Hillary has intelligence and extraordinary endurance

After the blows of Roosevelt on the economy, the spirit of Lincoln... Yesterday naming his former rival in the primaries, Hillary Clinton, sixty-one years, in the Department of State, and by choosing confirm Robert Gates, the current Secretary of Defense to his position, Barack Obama chose to override the jurisdiction on the allegiance. In the eyes of scientists, it is based on the precedent of Abraham Lincoln, who was one of the rare American Presidents to co-opting political opponents in his cabinet in 1865. Despite their differences of views passed on the Iraq and the Iran, Barack Obama preferred to an ally "of the Interior" Senator of the State of New York, playing as security with the maintenance of Robert Gates, 65, who succeeded late 2006 Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon.

"The challenges which we face in terms of internal security are also serious and urgent that the economic crisis." ... "The time has come for a new start, a new dawn for us leadership to face the challenges of the 21st century," said yesterday Barack Obama with his new team in Chicago. In addition to the former collaborator of Bill Clinton, Eric Holder, to the Secretariat for Justice, Janet Napolitano (Arizona Governor) was appointed to the Interior and General James Jones, former Commander of Marines, inherits the position of Advisor for national security. Finally, Susan Rice, forty-four years, was appointed Ambassador to the United Nations.

"I am a strong supporter of the strong personalities and strong opinions." "I think that we will have a vigorous debate in the White House," said Barack Obama. The appointment of Hillary Clinton comes after several weeks of delicate negotiations with Bill Clinton. Under the terms of the compromise negotiated with the former President (from 1993 to 2001), it is formally committed to submit to the "ethical control" of the White House its future public interventions (54 conferences for a total income of 10.1 million in 2007) in order to avoid any risk of conflict of interest. He also pledged to make public, here at the end of December, the list of some 208.000 donors to the Clinton Foundation, which raised more than $ 500 million in ten years, with the assistance of powerful contributors such as the Saudi royal family, the United Arab Emirates or the King of the Morocco...

Risk of conflict

Most analysts, the arrival of Hillary Clinton to State Department reflects well the spirit "non-ideological and pragmatic" in which Barack Obama has chosen his team, in line with the concept of "Team of Rivals" of Abraham Lincoln. For others, it nevertheless entails a risk of significant conflict in view of the litigation between the two former candidates for the Democratic nomination. While the Illinois Senator had criticized its rival for his initial vote for the war in Iraq in 2002, it had found "naive" proposals for "direct diplomacy" with Iranian and Syrian leaders. A former advisor to Bill Clinton, David Rothkopf, should not overestimate these differences, "like the other one being bûcheurs, very methodical and disciplined". The one and the other is for a phased withdrawal of US troops in Iraq and for a return in strength of the America on the diplomatic scene world. As Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton also ruled for a renegotiation of the Treaty of free trade (NAFTA) with the Canada and the Mexico, negotiated under the Clinton administration.

"Hillary has intelligence and extraordinary endurance ...." "His appointment is the sign of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliances," said Barack Obama by sweeping the questions about the risks of this "coupling".