Exactly what were Clinton's National Security duties...

[Texifornia]

as First Lady?

On what basis does she lay her claim of vast national security experience?

[ChromeFoundry]

1. Good question n/t

[Texifornia]

4. I can't get a reply

from any Clinton supporter anywhere on this question.

[OhioChick]

6. Crickets, Huh? n/t

[rug]

2. She gave a speech in Illinois in 1992.

[LSparkle]

3. Ask Mark Penn, then go for a latte while he comes up with a response

(That's what happened to John Dickerson of Slate when he asked during a conference call ... pregnant pause, followed by no real answer.)

[stratomagi]

5. She was supposed to supress the threat of foreign blow jobs.

:rofl:

[jakem]

38. it worked!

only domestic, that we know of!

[Windy]

7. They can't answer that because the answer is that she has none!!! n/t

[Windy]

8. kick... for an answer from the Clinton camp!!!! n/t

[rox63]

9. Wow - The silence is deafening

:wow:

[OhioChick]

11. You're Not Kidding....

Anyone???

[DJ13]

10. Serving tea to the wives of foreign dignitaries is hard work

Damned hard work.

:eyes:

[Bluerthanblue]

12. the same as Obama's as a High School student-

zip-

peace~

[blocker]

13. we can hear crickets...lol

so who can answer? come on clintonites!!!!

[blocker]

26. Please Obama, bring it up, people need to know.

Sadly it's too late, he should have done with the 3 am commercial!

[karynnj]

14. I don't know about Clinton, but Obama's bill with Lugar

on non-proliferation is serious work on the issue Kerry said in the first debate with Bush was the most important threat to the country. Bush copied Kerry's answer - though it was hard to tell if he believed it or just didn't have an answer.

[City Lights]

15. K&R'ing hoping for an answer. eom

[Tatiana]

16. She never even had a security clearance!

As first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton jawboned the president of Uzbekistan to leave his car and shake hands with people. She argued with the Czech prime minister about democracy. She cajoled Catholic and Protestant women to talk to one another in Northern Ireland. She traveled to 79 countries in total, little of it leisure; one meeting with mutilated Rwandan refugees so unsettled her that she threw up afterward.

But during those two terms in the White House, Clinton did not hold a security clearance. She did not attend National Security Council meetings. She was not given a copy of the president's daily intelligence briefing. She did not assert herself on the crises in Somalia, Haiti or Rwanda. And during one of President Bill Clinton's major tests on terrorism, whether to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998, Clinton was barely speaking to her husband, let alone advising him, as the Lewinsky scandal dragged on.

(more...)

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/25/america/clinton.php

[ChromeFoundry]

20. Imagine that....

Didn't even have security clearance!

[rox63]

17. Wow, I honestly expected at least a few Clinton supporters to chime in with something relevant

I guess that was asking too much. :eyes:

[ChromeFoundry]

18. Where are they? n/t

[apocalypsehow]

19. Wow. They're quiet as a herd of Church mice in this thread. And for good reason....

n/t.

[cottonseed]

21. That's the correct question to ask.

Because the (non)answer for Hillary is pretty embarrassing.

[milkyway]

22. Hillary is a myth. She has relatively little experience, and she's an incompetent manager.

I'll take Obama's experience over hers, and he's certainly a much better manager than she is.

[TexasObserver]

23. True. She has no experience except being the other Clinton.

[Carolina]

28. exactly,

she has taken the repuke tactic of repeating something, anything long and loud enough until it's accepted as fact.

Fact is she's an empty suit, her words are cheap, her experience is sorely lacking and her campaign speaks volumes about her abilities and her true persona!

[Jersey Devil]

24. Her nat'l security experience as first lady is equal to that of Pickles

She learned to smile graciously at the foreign heads of state no matter how mean and nasty they were.

[Jersey Devil]

25. Her nat'l security experience as first lady is equal to that of Pickles

She learned to smile graciously at the foreign heads of state no matter how mean and nasty they were.

[Lucinda]

27. Perhaps on her service as a member of the Armed Services Committee?

http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/nationalsecurity/

[Recursion]

39. Only since 2003

But at least that's an answer.

So, she's been on the Armed Services committee for four and a half years. That's certainly better than no experience. But, umm... is this honestly a "lifetime of experience" here?

[Lucinda]

40. Her lifetime of service is in public service, in many different areas. And yes,

I think her proximity to the events in the WH does also add some to her experience.

[OhioChick]

29. Kick

:kick:

[wileedog]

30. Bump, please someone answer the question

[krkaufman]

31. ribbit. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

32. According to her national security adviser, Jamie Rubin, it's the 1995 Womens' Conference in China.

Another surrogate said it was that she had traveled to 80 countries.

From the horse's mouth.

[cali]

33. kick for a clinton supporter

to weigh in. But I do want to say that she has experience in the Senate. NOT in her White House Years. Beyond her 4 years more in the Senate than Obama she has NO experience. Zip. Nada. None.

[OhioChick]

34. Kick for the a.m. Crowd.

:kick:

[canadian_is_cold]

35. Simply? She had none.

[Recursion]

36. That's what worries me about the McCain comparison

It seems like she actually thinks her "experience" and McCain's are roughly comparable.

That makes me worried.

[MyNameGoesHere]

37. Maybe she and Bill talked about it when they were fucking

in the White house bedroom. At least that is "some" experience. Now answer me because you shot your mouth off, what is Obama's experience same question?

[Catherina]

41. Guarding the phone at 3am to make sure no interns were calling

That could the President vulnerable to blackmail you understand so it was a very important duty. I can't think of anything else.

[JimGinPA]

42. I Heard (Don't Know For Sure) She didn't Have Security Clearance

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

43. She didn't...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/25/america/clinton.php

But during those two terms in the White House, Clinton did not hold a security clearance. She did not attend National Security Council meetings. She was not given a copy of the president's daily intelligence briefing. She did not assert herself on the crises in Somalia, Haiti or Rwanda. And during one of President Bill Clinton's major tests on terrorism, whether to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998, Clinton was barely speaking to her husband, let alone advising him, as the Lewinsky scandal dragged on.

[OhioChick]

44. Nope.....No Clearance. n/t