US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held up Croatia as a model of democracy in the Balkans during a visit Wednesday that comes just eight months before it joins the European Union. "Nations around the world today are making the difficult transition to democracy, and they can look to you, they can look to Croatia, as a model," said Clinton after meeting the country's top officials. Clinton, who has come to Croatia on the third day of her five-nation Balkan tour, met first with the country's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic, before talks with President Ivo Josipovic. The talks were focused on Croatia's future membership in the European Union, its role in NATO and strengthening economic cooperation between Zagreb and Washington. "The United States is very proud to have the opportunity to work with Croatia in NATO, and we are looking forward to Croatia?s joining the EU next year," Clinton said. Croatia joined NATO in 2009, an...

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will hold talks with Kosovo leaders Wednesday to urge them to step up its efforts for EU and NATO integration in order to secure peace in the volatile Balkans region which she is touring. Clinton was welcomed at Pristina airport on Tuesday by Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, ahead of the formal talks beginning early Wednesday. Together with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who has joined her on part of her five-nation regional tour, Clinton came to Kosovo from Serbia, where she pushed Belgrade to normalise relations with Kosovo, even without recognising the independence of the breakaway territory. "The United States urges all parties to implement the agreements reached to date (in the EU-brokered talks between Belgrade and Pristina), and to advance concrete measures to normalise relations," Clinton said after meeting Serbian leaders in Belgrade. The disputed status of Kosovo is the main bone of contention still affecting regiona...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that Bosnia's entry into the European Union and NATO is the best way to ensure lasting stability for the war-scarred Balkans nation. "We believe that joining the European Union and NATO offers this country the best path to lasting stability and prosperity," Clinton said after meeting Bosnia's three presidents at the start of her five-nation Balkan tour. Bosnian Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the US Embassy in Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 30. Clinton on Tuesday said that Bosnia's entry into the European Union and NATO is the best way to ensure lasting stability for the war-scarred Balkans nation.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that Bosnia's entry into the European Union and NATO is the best way to ensure lasting stability for the war-scarred Balkans nation. "We believe that joining the European Union and NATO offers this country the best path to lasting stability and prosperity," Clinton said after meeting Bosnia's three presidents at the start of her five-nation Balkan tour. Bosnian Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the US Embassy in Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 30. Clinton on Tuesday said that Bosnia's entry into the European Union and NATO is the best way to ensure lasting stability for the war-scarred Balkans nation.

ALGIERS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed regional power Algeria on Monday to support an Africa-led military intervention in northern Mali , a senior U.S. official said. Clinton's one-day visit comes amid mounting international pressure on Algeria over the crisis in Mali, where a March military coup was followed by a revolt that has seen Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants, some linked to al Qaeda , seize control of the northern two-thirds of the country. The senior U.S. official said after the talks that Clinton argued strongly that counter-terror efforts in Mali could not wait for a political resolution to Mali's problems. "The secretary underscored ... that it is very clear that a political process and our counter-terrorism efforts in Mali need to work in parallel," the official said. "We have an awful lot at stake here, and an awful lot of common interests, and there's a strong recognition that Algeria has to be a central pa...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Bosnia Monday to kick off a five-nation Balkans tour during which she will push for greater integration of the volatile region into the EU and NATO. Clinton, who will on Tuesday be joined by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, was expected to call on Bosnia to speed up reforms in the country still deeply divided along ethnic lines 17 years after the 1992-1995 war there. "I think the message from Secretary Clinton and High Representative Ashton will be that... we would like to see (Bosnia) becoming a member of European Union/NATO, but we really need the necessary reforms," a State Department spokesman, asking to remain anonymous, said ahead of the trip. Clinton and Ashton are due to meet with Bosnia's three-man presidency and top international officials. Following the US-brokered 1995 Dayton peace deal, Bosnia consists of two semi-independent entities -- the Serbs's Republika Srpska and the Muslim-Croat...

ALGIERS: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Algeria on Monday, with the political crisis in neighbouring Mali a central focus of her scheduled talks with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Clinton's plane touched down shortly before 0530 GMT at Algiers international airport at the start of her second visit to the Algerian capital following a trip last year. Also on the agenda, according to the US State Department, is the general issue of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Clinton is to meet Bouteflika and other top officials in Algeria, which shares a long border with Mali, where extremists and rebel groups took over large swathes of the country's north after a March coup. Mauritania and Algeria have called for dialogue in a bid to reach a political solution to the crisis. "Algeria being the strongest Sahel State became a critical partner in dealing with AQIM," a state department official said aboard the plane carrying Clinton in. "In the context ...

