Hillary Distances From Barack
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From the Left
Hillary Clinton pummels Obama foreign policyYes, Hillary Clinton is running for president, and she is running away from President Barack Obama's record on foreign policy.
That's a very clear message from the interview just published in The Atlantic in which she drew sharp distinctions between her view of America's role in the world and those of the President, while also expressing significant disagreements with him over the right approach to ongoing crises in the Middle East.
From the Right
Iraq Exposes Rift between Hillary Clinton, ObamaThe rise of ISIS in Iraq and the emerging humanitarian crisis in the region has prompted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak out, blaming President Barack Obama's foreign policy strategy for ISIS's ascent.
In an interview published Sunday with The Atlantic's national correspondent, Jeffrey Goldberg, Clinton said Obama's refusal to "build up a credible fighting force" created the conditions for jihadists to achieve dominance in Iraq.
"The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against [Syrian...
From the Left
What Hillary Clinton is doing by slamming President Obama's foreign policyFormer Secretary of State and all-but-announced presidential candidate Hillary Clinton offered her most public break yet from President Obama over the weekend, slamming his "do not do stupid [stuff]" foreign policy and suggesting he had not been aggressive enough in asserting America's role in the world.
"Great Nations Need organizing Principles - and 'Do not do Stupid Stuff' IS not an organizing principle," Clinton told the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg in a line That Launched a Thousand Surely grimaces (or Worse) in the White House.
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