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Clinton Honored for Work in Northern Ireland Peace
Hillary Clinton is now honorary Irish.
On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, Hillary Rodham Clinton was lucky enough to bask in the approval of a crowd of Irish and Irish-American power brokers who gathered in Manhattan for her induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame.
She has faced tough questions in recent days about email accounts and foreign donations, but Mrs. Clinton received the warmest of greetings on Monday, with praise for her role in the Northern Ireland peace process both as first lady and as secretary of state.
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Mrs. Clinton spoke about her work with women in Belfast when her husband worked on the 1998 Good Friday agreement, a major step toward ending the long sectarian conflict known as the Troubles.
“I want to accept this honor on behalf of all the remarkable women I met and admired,” she said, flanked by Irish and American flags in a packed ballroom at the Essex House, where many in the crowd sipped pints of Guinness, one of the event’s sponsors.
She has faced tough questions in recent days about email accounts and foreign donations, but Mrs. Clinton received the warmest of greetings on Monday, with praise for her role in the Northern Ireland peace process both as first lady and as secretary of state.
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Mrs. Clinton spoke about her work with women in Belfast when her husband worked on the 1998 Good Friday agreement, a major step toward ending the long sectarian conflict known as the Troubles.
“I want to accept this honor on behalf of all the remarkable women I met and admired,” she said, flanked by Irish and American flags in a packed ballroom at the Essex House, where many in the crowd sipped pints of Guinness, one of the event’s sponsors.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/03/16/first-draft-focus-hillary-clinton-gets-irish-honor/?_r=0
