December 4, 2008
Election 2008: Hillary Clinton in the news
Concerns over Clinton's close ties with India
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton's close ties with India forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.
With her new job, will the Clintons desert New York?
As of today, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton can feel free to hurl her Yankees cap into the Hudson. She can skip county Democratic dinners. She can forget about the dairy farmers and the snows of Buffalo. She can limit the spontaneous press scrums even more and - who knows - maybe even sell that big old house in Westchester.
Arabs, Israelis weigh Clinton nomination
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's decision to name Hillary Rodham Clinton secretary of state is causing Arabs and Israelis to adjust expectations of his administration's policies toward the Middle East.
Obama announces Clinton, rest of national security team
CHICAGO - Along with Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team yesterday that included Bush administration holdover Robert Gates, who would remain as defense secretary.
Observers cite Clinton's human rights commitment
It was a startling speech coming from a first lady - indeed, Hillary Rodham Clinton's 1995 speech at the United Nations Conference for Women in Beijing is credited as a watershed moment.
Paterson will wait to name Clinton's Senate successor
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson won't appoint a replacement for Hillary Rodham Clinton until she leaves the U.S. Senate, which is unlikely before next month.
Clinton accepts secretary of state nomination
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton said she's ready to leave New York and the Senate to return to the world stage after President-elect Barack Obama announced yesterday he would nominate his former political rival as his secretary of state.
Tuesday, Dec. 02, 2008
A story yesterday about possible replacements for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton misidentified the ethnicity of Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Westchester).
Clinton accepts secretary of state nomination
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton said she's ready to leave New York and the Senate to return to the world stage after President-elect Barack Obama announced yesterday he would nominate his former political rival as his secretary of state.
Paterson will wait to name Clinton's Senate successor
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson won't appoint a replacement for Hillary Rodham Clinton until she leaves the U.S. Senate, which is unlikely before next month.
Observers cite Clinton's human rights commitment
It was a startling speech coming from a first lady - indeed, Hillary Clinton's 1995 speech at the United Nations Conference for Women in Beijing is credited as a watershed moment.
With her new job, will the Clintons desert New York?
Starting today, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton can feel free to hurl her Yankees cap into the Hudson. She can skip county Democratic dinners. She can forget about the dairy farmers and the snows of Buffalo. She can limit the spontaneous press scrums even more and - who knows - maybe even sell that big old house in Westchester.
Paterson will wait to name Hillary Clinton's successor
Gov. David A. Paterson won't appoint a replacement for Hillary Rodham Clinton until she leaves the U.S. Senate, which is unlikely before next month.
Obama advisers could include five with New York ties
There's the senator from upstate Chappaqua, the financial whiz president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan, a Queens native turned federal prosecutor, the Bronx borough president and a legislative guru with roots in Baldwin.
As secretary of state, Clinton faces tough juggling act
WASHINGTON - When Hillary Rodham Clinton steps up next to President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today to accept the nomination as secretary of state, she will be taking on a portfolio whose importance was underlined dramatically by the recent deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
Paterson has much to weigh in filling Clinton's seat
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson would prefer to appoint a minority to replace U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she becomes secretary of state, his aides said last week.
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Rick Brand: Mondello says he's staying on as Republican chairman
Despite predictions of impending downfall, state and Nassau Republican chairman Joe Mondello said he isn't going anywhere, even though the Grand Old Party "took quite a drubbing" on Election Day.
Word due on cabinet post
Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his secretary of state tomorrow.
Nation briefs: Ex-Obama aide who insulted Clinton back
Samantha Power, the Harvard professor who was forced to resign from Barack Obama's presidential campaign last spring after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a monster," is now advising the president-elect on transition matters relating to the State Department - which Clinton is slated to head. Power is listed on Obama's transition Web site as part of the team reviewing national security agencies. She is part of a team that is likely to work directly with Clinton, a potentially awkward situation.
Problems linger as LIRR cleans up derailment site
People heading to holiday celebrations with families or friends today - traditionally one of the year's busiest travel days - could have their trips complicated by still-lingering service disruptions on the Long Island Rail Road following the train derailment at Jamaica, LIRR officials said.
