cape Verde, UK, Ireland, Russia, Pakistan, Morocco, Germany, Singapore, Philippines, China, Afghanistan, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Czech Republic, Estonia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Barbados, Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Vietnam, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia, Italy, Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia,Guatemala, Jamaica, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain, Greece, Malta, Libya, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Burma, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Bulgaria, Algeria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Mongolia, Laos 

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U.S. Secretary of State Nominations, Present and Past

Another Republican, Chuck Hagel, is now nominated by a Democratic President Barack Obama to be the Defense Secretary. He is to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. He may have a difficult time going through the confirmation hearings, but another man, up for a higher political office is John Kerry. John Kerry, Democrat from Massachusetts  will replace Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State. Prior to Hilary since 1898, there were 30 prior Secretary's of State...John Kerry will become the 68th Secretary of State when his nomination is confirmed by Congress.

Today, another choice by President Barack Obama for CIA Director is John Brennan who is presently serving as Homeland's National Security Advisor...

68. John Kerry (2013-)

67. Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-2013) (see also Secretary Clinton's site) 
      President served - Barack Obama
66. Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009) (see also former Secretary Rice's Archive site)
      President Served - George W. Bush
65. Colin Luther Powell (2001-2005) (see also former Secretary Powell's Archive site)
      President Served - George W. Bush
64. Madeleine Korbel Albright (1997-2001) (see also former Secretary Albright's Archive site)
      President Served - Bill Clinton
63. Warren Minor Christopher (1993-1997)
      President Served - Bill Clinton
62. Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger (1992-1993)
      President Served - George H.W. Bush
61. James Addison Baker (1989-1992)
      President Served - George H.W. Bush   
60. George Pratt Shultz (1982-1989)
      President Served - Ronald Reagan
59. Alexander Meigs Haig (1981-1982)
      President Served - Ronald Reagan
58. Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1980-1981)
      President Served - Jimmy Carter
57. Cyrus Roberts Vance (1977-1980)
      President Served - Jimmy Carter
56. Dr. Henry Kissinger - (1973-1977)
      Presidents Served - Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
55. William Pierce Rogers (1969-1973)
      President Served - Richard Nixon
54. David Dean Rusk (1961-1969)
      Presidents Served - John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
53. Christian Archibald Herter (1959-1961)
      President Served - Dwight Eisenhower
52. John Foster Dulles (1953-1959)
      President Served - Dwight Eisenhower
51. Dean Acheson (1949-1953)
      President Served  Harry S. Truman
50. George Catlett Marshall (1947-1949)
      President Served - Harry S. Truman
49. James Francis Byrnes (1945-1947)
48. Edward Reilly Stettinius (1944-1945)
47. Cordell Hull (1933-1944)
46. Henry Lewis Stimson (1929-1933)
45. Frank Billings Kellogg (1925-1929)
44. Charles Evans Hughes (1921-1925)
43. Bainbridge Colby (1920-1921)
42. Robert Lansing (1915-1920)
41. William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915)
40. Philander Chase Knox (1909-1913)
39. Robert Bacon (1909-1909)
38. Elihu Root (1905-1909)
37. John Milton Hay (1898-1905)

 So what does the Secretary of State do on the job? The Secretary of State travels to all corners of the world to perform the job. The duties as Secretary include acting as the President's representative at all international forums; negotiating treaties and other international agreements, and conducting everyday, face-to-face diplomacy.

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Secretary of State Colin Powell now backs Obama

15 Days until the Presidential Election - November 4, 2008
93 Days until Inauguration Day - January 20, 2009

Another unexpected turn in this race to the Whitehouse this election year is the flocking of people going toward Obama during the campaign. A very notable and influential person to support Barack Obama happens to be the former Secretary of State Colin Powell. See video clip below. His main reasons for supporting Obama is the ability for the Democratic candidate to inspire people, evidence supported by the high number of people signing up to vote this year. His campaign also is very well organized and he continues to bring in lots of money from people supporting his campaign. He is outspending John McCain almost 5 to 1 in election ads on both TV and radio. Barack Obama is fighting hard to the finish, in an attempt to make his now 15 month trek to the Whitehouse successful. Colin Powell states "I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the American stage, and for that reason I'll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press". Other factors include the negative turn of Sen. John McCain and the campaign. People appear not to be looking for that kind of thing from the candidates, but are very interested in knowing how the candidate plans to fix the economy and other issues including taxes and the war. Instead Colin Powell states that John McCain has been wasting his time trying to run a negative campaign. It is one thing that you must fight to survive, which is what McCain is doing, but every time that he continues is negative approach to Obama, his campaign seems to suffer. Colin Powell seems to believe that Obama is steady with strong intellect and knowledge needed to handle the economy in these tough times, more than John McCain. He feels that Obama meets the tough standards of a good President.

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