Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat down for a candid interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren and discussed her role as our nation’s top diplomat as well as her recent trip to Pakistan.

On that front, Clinton describes the unique relationship that exists between our nation and a nuclear power incapable of weeding terrorists from within its territory.  Clinton details her travels there and the trust vacuum that exists in the relationship between the US and the Pakistani people, but she says that it is a two-way street and the Pakistani people have to be willing partners to join us in removing Al Qaeda from their borders.

As to her thoughts on her job…well lets just say she sounds blissfully miserable.  I actually loved this part of the interview.  This is Hillary being Hillary.  Again, I hate to ever pay her a compliment, but she is a conservative’s liberal when it comes to foreign policy.  You can tell that she is itching to just throw down the gloves and knock it out, but she is handcuffed by our super-progressive President to the point that it looks like her head’s about to explode from frustration.  She eats this stuff up.  The only problem is that it pisses her off to no end that she is Secretary of State Clinton rather than President Clinton when she is shaking hands and kissing babies in Pakistan or Japan.

As I have said before, I love watching this drama play out between Clinton and Obama.  I hope that they both make one another absolutely miserable every day that they have left to spend together.  It makes great TV.

Tags: administration, clinton, diplomat, Hillary Clinton, pakistan, secretary of state, White House

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