LIRR back on track, with some delays
The Long Island Rail Road announced Wednesday that its train schedule was back on track just in time for "getaway day," traditionally the busiest travel day of the year.
Paterson must weigh senate seat, fiscal plan carefully
Schools of government might want to consider offering courses in leak etiquette.
Why Hillary became first cabinet pick
WASHINGTON - How did Hillary Rodham Clinton become the first in line to join the Obama cabinet?
Obama outlines expanded economic stimulus plan
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday he was crafting an aggressive stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy, in an effort to combat what he called a "crisis of historic proportions."
Clinton would be great for State
She is perhaps the most widely known woman on the planet, with the brainpower and the steely toughness to match her celebrity. A Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be a powerful voice for the United States abroad, at a moment in history when the election of Barack Obama as president has the world listening to our nation in a new and hopeful way.
Obama outlines expanded economic stimulus plan
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday he was crafting an aggressive stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy, in an effort to combat what he called a "crisis of historic proportions."
LIRR doomsday budget could delay fixing gaps
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's doomsday budget would delay completion of the Long Island Rail Road's efforts to fix dangerous gaps between platforms and train cars by as much as two years by cutting the number of workers on the project, LIRR officials said Friday.
TRANSITION WATCH
The European Union's foreign policy chief said Friday he expects President-elect Barack Obama to move quickly to deal with top trans-Atlantic goals, including Middle East peace, negotiations with Iran and slowing global warming. Javier Solana also said the appointment of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state would be well received in Europe, especially because her husband, former President Bill Clinton, remains popular on the continent.
BUILDING THE OBAMA CABINET
IT'S Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for cabinet and other top positions, according to Democratic officials. Here's a look at some of the speculation.
Obama plans to tap Geithner for Treasury post
President-elect Barack Obama picked Timothy Geithner, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his Treasury secretary, with Lawrence Summers getting a senior White House role, a Democratic aide said Friday.
Paterson's political chess game gets underway
For Gov. David A. Paterson, there is more at stake than the choice of a U.S. senator to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton pending a special election in 2010; there is also a statewide Democratic Party ticket to be shaped.
Report: Clinton ready to accept sec'y of state job
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to accept the job of secretary of state, according to a report that came a day after the Obama transition team worked out an arrangement with her husband, Bill Clinton, on his worldwide charities and business dealings.
November 22: Big Three bailout, sports gambling, Clinton at State, media sexism
Clinton for State
Report: Clinton ready to accept Sec'y of State job
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to accept the job of secretary of state, according to a report that came a day after the Obama transition team worked out an arrangement with her husband, Bill Clinton, on his worldwide charities and business dealings.
LIRR doomsday budget could delay fixing gaps
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's doomsday budget would delay completion of the Long Island Rail Road's efforts to fix dangerous gaps between platforms and train cars by as much as two years by cutting the number of workers on the project, LIRR officials said Friday.
Anti-war groups fear Obama appointees are too hawkish
WASHINGTON - Anti-war groups and liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold hawkish views on other foreign policy issues.
Obama aide says Hillary Clinton to be nominee
An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.
Bill Clinton to name most of his foundation donors
Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a significant concession aimed at helping smooth the path for his wife to become the next secretary of state.
Clinton fans, foes weigh in on secretary of state post
Clinton fans, foes weigh in on secretary of state post
Barack Obama may be the new leader of the free world, but Topic A this week has become the will-she-or-won't-she speculation about Hillary Rodham Clinton and the secretary of state's job.
Obama transition team eyes Bill Clinton's dealings
The all-but-public process of vetting Hillary Rodham Clinton as a potential secretary of state is, by all evidence, now focusing on how to keep her husband's sprawling global network of charitable and private activities from becoming an ethical or national security problem.
Obama transition team eyes Bill Clinton's dealings
The all-but-public process of vetting Hillary Rodham Clinton as a potential secretary of state is, by all evidence, now focusing on how to keep her husband's sprawling global network of charitable and private activities from becoming an ethical or national security problem.
