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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGroundbreaking at US Diplomacy Center--Guess who missed the party?
Even HENRY showed up...so where's Condi? No snarky shovel talk, now!
Kerry Welcomes Predecessors at New U.S. Diplomacy Center
Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed five of his predecessors in a rare meeting on Wednesday that included the groundbreaking of the United States Diplomacy Center in Washington. Former Secretaries of State Henry A. Kissinger, James A. Baker, III, Madeleine K. Albright, Colin L. Powell, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined Kerry at the event and made remarks about the center and the importance of diplomacy.
"I think at a time when there are those who wonder about our role in the world, this center sends an important, indeed, an indispensable message," Clinton said at the gathering, "That diplomacy and development are the heart of America's leadership, and that that leadership remains absolutely essential for everything we hope to see happen in the world, not just for our country and for Americans, but for people everywhere." ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kerry-welcomes-predecessors-new-u-s-diplomacy-center-n195006
Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed five of his predecessors in a rare meeting on Wednesday that included the groundbreaking of the United States Diplomacy Center in Washington. Former Secretaries of State Henry A. Kissinger, James A. Baker, III, Madeleine K. Albright, Colin L. Powell, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined Kerry at the event and made remarks about the center and the importance of diplomacy.
"I think at a time when there are those who wonder about our role in the world, this center sends an important, indeed, an indispensable message," Clinton said at the gathering, "That diplomacy and development are the heart of America's leadership, and that that leadership remains absolutely essential for everything we hope to see happen in the world, not just for our country and for Americans, but for people everywhere." ...
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kerry-welcomes-predecessors-new-u-s-diplomacy-center-n195006
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Groundbreaking at US Diplomacy Center--Guess who missed the party? (Original Post)
MADem
Sep 2014
OP
Well, she worked for the Warmonger in Chief, not the Diplomat in Chief, so it makes sense!! nt
MADem
Sep 2014
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JustAnotherGen
(31,781 posts)1. Very telling
And very stark absence . . .
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. Well, she worked for the Warmonger in Chief, not the Diplomat in Chief, so it makes sense!! nt
Jeneral2885
(1,354 posts)4. so did Powell
so did Powell. Give another argument
MineralMan
(146,262 posts)3. Condi was inside, playing the piano.
"Requests? Anyone have requests?
Orsino
(37,428 posts)5. She thought the US Diplomacy Center was going to come in the form of a mushroom cloud, I guess.
I guess Kissinger and Powell are supplying plenty of evil, though, to ensure that the ground cannot be consecrated.
MADem
(135,425 posts)6. Ah ha ha....!!! The tune "MEMORIES" is what she's tinkling out on those keys on the pic above.....
Accompanied by the rhythmic snarling and wheezing of Dick "Coldheart" Cheney!!!!
I do think her absence is ... notable. Not quite a WTF moment, but enough to ask WHY?
It's not like Kissinger favored diplomacy over the occasional nice, charming, simmering little beat-down by proxy, but he girded his loins and showed up anyway.
And it's not like she doesn't know how to pick up a shovel. She managed to shovel over the traces and hide the truth for a good long time working for Porgie!