Chill bump inducing all over again. Hillary Clinton is going to be a marvelous Secretary of State! How do I know? If for no other reason, her opposition consisted of David Vitter and Jim DeMint, but if you need more evidence, watch this:
Liss has a transcript of the highlight video at her place, and it begins, “A solid minute of wild applause. Cheers. Shouting. Whistling. Wanton enthusiasm. General revelry.” Indeed.
If you want to see/read the entire speech, the new SofS website has complete video and transcript. And if you need more reason to be excited, read this from Secretary Clinton’s Senate hearing:
I want to pledge to you that as Secretary of State, I view these issues [of violence against and oppression of women around the world] as central to our foreign policy. Not as adjunct or auxiliary, or in any way lesser than all of the other issues we have to confront. I too have followed the stories that are exemplified by the pictures that you held up. I mean, it is heartbreaking beyond words that, you know, young girls are attacked on their way to school by Taliban sympathizers and members who do not want young women to be educated. It’s not complicated! They want to maintain an attitude that keeps women — as I said in my testimony — unhealthy, unfed, uneducated and this is something that results all too often in violence against these young women, both within their families and from the outside.
This is not culture. This is not custom. This is criminal…
Change we can all believe in. Let’s get to work.