Hillary Clinton Has Endurance, Ambition

Posted: Saturday, July 21, 2012 5:00 pm | Updated: 2:04 pm, Fri Jul 20, 2012.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has a reputation as being one tough lady. That doesnt mean she doesnt possess compassion, which she has except for protecting the unborn. The Associated Press told it all in its lead paragraph: If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history.

The former first lady earlier this week completed what is called an epic 13-day journey of 27,000 miles about 2,000 miles more than the circumference of the Earth through and over Europe to Asia and then doubling back to the Middle East. One Clinton staffer called that kind of trip absurd. Nine countries were visited.

Wonder what the cost was for a trip like that? Was it necessary? What was accomplished? Did the trip position the United States in better standing with the leaders of the countries visited? Were any fires put out? There is no end to questions about the purpose and value of the trips for this countrys interests.

We dont know whether President Barack Obama sends Clinton on all these trips. Many people assume that the president wants her out of the country because he still believes she is a threat to him. According to the book, The Amateur, Bill Clinton encouraged his wife to run against Obama in the Democratic primary. She refused, saying it would not be loyal to the president, who appointed her secretary of state. The title for the book apparently came from Bill Clinton, who referred to Obama as an amateur in running the government.

People say Hillary has aged due to the demands of her job. She is a competent lady who is a tireless worker and a loyal party member. She has tried to serve this country to the best of her ability. It must be tough to work for a president who ! her husb and brands an amateur. There are people who are heard to say that Hillary would have made a better president than Obama. Shes not as liberal as her boss, but shes hardly hugging the middle.

Since becoming secretary of state, Clinton has logged 351 days on the road, traveling to 102 countries and flown a whopping 843,839 miles, according to the State Department, and reported by the AP. That begs the question, were all of those trips necessary?

Does she plan to run for president in 2016? All she will say is that she doesnt plan to spend another four years as secretary of state. That will give her plenty of time to mount a campaign to be the first woman president of the United States. Shes an ambitious lady!