In the Loop: Hillary Clinton


Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 02/26/2013

Hillary Clinton memoir titles — Loop contest winners
By Al Kamen
Loop Fans suggest titles for the former secretary of state’s new memoir.

By Al Kamen  |  07:00 AM ET, 02/26/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, memoir, title, contest, Laurence Haim, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/30/2013

Hillary Clinton only secretary since Nixon years to skip the Vatican
By Al Kamen
Loop fix: The historical record didn’t note that Warren Christopher visited Pope John Paul II with Bill Clinton.

By Al Kamen  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/30/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, travel, countries, Warren Christopher, Vatican, Pope John Paul II, Ray Flynn, Bill Clinton, Rome, Vatican, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 05:13 PM ET, 01/24/2013

Clinton vs. Rice: Compare their travels
By Al Kamen
A great graphic on the last six secretaries of state.

By Al Kamen  |  05:13 PM ET, 01/24/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Interactive, Washington Post graphic, secretary travels, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Warren Christopher, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 01/18/2013

Kerry, if confirmed as secretary of state, will have scores of top jobs to fill
By Al Kamen
Nearly 200 State Department jobs could be up for grabs.

By Al Kamen  |  07:00 AM ET, 01/18/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  John Kerry, Obama, Senate, Hillary Clinton, State Department, David Wade, Bill Danvers, Frank Lowenstein, Tom Nides, Bill Burns, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop, washingtonintransition

Posted at 06:21 PM ET, 01/07/2013

Hillary Clinton’s hair: No helmets here
By Al Kamen
IN THE LOOP | The media isn’t alone in its concern for the secretary’s coiffure.

By Al Kamen  |  06:21 PM ET, 01/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, helmet, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, in the loop

Posted at 03:08 PM ET, 12/06/2012

Hillary Clinton for president? President Clinton for ambassador?
By Al Kamen
IN THE LOOP | The speculations are reaching new heights

By Al Kamen  |  03:08 PM ET, 12/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Transition, washingtonintransition, Hillary Clinton, president, Bill Clinton, polls, Ireland, Michael Sneed, Chicago Sun-Times, President Clinton, Walter Mondale, William Taft, John Quincy Adams, Anne Gearan, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 05:02 PM ET, 11/09/2012

White House eyeing replacements if Susan Rice leaves U.N. post
By Al Kamen
Samantha Powers and Eileen Donahoe are said to be in the mix.

By Al Kamen  |  05:02 PM ET, 11/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Eileen Donahoe, United Nations, Hillary Clinton, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, in the Loop

Posted at 02:06 PM ET, 09/18/2012

Korea set to reclaim former Logan Circle embassy
By Al Kamen
The Korean government is purchasing a house once used as its embassy here.

By Al Kamen  |  02:06 PM ET, 09/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Korea, Japan, Logan Circle, embassy, disputed islands, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Jenkins, Lauretta Jenkins, Joseon, Phelps House, Teamsters, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 08/09/2012

Clinton’s back-up dancers need practice
By Al Kamen
The secretary of state showed her dance moves at a dinner in South Africa. Other officials may want to take a lesson from her.

By Al Kamen  |  08:00 AM ET, 08/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, Dancing, dancing video, Judith Sephuma, South Africa, Robert Hormats, Fred Hochberg, Donald Gips, Ann Harrap, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane

Posted at 03:12 PM ET, 07/18/2012

Hillary Clinton’s miles: In the Loop gets one Pinocchio
By Al Kamen
Washington Post Fact Checker columnist finds fault in an item on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s travels.

By Al Kamen  |  03:12 PM ET, 07/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, miles traveled, days, State Department, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 05:44 PM ET, 07/17/2012

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s travel logs
By Al Kamen
The secretary of state is No. 1 in terms of countries visited and days on the road.

By Al Kamen  |  05:44 PM ET, 07/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Madeleine Albright, travel, miles traveled, days on the road, countries visited, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 01:11 PM ET, 06/25/2012

CATCHING UP WITH . . . Webb Hubbell
By Al Kamen
The Loop checks in to see how the former associate U.S. attorney general is doing.