By Olivia Fleming PUBLISHED: 10:49 EST, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:22 EST, 26 October 2012 Long before the scrunchies, and constant critiquing of her various political hair styles, Hillary Rodham Clinton was a Sixties college graduate wearing striped pants and John Lennon-style glasses. Today marks her 65th birthday, and to commemorate, LIFE magazine has released a series of previously unpublished black and white images of a then 22-year-old Miss Rodham, taken by Lee Balterman at her suburban Park Ridge, Illinois, home in the summer of 1969. The candid photographs of the current U.S. Secretary of State, former First Lady, and champion of women worldwide, were taken less than two weeks after she graduated, where she first attracted national attention for her remarks as the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. Young graduate: Celebrating Hillary Clinton's 65th birthday, a series of previously unpublished black and white images of a then 22-year-old Miss Rod...

WASHINGTON--Spending a night in the Washington in Litchfield County, as opposed to that other, much more partisan Washington, must be a refreshing reprieve. And that's what the Clinton family was doing Saturday in Connecticut, where former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy in Waterbury Sunday. Mr. Clinton, joined by his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , their daughter Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, were reported by sources in Washington, Conn., to be spending Saturday night at the posh Mayflower Inn & Spa , celebrating Hillary Clinton's birthday. She turned 65 Friday. Saturday was apparently a day of leaf peeping that included a noon lunch at chef Carole Peck's acclaimed Good News Caf in Woodbury . Mother and daughter enjoyed chicken and salad plates, Mr. Mazvinsky had the lamb hero and Mr. Clinton, who is said to be a vegan, ordered the bean burrito without dairy. Well I said to the...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will leave Washington Sunday to travel to Algeria, for discussions on the Mali crisis, before joining EU diplomatic chief Catherine Ashton in the Balkans. The State Department said Clinton will meet Tuesday with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, which shares a long border with Mali where extremists and rebel groups have taken over large swathes of the country's north after a coup in March. Mauritania and Algeria have called for dialogue in a bid to reach a political solution to the crisis, after ruling out sending troops to Mali to battle extremist militia. The common influence among the fundamentalist armed groups ruling northern Mali is Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which originated in Algeria and is active in regional countries including Mauritania. The UN Security Council approved a resolution on October 12 that presses West African nations to speed up preparations for an international military intervention aimed at reconquering...

WASHINGTON--Spending a night in the Washington in Litchfield County, as opposed to that other, much more partisan Washington, must be a refreshing reprieve. And that's what the Clinton family was doing Saturday in Connecticut, where former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to campaign for U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy in Waterbury Sunday. Mr. Clinton, joined by his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , their daughter Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, were reported by sources in Washington, Conn., to be spending Saturday night at the posh Mayflower Inn & Spa , celebrating Hillary Clinton's birthday. She turned 65 Friday. Saturday was apparently a day of leaf peeping that included a noon lunch at chef Carole Peck's acclaimed Good News Caf in Woodbury . Mother and daughter enjoyed chicken and salad plates, Mr. Mazvinsky had the lamb hero and Mr. Clinton, who is said to be a vegan, ordered the bean burrito without dairy. Well I said to the...

For a week every fall, Americas foreign-policy apparatus relocates to New York for the opening session of the United Nations. Whole floors of the Waldorf Astoria are turned into a miniature State Department, where the corridors bristle with uniformed security guards, as well as admonitions not to take them for granted (ATTENTION: Hallways are not cleared for classified discussions). More Related to this Story Politics Clinton steps in line of fire over Libya Clinton takes responsibility for handling of Libya attack Merkel, Clinton named worlds most powerful women U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speak during the NATO Summit at McCormick Place in Chicago, May 20, 2012. REUTERS video Video: Joanna Slater shares her impressions of Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that after 20 years, she's done with the high wire of politics. State Department employees asked Ms. Cli...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leaving the door open to continuing to serve under President Barack Obama should he win a second term that would begin in January. One of Obama's most popular cabinet members, Clinton has repeatedly insisted she would leave her office as America's top diplomat at the end of the Obama administration's first term. But she hinted at serving beyond then in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday. "A lot of people have talked to me about staying," Clinton said. She said it was "unlikely" that the fallout from the deadly September 11 attack on the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi would force her to stay on, though left that possibility open for the first time since she took office in 2009. The "terrible events" that led to the death of the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were "one of the most challenging" periods of her tenure, Clinton said. He...