Obama and McCain to work on Washington's "bad habits"
CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama and former Republican rival John McCain pledged yesterday to work together on ways to change Washington's "bad habits," though aides to both men said it was unlikely McCain would serve in an Obama Cabinet.
Paterson: He's 'happy serving' as governor
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson yesterday ruled out appointing himself to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she were tapped for a cabinet post by President-elect Barack Obama.
Schumer to give away inauguration tickets via lottery
With requests for tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration pouring in by the thousands, Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday announced a statewide lottery to distribute his office's 350 tickets.
GOP applauds Clinton as potential secretary of state
Yes, there are several names being floated for secretary of state in the Obama administration. But it was the trial balloon named Hillary Rodham Clinton that drew praise from several Republicans this past weekend, as well as from her own husband, who claimed not to be privy to details of her talks with the president-elect.
GOP applauds Hillary as potential secretary of state
Yes, there are several names being floated for secretary of state in the Obama administration. But it was the trial balloon named Hillary Rodham Clinton that drew praise from several Republicans this past weekend, as well as from her own husband, who claimed not to be privy to details of her talks with the president-elect.
Rick Brand: Commenting on Levy's comment
Former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin said it hit home how far reaching an issue the brutal immigrant slaying in Patchogue had become when he heard Steve Levy's name in a report on National Public Radio during his morning commute.
Clinton, Obama's foreign policy views not so different
Last February, when Hillary Rodham Clinton had her back to the wall in the Democratic primaries, she questioned Barack Obama's readiness to lead with a TV ad asking voters who they'd want picking up the phone at 3 a.m.
Clinton, Obama's foreign policy views not so different
Last February, when Hillary Rodham Clinton had her back to the wall in the Democratic primaries, she questioned Barack Obama's readiness to lead with a TV ad asking voters who they'd want picking up the phone at 3 a.m.
Long Island libraries an inspirational resource
I agree with your article ["Life-Changing Books," Nov. 8], that books certainly can be life-changing. Some books can be priceless at your neighborhood library! A library card affords entrance to a world of books you can borrow at no charge. Given the trying times today, when everything has a price, why not try out something for free? Why buy what you can rent? And if one book can be life-changing - imagine what hundreds of books at the library can be!
The 'Who might replace Hillary?' guessing game returns
Dust off your scouting reports, update your conspiracy theories, and revise your fantasy baseball sheets.
IF SHE LEAVES SENATE
VACANT SEAT. If Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton were nominated for a federal cabinet post and confirmed by the Senate, she would give up her seat there next year, with four years remaining until her term expires on Dec. 31, 2012.
Bill Clinton's a factor if Hillary is invited to cabinet
WASHINGTON - If Barack Obama asks Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state, she likely will face questions about the global network her husband Bill has created with his foundation, speaking engagements, and business ventures, experts said Friday.
Is she or isn't she: Will Hillary be Obama Secretary of State?
Speculation continued to swirl Friday on reports that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among contenders for secretary of state in President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
Clinton would bring experience, star power to State
WASHINGTON - Traveled to more than 80 countries - check. Formulated foreign policy platform as presidential candidate - check. Serve on Senate Armed Services Committee - check.
Will she or won't she -- be Obama sec'y of state?
Speculation continued to swirl Friday on reports that Sen. Hillary Clinton is the top candidate for secretary of state in President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
WORLD & NATION UPDATE: AT HOME
The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital in Lincoln last weekend under Nebraska's safe-haven law. She was also running out of time: State lawmakers would soon meet to amend the law so that it would apply to newborns only. To the state's embarrassment, more than half of 33 children legally abandoned since the law took effect in mid-July have been teenagers. It was intended to save "Dumpster babies" by allowing desperate young mothers to abandon their newborns at hospitals without fear of prosecution. But the law uses only the word "child." The Lincoln mother said her 18-year-old had been diagnosed with a mental illness when she was 12 and had psychological scars from childhood abuse. State authorities refused to take her into custody, saying Nebraska law on juveniles does not let authorities take in anyone older than 17. The woman left with her daughter.
