‘Hillary loves being Secretary of State,’ says her spokesman

September 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US State Department has said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is planning to visit Pakistan in near future, but nothing has been finalised yet. "She looks forward to going to Pakistan and that region as well, but there's nothing that's been planned yet," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters on Wednesday.

September 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is said to be frustrated over her lack of authority in her position. Despite her being the secretary of state, the Obama administration also has Richard Holbrooke as the "special representative" for Afghanistan and Pakistan, George Mitchell as "special envoy" to the Middle East.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - American Fritzl Philip Garrido's wife, Nancy, claims that she loves and misses the two daughters her husband fathered with Jaycee Lee Dugard, the girl they are accused of kidnapping. During a 90 minutes prison interview with her lawyer Gilbert Maines, Nancy described Dugard and her two daughters, Starlet 15, and Angel, 11, as being her family.

August 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In the first significant outcome of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India, the US has given clearance to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch Algerian satellites with American components. This follows the signing of a Technical Safeguards Agreement covering launches of satellites, having US components on Indian launch vehicles, during Hillary Clinton's New Delhi visit.

August 11th, 2009 KINSHASHA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost her cool on Monday when a student asked her what Bill Clinton thought about the growing influence of China on the continent.

July 31st, 2009 NEW YORK - Indian-American businessman and political activist Andy Shenoy has been appointed to the Tourism Advisory Board of New York's Empire State Development Corporation and says "the world, especially India" loves the city. Shenoy, who was appointed by New York Governor David Patterson, said: "It is indeed an honour to serve on the advisory board at such a critical time." "New York State is one of the top travel destinations for tourists from around the world.

July 31st, 2009 PRETORIA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa, BuaNews Reported. Clinton will begin her tour Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum).

July 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to India having broadened the frame of US-India relations, Washington says it now looks forward to deepening cooperation in areas they have agreed to work together. "I think Secretary Clinton reflected in a number of occasions that we were very satisfied with the trip to India and the launching of a strategic dialogue and an expansion of the range of issues that we will address in future meetings," State Department spokesman Philip J.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A spokesman for the U.S. State Department has said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss ways to enhance the US-India strategic partnership during her five day visit to India from July 17 to 23.

July 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apparently added another initiative to her portfolio during a question-answer session with staffers on Friday-finding hot showers for her employees at the State Department.

June 24th, 2009 WASHIGNTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in talks with one of her familys "staunchest loyalists", former White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, to serve as a consultant to the State Department, the New York Times reported said Wednesday. Blumenthal, who worked as an aide to president Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, would work with Hillary Clintons speechwriting team, an administration official told the Times on condition of anonymity because the appointment was not yet public and could still fall through.

June 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that it is an honour to serve with President Barack Obama, especially when it comes to handling a crisis. Referring to her famous campaign ad questioning Obama's ability to handle foreign challenges during the run up to the presidential campaign, George Stephanopoulos on "This Week," asked Clinton about the scenario: "It's 3 a.m.

June 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns will visit India June 10-13 to "discuss a broad agenda to further strengthen partnership" between the two countries after the return of the Congress-led coalition government in India.

May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on Wednesday. Zardari, Clinton and Holbrooke discussed the war on terror in a breakfast meeting that lasted for about an hour.

March 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dissolved the unpleasantness between them in a hearty round of hugs and air kisses at a high-profile State Department ceremony on Wednesday.