Hillary As US Secretary of State
y US President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state. The news follows weeks of speculation as to what role the former first lady would play in the Obama administration. Mrs Clinton lost out to Mr Obama when the two contested a bitterly fought race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. At a news conference in Chicago, Mr Obama also announced nominations for other key National Security team posts. Although the two repeatedly clashed during the nomination race, Mrs Clinton went on to campaign for Mr Obama as he took on Republican John McCain in the race for the White House. Former president Bill Clinton had cleared the way for his wife's appointment by reaching a complicated agreement on his financial arrangements, reports said. Correspondents said there had been fears her nomination could falter over the appearance of conflicts of interest between her husband's charitable foundation and lucrative speechmaking schedule. We feel it is a very important appointment for the US.As Mr Obama wants change in most respects, we hope Mrs hilary Clinton will be an asset for him with her experience as a Senator, highly scholarly back ground and her close observation of the operation of foreign policy during Mr Clinton’s time. We hope she understands the long –standing problems of the world in Palestine, Kashmir, festering civil wars in Africa, nuclear issues with Russia and other countries, Iraq , Afghanistan and so many others.If Obama wants change, she has to bring some moral judgment of the issues.Only national interest will not bring any real solution.The crisis in international arena is really the abandonment of moral positions and in the last fifty years we have seen only multiplication of problems in the international arena. Wars, application of force, bias towards some nations , brinkmanship have produced nothing positive as we have seen in Iraq, Afghanistan and many other places.We hope and pray that Mr Obama and Mrs Hilary Clinton really take some serious steps to enhance peace and harmony in the world. .
