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I was surfing on the net reading various articles on the recent buzz on Hillary’s possibility of becoming the next Secretary of State and I came across an article by Harper’s Magazine editor Ken Silverstein’s article Five reasons why Hillary should not be the Secretary of State. There seems to be a lot of talk going on. In this particular article the mentioned five points are:

 Interesting! Yet there also is talk of former President Bill Clinton’s acceptance of $300,000 for paid speeches from Cisco Systems, a company that, according to some, has ’shifted hundreds of jobs from America to India. Well whenever you are elected to public office you have to face the issue of disclosures. Had Hillary been elected prez she would have to address such issues. Yet the acceptance of any funds by Clinton Foundation cannot be miscontrued as Hillary’s own compromise on any principles. I don’t know why these issues are being discussed now. As for her personal agenda being more important to her than her service to the nation, I believe that folks must be joking. Here is a woman who came so near to becoming a President or a Veep. Folks how can a person of such integrity have questionable loyalties. And I tell you what can be her personal agenda. To become President one day. Now is that a crime? If she serves Obama administration for its term(s) loyally she would have a better shot at becoming the Democratic nominee for the presidency, exactly what the democrats need to stay in White House beyond 2012 or 16. And let me be very clear about the possibility of polarization within the State Deptt. The State Department under Bush Cheney Administration has already been subjected to the worst form of polarization. No matter who comes can only strengthen the department not weaken it. And let us be honest about Hillary’s management skills. She fought Obama during the democratic struggle fairly well. It wasn’t weakness of her campaign but the uniqueness and strength of Obama’s campaign that she had to step aside. May I ask why at a time when the world deserves the best leadership possible we are mulling over the possibility that the administration would one day have to sack someone of her capacities one day? I think there will be no problem of the sort. How many times have you seen Secretaries of State being sacked? When Colin Powell left it was at the time of the re-election of the President. I see no reason to doubt that her presence will only ensure further enhanced quality to the administration. 
Now that I have mentioned Colin Powell I must also submit that I had wished that he would be offered some key position in the administration. Thus far the post we have heard of is the Secretary of Education. Will it not be a case of under employment when a general who led and won Operation Desert Storm and then remained the Secretary of State be asked to oversee education department? He could have been an excellent Secretary of Defence. I say it because during the Bush tenure, the US armed forces were indoctrinated with jingoistic rhetoric and this regimentation has reached such a proportion that it is difficult to find serving personnel happy with the Obama win. In such a situation it is only someone of his calibre who can help the administration control this negative tendency. I know Bob Gates is being tipped for the job but don’t you think that with someone of his experience in intelligence he could prove to be a better Director of National Intelligence (that too if he choses to stay away from fundos like Newt Gingrich)?When it comes to Hillary I hope you remember my post where I had suggested that Hillary be considered for the VP nominee, Biden as the Secretary of State (Hillary and Obama - Experience with hope?) Later it turned out that Obama had played his cards quite effectually and chosen Biden as his running mate (See Obama’s Masterstroke - Well done!). Now it seems that my first post is turning out to be a self fulfilling prophecy even though with a bit of shakeup. So folks to cut the long story short, Hillary will be a strength for the Obama Biden administration not a weakness. And picking Hillary doesn’t mean dumping Bill Richardson folks. It is national interest or politics not a love life folks. Best of luck then!