Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management

[The following are excerpts from Secretary Clinton's address to the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2009. The source document is from the Department of State web site: www.state.gov.]

Shortly before I started at the State Department, a former Secretary of State called me with this advice: "Don't try to do too much." And it seemed like a wise admonition, if only it were possible. But the international agenda today is unforgiving: two wars, conflict in the Middle East, ongoing threats of violent extremism and nuclear proliferation, global recession, climate change, hunger and disease, and a widening gap between the rich and the poor. All of these challenges …

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Publication information: Article title: Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations. Contributors: Clinton, Hillary Rodham - Author. Magazine title: DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management. Volume: 31. Issue: 3 Publication date: November 2009. Page number: 29+. © Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management Fall 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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