"power"

Victor aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jan 13 15:57:21 UTC 2009


On a related note:
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/clinton_confirmation>
-Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Tuesday to
renew U.S. leadership through a "smart power" mix of diplomacy and
defense. ...
Borrowing a phrase meant to signal a move away from the militarization
of U.S. foreign policy, Clinton said, "We must use what has been called
`smart power,' the full range of tools at our disposal," she said. "With
`smart power,' diplomacy will be the vanguard of foreign policy."

    VS-)

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> CNN has just reported that (and I quote)  "Obama is tightening his grip on
> power ahead of the inauguration."  The "tightening" is evidenced mainly
> by Obama's acceptance of  Bush's offer to release remaining "bail-out" money
> on the day he takes office.
>

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