This is a good example of why I voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran’s crackdown on demonstrators last week, administration officials say.
At his June 23 news conference, Mr. Obama said he was “appalled and outraged” by Iranian behavior and “strongly condemned” the violence against anti-government demonstrators. Up until then, Mr. Obama and other administration officials had taken a softer line, expressing “deep concern” about the situation and calling on Iran to “respect the dignity of its own people.”
Behind the scenes, the officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing internal deliberations, said Mrs. Clinton had been advocating the stronger U.S. response, but the president resisted. When he finally took her advice, the aides said, he did so without informing her first. . .
“It was a happy surprise,” one administration official said. “It was echoing the line the secretary had been pushing for a couple of days.”
Another official said Mr. Obama apparently did not make the final decision to go ahead with the tougher stance until shortly before his remarks.
(Via Hot Air.)
Not only is President Obama not taking advice from Hillary Clinton, it seems they aren’t even talking. This strengthens the appearance that Clinton was nominated for political reasons, not because she holds the president’s confidence.
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