Had the president followed her advice, the united states might be in a stronger position in the arab world. Far from qualifying her for higher office, they should inform our choice. Im done with crazy egyptian conspiracy theories the. Egypts government basically an army dictatorship says. Hillarys book came out in june 2014, just in time for a book tour to get completed before the country became embroiled in the 2014 election. Dissecting the rights hillary clinton counterpunch msnbc. Signed by hillary clinton on a specially boundin endpaper as hillary, with publishers small gilt autographed copy sticker to front cover. Hard choices book by hillary rodham clinton official. Im done with crazy egyptian conspiracy theories even as secretary of state, clinton was reluctant to wade too deep into egyptian politics. In her book, hard choices, she wrote that obama overruled her efforts to push mubarak to cede power to a successor. Hillary clinton lays foundations for 2016 presidential run clintons new book is a carefully crafted selfportrait of a battlehardened politician who has bounced back from 2008.
Hillary begins this chapter in january 2011 as she prepped to speak at forum for the future. Even as thousands of egyptians took to the streets in january 2011, thensecretary. Egyptian and lebanese media claim hillary clinton admits. Egyptian and lebanese media and politicians are spreading the false claim that in her new book hillary clinton admits to creating the islamic state of iraq and syria, aka isis the claim, also spreading on facebook, is based on quotes from her book hard choices that are entirely fabricated hard choices, which hit u. September 4, 2014 by still4hill theyre sitting on a powder keg. And the hard choices clinton recounts extended to what she chose.
Hillary clintons hard choices retrospective part five. How hard choices hints at hillarys presidential campaign. However, she also said that washington was ready to work with those leaders chosen by the egyptian people. In her new book hard choices, hillary clinton makes clear a difference in approach to the delicate situation between herself and president. Think back to the first time hillary entered the worlds consciousness, in early 1992, sitting on a sofa for a joint tv interview. Hillary rodham clintons inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as americas 67th secretary of state, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. Hillary clinton gets taken to the woodshed by obama. Hard choices by hillary rodham clinton, paperback barnes. As the arab spring began to unfurl throughout the middle east, one of the critical questions was whether the u.
Hillary clinton was outspoken in her memoir hard choices about egypt. Video courtesy of cspan subscribe to the daily conversation for the best videos in. We cannot afford to have her perpetuate and compound that dismal record of negative accomplishments as americas commander in chief. Hard choices is a prosaic book, but still, it is an amazing story. All of us face hard choices in our lives, hillary rodham clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at the center of world events. Critical issues of international importance all presented in a light hearted narrative is what this book is. Hillary clinton was never really an arab spring romantic.
It turns out the secretary of states emergency phone is actually yellow and that the world of campaign ads is more exciting than the. The rollout of hillary rodham clintons new book, hard choices, as a prelude to a possible 2016 run for the white house, has had all the subtlety of a military operation ramping up to full. Hillary clintons hard choices retrospective part five chapter 15 the arab spring. Hillary clintons hard choices is largely a safe retelling of her tenure as secretary of state. Transcript for hillary clinton talks hard choices so there are a lot of hard choices. In hard choices, hillary clinton takes the reader along on her journey representing the united states as president obamas top diplomat. The former secretary of states highly anticipated memoir, hard choices, hits bookstands on tuesday. In new memoir, hillary clinton claims she warned obama on.
In the memoir, clinton revealed that she had warned the obama administration against supporting protests against hosni mubarak during the january 25 revolution in 2011. Hard choices is a narrative of 67th secretary of state to us, hillary rodham clinton. Hillary clinton distances herself from obama on egypt in book. Of one likely 2016 presidential hopeful this can be said. If every american book buyer could get in line to get an autographed copy of her memoir, then hillary rodham clintons hard choices. In her book hard choices, clinton describes an administration split during the frantic days of arab protests in 2011. Clintons chapter on europe, for example, begins with the deterioration of the transatlantic alliance under george w. Hillary clintons hard choicesand its extravagant book tour are designed to obscure, rather than reveal, her bad choices. At, you can see the view of every candidate on every issue. Hillary clintons eagerly awaited memoir of her four years as secretary of state, hard choices, hits bookstores on tuesday.
We have all read the data of her travels and meetings as secretary of state. Bailey a biography 55 angel wings a caveati love hillary clinton and i have since she was nothing more than the wife of a man wanting to be president, so it was with great glee that her newest book finally hit the shelves. Hillary clinto nwaves as she walks through tahrir square during her visit in cairo march 16, 2011. How a revolution in cairo, egypt, impacts life in cairo, illinois. Hillary clinton was right on egypt the washington post. Hillary clinton distances herself from obama on egypt in book the. Hillary rodham clinton discusses her time as secretary of state and her new book hard choices. Clinton sent obama a prophetic warning in january 2011 as the egyptian crisis was beginning, which she quotes in hard choices, her 2014 book. Hard choices recalls memories, regrets from clintons. In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, hillary.
However, at some instances one feel that the american patriotism wellingrained in the writer is crossing some boundaries of logic when it comes to. Secretary of state paves the way for a possible presidential campaign in 2016 by emphasizing some of her foreign policy differences. The official facebook page for hillary rodham clintons books. Clinton then said that her country wanted an organized transfer of power in egypt. A paperback edition featuring a new afterword was released in september 2018, as was a spanish translation. For more than a year, ever since leaving the post of secretary of state, hillary clinton has been playing the game of being in but not officially in the 2016. Hard choices by hillary rodham clinton, signed abebooks. But now she has, and over more than 600 pages of hard choices, her memoir of her time as secretary of state, clinton details what its like to steer u.
In an exclusive excerpt from her new memoir, hard choices, hillary clinton remembers her mother, dorothy howell rodhamthe struggles she overcame and the lessons she passed along. Secretary of state hillary clinton in 2012 called the election of egypts islamist muslim brotherhood leader a milestone for egyptian democracy and offered covert police and security help. Hard choices, by senator hillary clinton, dated 201406, excerpts by hillary clinton and bill clinton and others, tired of media reports of fundraising and poll results instead of policy issues. In her book hard choices clinton said she was worried of the muslim brotherhood gaining power. By the end of the three presidential debates, polls suggested the wife of former president bill clinton was likely to win the race to the white house. Hard choices is an appropriate title for these memoirs, as hillary is a quintessential pragmatic diplomat who believes in balancing options and making the hard choices that she thinks will lead to. In her book hard choices, a copy of which was purchased by the associated press, clinton describes an administration split during the frantic days of arab protests in 2011. But if hillary rodham clinton does run for president in 2016, her new book hard choices, a chronicle of her four years as secretary of state, leaves no room for doubt about how she might. Hard choices is a richly detailed and compelling chronicle of clintons role in the foreign initiatives and crises that defined the first term of the obama administration the pivot to asia, the afghanistan surge of 2009, the reset with russia, the arab spring, the wicked problem of syria told from the point of view of a.
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