Saturday, 27 October 2012 08:38 Huffington Post Hits: 0 There's no denying that 2012 was Hillary Clinton's Year Of Cool. There was the epic photo of the secretary of state fiddling with her Blackberry while wearing sunglasses and the subsequent "Texts from Hillary" meme. Then Hillary upped the ante by participating in the meme itself (she knows what "LOLZ" means!)... then went out partying in Colombia, dancing and taking swigs from a bottle of beer. And she did it all in style. Hillary, who celebrates her 65th on Friday, has always had a distinct fashion sense, one that both incorporates trends (hello, giant glasses) and stays true to who she is (what up, pantsuits). Even when naysayers diss her scrunchies or critics question her no-makeup look, Hillz sticks to what works: tailored pants, structured jackets, statement jewelry, hair accessories and stunna shades. In honor of her 65th birthday and her epic year, here are 65 photos of the Hillary Clinton style...

Hillary Clinton has been many things in her life: first lady, senator, presidential candidate, secretary of state . But today she can add one more role to the list: senior citizen. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turns 65 today, a feat that warrants a look back at her long and accomplished career. Hillary Rodham was born to Dorothy and Hugh Rodham on Oct. 26, 1947, in Chicago. She graduated from Wellesley College and Yale Law School , where she met her future husband, Bill Clinton . Upon graduation, she moved to Arkansas in 1974, and married Bill Clinton in 1975. While in Arkansas, Clinton worked as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, and later worked at the Rose law firm, where she became the firm's first female partner, a first in a long list of accomplishments that would crack a glass ceiling for women everywhere. She served as first lady of Arkansas for 12 years after her husband was elected governor there and became first lady of the Uni...

Previous | Next Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on Oct. 26, 1947 in Chicago , Illinois . She began attending Wellesley College in 1965 and was elected senior class president in her last year. When she graduated in 1969 she became the college's first student commencement speaker and her remarks drew national attention. Clinton went on to study at Yale Law School and it was there that she met her future husband, Bill Clinton . After graduating from Yale with highest honors, Clinton went to Washington, DC , to work as a Congressional legal counsel during the Watergate scandal. In 1974 Clinton moved to Arkansas and married in 1975, embarking on a legal career in that state. When her husband was elected 42nd president of the United States , she became First Lady, a role she filled from 1993 to 2001. From 2001 to 2009 Clinton served as a US senator from the state of New York . Clinton lost the primary race to Barack Obama , but accepted his offer to became US Secretary of State w...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has officially put Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on notice: United Nations-affiliated election monitors are not above Texas law . The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ) recently announced it would send dozens of international poll monitors to the United States to monitor the upcoming elections. It appears that OSCE is under the misimpression that the State Department can somehow help its representatives circumvent the Texas Election Code, Abbott wrote in a letter sent Thursday to the State Department. If the OSCE does not want to follow Texas law, then perhaps it should send its representatives to another state. Texas law prohibits unauthorized persons from entering a polling place or loitering within 100 feet of a polling places entrance on Election Day, Abbott wrote. OSCE monitors are expected to follow that law like everyone else. (RELATED: Texas attorney general warns UN poll watchers to keep their distance ) ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned an official event at the State Department focused on the importance of balancing work and family into a personal conversation, sharing her own experiences as a mother, wife, daughter lawyer and stateswoman. Speaking to a packed crowd at the kick-off of the department's 2012 National Work-Life and Family Month, Clinton seemed particularly proud of how she managed to get her old law firm in Arkansas to establish a maternity leave program. "Many years ago when I was pregnant, I was in a law firm," she said. "I was the only female partner. And they'd never had a female partner, and certainly not a pregnant female partner. And they literally just were not sure what to do with me. I would walk down the corridor, getting more and more pregnant, and the men in the firm would, like, look away. Shh. Never say a word. And I just kind of thought I'm just going to wait to see if anybody says anything to me about the fact that I...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is suggesting for the first time that she might be willing to stick around, at least for a while, in a second Obama administration . Are you listening, women voters ? President Obama s most popular cabinet member (judging by consistent polling over Mr. Obamas term) has long insisted that she would leave her office at the end of his first term, no matter what. But in a Wall Street Journal interview published Thursday, Secretary Clinton leaves the door open to continuing into a second term, saying, A lot of people have talked to me about staying. OBAMA VS. ROMNEY 101: 5 differences on women's issues By dropping the tantalizing hint about remaining in office, Clinton who is well viewed across a broad spectrum of voters and respected among her former colleagues on Capitol Hill offers a reassuring sense of continuity on a foreign policy that has been one of Obamas strong points in the eyes of Americans. With some polls showing Obamas Repu...