WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for a strategy for achieving peace in the Middle East that goes beyond the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to other pressing issues like Iran's nuclear program.
While offering no specific new peace proposal, Clinton spoke confidently at her Senate confirmation hearing of President-elect Barack Obama's intention to renew America's leadership in the world.
She said the United States cannot give up on peace in the Middle East, even with the recent setbacks in the Gaza Strip. And she also said that she and Obama are sympathetic to the costs of the conflict for both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
AP: Clinton acted on concerns of husband's donors
WASHINGTON (AP) - The line between Hillary Rodham Clinton's activities and her husband's foundation may not be a clear one.
An Associated Press review of Senator Clinton's official correspondence finds the secretary of state nominee intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and other organizations that later contributed to the foundation.
The letters and donations involve pharmaceutical companies and telecommunications and energy interests. A Clinton aide says the senator made no secret of her involvement in many of the issues and has acted "solely based on what she believes is best for the state and the people she represents" and no other factors.
Under an agreement with President-elect Barack Obama, the former president recently released the names of donors to his foundation, but the foundation does not say when it received the donations or how much they were.
The nonprofit Clinton Foundation has raised nearly $500 million to fund the Clinton library in Little Rock, Arkansas, and charitable efforts around the world on issues such as AIDS, poverty and climate change.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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