I was looking through my Hillary Clinton news feeds and found this from MSNBC.
Waiting for that phone call
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:42 PM by Domenico MontanaroFiled Under: Andrea Mitchell, State Dept.
From NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Courtney Kube
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton TWICE brushed off questions about whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called her yet with a response to U.S. objections to a new housing development in East Jerusalem.Asked whether Netanyahu has called yet, Clinton said, "When there is something to announce ... you'll be the first to hear."
Despite the fact that Netanyahu continues to brush off Clinton, she said that the ongoing disagreement between the U.S. and Israel will not impact her end goal at the quartet meeting.
"Our goals remain the same, it is to re-launch negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians on a path that will lead to a two-state solution," she said, adding, "nothing has happened that in any way effects out commitment to pursuing that."
I went to Andrea Mitchell's Twitter feed and found this thread from this morning.
# Clinton holds newser in Moscow this morning, might try to dial down tensions with Israel. U.S needs to get mideast talks back on track about 5 hours ago via web
# Maybe PM's too embarrassed after his brother in law called Obama an "anti-semite" on radio?Netanyahu apologized for his kin yesty about 5 hours ago via web
# #SecState asked Netanyahu last week abt settlements/ Biden called Bibi yesty said:call her! As of Clinton flight to Moscow last nt no call about 5 hours ago via web
# How long does #SecClinton have to wait for Bibi to return her call? clock's running: she's in Moscow talking mideast and Iran, no call yet about 5 hours ago via web
Well, I am not finding anything from the newser except what Andrea filed, but I have to say that I feel relieved. All through Tuesday and Wednesday I was seeing reports that SHE was going to call HIM before leaving for Moscow. That made no sense to me and would have weakened her position exponentially. What an idea! She is the one waiting for a response. Why on earth would she then be calling him?
According to Andrea's tweets (I am now following her), not only is Secretary Clinton NOT going to go bowing and scraping after Bibi, she is still tapping her kitten-heeled foot and waiting.
