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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Tue May 27, 2014, 09:32 AM May 2014

''America remains the ‘indispensable nation.’”

In the four-page note released Tuesday ahead of the book launch next month, the former secretary of state reflects on her political career, her time in the Obama administration and her vision for the country moving forward.

“I wrote it for anyone anywhere who wonders whether the United States still has what it takes to lead,” Clinton writes of her upcoming book. “For me, the answer is a resounding ‘Yes.’ Talk of America’s decline has become commonplace, but my faith in our future has never been greater.”



“Everything that I have done and seen,” she adds, “has convinced me that America remains the ‘indispensable nation.’”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/hillary-clinton-hard-choices-book-forward-obama-secretary-of-state-america-vision-107101.html#ixzz32vFj92to




FREEDUMBER!!!!


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''America remains the ‘indispensable nation.’” (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter May 2014 OP
This is an article of faith... yes, in that very particular religious sense. nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #1
campaign pablum bigtree May 2014 #2
good choice of word pablum Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #4
It is dogma in DC. Otherwise they would have to take a good look at themselves. nt bemildred May 2014 #5
One more statement that needs to be addressed. She does not understand what is happening down jwirr May 2014 #6
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
1. This is an article of faith... yes, in that very particular religious sense.
Tue May 27, 2014, 09:34 AM
May 2014

If you are running for office, particularly the Presidency, you do not question basic national catechism. She is running.

Now back to border energy policy... FUN stuff.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
3. good choice of word pablum
Tue May 27, 2014, 09:42 AM
May 2014

Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931.

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jwirr

(39,215 posts)
6. One more statement that needs to be addressed. She does not understand what is happening down
Tue May 27, 2014, 10:47 AM
May 2014

here if that is here understanding. The only reason we are indispensable is because our corporations are all over the world and they need our protection as we rip off the rest of the world.

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