Candidate Clinton Praises Ambassador Clinton

05/26/2007

Washington Post
Saturday, May 26, 2007


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) answered a question at a town hall in Mason City, Iowa, about how to improve America's relations around the world by praising activists working on issues such as poverty. She singled out one.

"My husband is probably the most popular person in the world right now because of all the work he's doing," Clinton said.

The former president, however, should not be looking to do formal globe-trotting in a new Clinton administration. Asked if she would consider tapping her husband as secretary of state, Clinton cited a law passed after Robert F. Kennedy served in the Justice Department that prevents the president's close relatives from serving in Cabinet posts. She added, "I think he can be an ambassador around the world dealing with problems."

-- Perry Bacon Jr.