Sources: Hillary Clinton considered for secretary of state
Could a plum spot in Barack Obama's administration be in the offing for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Edwards sticks to politics during speech
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - John Edwards didn't have to dodge tough questions from an Indiana University audience yesterday, when the former presidential candidate returned to the stage three months after admitting to an extramarital affair.
Bush helps rededicate newly restored Intrepid
Marking his final Veterans Day in office, President George W. Bush landed in a helicopter on the flight deck of the newly restored aircraft carrier Intrepid Tuesday and helped rededicate the popular shipboard museum at Pier 86 on the Hudson River.
TRANSITION WATCH
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager has been approached by President-elect Barack Obama's transition aides about taking a senior White House post, Democratic officials say. They say Patti Solis Doyle is considering taking the job, although she worries about the effect it would have on her two young children. She was contacted about possibly becoming cabinet secretary, a job that involves coordinating the efforts of the White House and cabinet-level agencies. The officials who described the developments did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to disclose them. Doyle has worked for Clinton in a number of capacities, first in the White House and most recently when she made her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Young: Was Palin's candidacy a step forward for women?
Election 2008, which shattered the ultimate barrier by bringing an African-American to the White House, also turned out to be the Year of the Woman Who Failed.
Joye Brown: Descendants of slave mark significance of Obama victory
Michael Higgins didn't go to the polls alone on Election Day.
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
Obama officially launches his campaign Feb. 19, 2007, in Springfield, Ill., in front of the Old State Capitol building where Abraham Lincoln once served. Twenty-one days earlier, on Jan. 20, Hillary Rodham Clinton had announced her intent to run for president, and she is seen as the favorite for the Democratic nomination.
POLITICAL RISE
Obama becomes a community organizer in Chicago in 1985 with the Developing Communities Group, an experience he calls the best education of his life and which he says leads him to Christianity.
Descendants of slave mark significance of Obama victory
Michael Higgins didn't go to the polls alone on Election Day.
Obama adds North Carolina to White House win
RALEIGH, N.C. - President-elect Barack Obama won North Carolina yesterday, a symbolic triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President George W. Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue.
For Schumer, undecided Senate seats still in play
WASHINGTON - For Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), the 2008 election continues.
First lady Michelle Obama's top priority is family
Chicago native Michelle Obama will turn 45 just three days before she is set to take on a new title: first lady.
Obama has to touch many bases in picking 15 for cabinet
Now that he's won the presidency, Barack Obama faces a "Rubik's Cube-type" task in forming a cabinet that can both run the federal bureaucracy and satisfy the political, geographic and ethnic interests vying for representation on it, experts said yesterday.
Obama taps Illinois Rep. Emanuel as chief of staff
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama pivoted quickly to begin filling out his new administration yesterday, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff.
Fashionistas excited about Michelle Obama's style
Barbara Bush did the matronly thing when it came to fashion. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a pantsuit kinda gal. Laura Bush depended on classics from Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera for her ladylike, if not particularly distinctive, flair.
Campaign '08 ignites young Long Islanders' interest
From get-out-the-vote drives on college campuses to student blogs from the campaign trail, this presidential election unleashed a wave of enthusiasm among young voters.
Joye Brown: LI's Obama volunteers represent a unique opportunity
The nation's red and blue map wasn't the only one that changed with the election of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president.
Obama's next task: Form cabinet, White House staff
Now that he's won the presidency, Barack Obama faces a "Rubik's Cube-type" task in forming a cabinet that can both run the federal bureaucracy and satisfy the political, geographic and ethnic interests vying for representation on it, experts said yesterday.
Grassroots efforts shifted red to blue on LI
The nation's red and blue map wasn't the only one that changed with the election of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president.
Fashionistas excited about Michelle Obama's style
Barbara Bush did the grandma thing when it came to fashion. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a pantsuit kinda gal. Laura Bush depended on classics from Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera for her ladylike, if not particularly distinctive, flair.