Super-efficient and never one to waste a moment's opportunity, Hillary Clinton took advantage of her visit to Capitol Hill today by promoting recommendations resulting from her self-initiated Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). She began the day early at a breakfast with congressional leaders for the primary reason of encouraging a rapid ratification of the New START treaty, but according to Matthew Lee at AP, she made the trip worth her while by introducing the revisions recommended in the QDDR.
Clinton seeks revamp of State, USAID
By MATTHEW LEE
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to reorganize the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development to better coordinate American diplomacy and foreign aid.
You have got to love the way Mme. Secretary manages to weave her causes and issues into a cloth and presents complex, seemingly unrelated subjects as parts of a whole and overarching vision. She went in there today with two shoes, and before she left, she let both of them drop.
As I have said before, watch the progress on START, but also watch what happens with the QDDR. This is her gift to the State Department ... her legacy. She will always be remembered for instituting this quadrennial review.