By Al Kamen  |  01:11 PM ET, 06/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Webb Hubbell, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Kenneth Starr: Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 02:22 PM ET, 06/18/2012

Colin Powell: ‘Not. . . hiding in a bunker.’
By Al Kamen

By Al Kamen  |  02:22 PM ET, 06/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Colin Powell, Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, "It worked for me", George Kennan, State Department, William Rogers, New York Times, Washington post, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 05:26 PM ET, 05/01/2012

Obama, Romney spar over Osama
By Al Kamen
The political bickering ratchets up over the significance of Obama’s approval of the raid that killed Osama bin-Laden.

By Al Kamen  |  05:26 PM ET, 05/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Osama bin Laden, Osama, Mitt Romney, Obama, Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Bob Gates, Al Kamen, Im the Loop, Emily Heil

Posted at 12:06 PM ET, 04/16/2012

Clinton to ambassadors: Don’t move!
By Al Kamen
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, citing a difficult political climate on the Hill, has told the 60 or so ambassadors to stay in their posts until a successor is confirmed. Could be a long time.

By Al Kamen  |  12:06 PM ET, 04/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, ambassadors, confirmations, political ambassadors, foreign policy, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 04:22 PM ET, 04/11/2012

Obama and Clinton off to Cartagena gabfest
By Al Kamen
More than 30 Western Hemisphere heads of government are meeting at the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia.

By Al Kamen  |  04:22 PM ET, 04/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Summit of the Americas, President Obama, Cartagena, Colombia, Hillary Clinton, The Texter, Hugo Chavez, Danny Ortega, Connie Mack, House Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio, John Edwards, Edwards trial, Edwards mistress, Bildeberg Conference, John Kerry, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 01:03 PM ET, 04/05/2012

Burma aide says Suu Kyi win a shocker
By Al Kamen
A Burmese presidential adviser says the landslide victory of pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi surprised the ruling party.

By Al Kamen  |  01:03 PM ET, 04/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, elections, landslide victory, Aung San, George Washington, Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton, Clinton 2008 campaign, Mark Penn, Loop Campaign Guru of the Week Award, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 04/03/2012

Obama ‘soon’ to pick ambassador to Burma
By Al Kamen
The weekend’s huge election victory of democracy champion and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi opens the door for a new ambassador to Burma.

By Al Kamen  |  12:46 PM ET, 04/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Aung San Suu Kyi, Suu Kyi, Burma, Rangoon, Hillary Clinton, Luc Besson, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, Melanne Verveer, Kurt Campbell, Derek Mitchell, Motion Picture Association of America, In the Loop

Posted at 02:36 PM ET, 03/28/2012

Mitt Romney? Etch-a-what?
By Al Kamen
A new poll finds that, despite all the media hoopla, most people have never heard about the Romney Etch a Sketch flap and even fewer say it will effect their votes.

By Al Kamen  |  02:36 PM ET, 03/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Etch A Sketch, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Pew Research Center, Pew, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 04:33 PM ET, 03/20/2012

Robert Gates on Obama, leaks and more
By Al Kamen
Former defense secretary speaks at an awards ceremony about his years as secretary of defense in the Bush and Obama administrations.

By Al Kamen  |  04:33 PM ET, 03/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Gates, Bob Gates, Secretary of Defense, National Academy of Public Administration, Warren Buttett, Walter Reed, George Bush, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Leon Panetta, Al Kamen, In the Loop, Emily Heil

Posted at 03:08 PM ET, 03/19/2012

Clinton: Tired of the Hungarian Rhapsodies?
By Al Kamen
The Obama administration’s ties with NATO ally Hungary have been frayed in recent months by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s autocratic moves.

By Al Kamen  |  03:08 PM ET, 03/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Viktor Orban, Hungary, Budapest, Hillary Clinton, Eleni Kounalakis, ambassador, clientitis, European Union, European Commission, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop, Hungarian Rhapsody, Chicago

Posted at 12:26 PM ET, 02/28/2012

Pravda: Hillary Clinton ‘despicable’
By Al Kamen
Moscow newspaper fires back after Clinton condemned Russian and Chinese vetoes of U.N. resolution on Syria.

By Al Kamen  |  12:26 PM ET, 02/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Hillary Clinton, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Syria, China, U.N. Resolution, Gulf Royals, Abu Ghraib, torture, Guantanamo, Libya, Hungary, Poland, Chechnya, Tibet, Michael McFaul