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Middle East countries have very few woman in government. In those countries, woman are second class citizens.
Who Me, not that I think a man could do a better job in the position of Secretary of State and perhaps I stated it wrong...came out wrong and I apologize for that but what I meant to say, is when woman are inferior to men in the ME, I come to the conclusion perhaps a man in that position would be make more headway.
Middle East countries have very few woman in government. In those countries, woman are second class citizens.
Who Me, not that I think a man could do a better job in the position of Secretary of State and perhaps I stated it wrong...came out wrong and I apologize for that but what I meant to say, is when woman are inferior to men in the ME, I come to the conclusion perhaps a man in that position would be make more headway.
Madeline Albright did pretty well under Clinton in the 90s.
Bitching is fine, so give us your choices for cabinet positions that he has filled so far.
Personally, based on his campaign alone Obama has demonstrated a gift for picking the right people and the leadership to meld them into his own vision. Throughout the campaign, many of his staff members argued that he should have taken a different tack regarding addressing the attacks made by Palin and McCain. Obama held to his position on how the campaign should be run without stifling their dissent. It appears that he intends on running his administration the same way.
Wow, what a sexist a post. Why would a "man" be better as SOS? To debate his choices is ok but to base them on sex is absurd..
That is a legitimate concern about the gender of the Secretary of State and how they will be received by different cultures. The cultural discrimination that exists in parts of the Moslem world is a possible hinderance she might have to deal with. In addition both she and Obama might face cultural challenges with the Russians who don't seem to have anyone in their political structure who looks like either Clinton or Obama and they have a history of non tolerance towards Blacks and how many females are in their government.
Madeline Albright did pretty well under Clinton in the 90s.
You must have missed a few years..! Madeline was the worst of the worst, and not because she was a woman, it was because she was completely incompetent..!!
That being said, I hope every one of BO's picks turn out to be fantastic and we all will be the winners for his choices...
The Middle East is what our country needs to concentrate in and I feel a man would be a better choice as Secretary of State? What do you feel?
Also, not happy about Arizona's Governor Janet Napolitano as Home Land Security. For someone who couldn't maintain security with Mexico, kinda scary she will be in charge of the whole country. I feel she is a lousy Governor as she flip/flops.
I am glad that Gates will stay on for awhile anyway.
Oh, well. I hope for the best as we can't afford politics as usual.
I think you should sit down, write him a letter, give him your opinion. Who knows, maybe he'll listen to you?
Middle East countries have very few woman in government. In those countries, woman are second class citizens.
Who Me, not that I think a man could do a better job in the position of Secretary of State and perhaps I stated it wrong...came out wrong and I apologize for that but what I meant to say, is when woman are inferior to men in the ME, I come to the conclusion perhaps a man in that position would be make more headway.
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And now for the moment you've been waiting for: the funniest news story of the year. It's comforting to know that no matter how famous people get in life, there's often a key moment that can bring them down to Earth in a flash. And that's exactly what happened to our very own secretary of state, when Madeleine Albright was mistaken for a hotel maid.
Funniest story: 'Maddie' Albright mistaken for hotel maid
This story is delicious on so many different levels. It's not just that Albright was thought to be the cleaning lady. She could have easily joked it off. But her launching into an untranslatable tirade of swearing is a tribute to her command of the English language
"They are both not ready for the 3 a.m. call" - Susan Rice, incoming Ambassador to the United Nations on President-Elect Obama and incoming Sec. of State Clinton's run for the presidency. DOH!
That is a legitimate concern about the gender of the Secretary of State and how they will be received by different cultures. The cultural discrimination that exists in parts of the Moslem world is a possible hinderance she might have to deal with. In addition both she and Obama might face cultural challenges with the Russians who don't seem to have anyone in their political structure who looks like either Clinton or Obama and they have a history of non tolerance towards Blacks and how many females are in their government.
This should in no way be a legitimate concern for U.S. foreign policy. We should not base our selections for our most prominent positions on how a few countries view women and or minorities. She and Obama in their diversity will be a symbol of our foreign policy. We've already seen with the election of Obama, Al-Queda leaders have been reduced to reaching for reasons to hate us calling Obama childish names..To say they will have a harder time then a white male is completely absurd. The U.S. sets U.S. foreign policy, not another country. These countries are more concerned with policy not who the messenger is. If they don't respect the woman, they'll have to respect her words.
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