"...Hillary Clinton was in Rome making progress on that other budding war we've sort of been fighting. Clinton and Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini helped convince the Libya Contact Group, a NATO coalition of representatives from 22 countries and six international organizations, to support the decision to set up a fund to back the Libyan rebels." <<
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/hillary_clinton_strikes_deal_t.html >>
"Over a period of months, numerous senior U.S. officials including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder personally lobbied Thai authorities on the matter, (the extradition of Viktor Bout*) and their efforts appear to have produced a major diplomatic success." <<
http://asiancorrespondent.com/39461/why-did-the-thai-pms-personal-aide-meet-with-viktor-bout/ >>
(Viktor Bout* - an alleged arms dealer accused of agreeing to supply arms to Colombian rebels.)
Mr. Bout probably made some money doing business with a certain Colonel North awhile back, but today he sits in jail in New York awaiting trial.
From the movie Lord of War:
Yuri Orlov - I know that just because they needed me that day didn't mean that they wouldn't make me a scapegoat the next.
(The character of Yuri Orlov is based in part on the dealings of Viktor Bout.)