The Hill reporter Rebecca Shabad, in what was that website’s “most discussed/read” article when it was originally published, noted a Time Magazine (see further down below for a link and an excerpt) interview with President Jimmy Carter wherein the former Commander-in-Chief and Nobel Peace Prize Winner was quite critical of the former NY Senator’s and current Democratic Presidential Primary candidate’s record during her service as U.S. Secretary of State.
By Rebecca Shabad
The Hill
04/10/14 11:03 AM EDT
Former President Carter says Hillary Clinton “took very little action” as secretary of State to bring about peace.
Carter, 89, made the remark about the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic front-runner in a phone interview with Time magazine Wednesday night after he spoke at the Civil Rights Summit in Austin, Texas.
John Kerry has been successful as secretary of State, Carter said, because President Obama has been deeply involved in the foreign policy issues of his second term.
“In this occasion, when Secretary Clinton was Secretary of State, she took very little action to bring about peace. It was only John Kerry’s coming into office that reinitiated all these very important and crucial issues,” he said.
Kerry’s efforts in the Middle East are “notable,” said Carter, who added he has “great admiration” for him…
Carter discussed many subjects in the one-on-one with Time’s Elizabeth Diaz, and I’d strongly recommend clicking upon the link, immediately below...
Elizabeth Dias @elizabethjdias
Time Magazine
April 10, 2014
The former President speaks openly on a range of topics, from his desire to meet Pope Francis and the U.S.'s role as the world's largest warmonger to Kerry's "notable" efforts to secure Middle East peace...
...After speaking Tuesday night at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Carter spoke with TIME by phone about his recent efforts, including his correspondence with Pope Francis and Secretary of State John Kerry, the shortcomings of Hillary Clinton’s time in office and his recent book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power.
He also spoke about how Obama should handle Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized the current American President for not taking a more hands-on role in working toward Middle East peace in the first term. “I know from experience that the best way to have the United States be a mediator is for the President himself to be deeply involved,” he said. “In this occasion, when Secretary Clinton was Secretary of State, she took very little action to bring about peace.”
The following interview has been edited for length...
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...You said last week that “the U.S. is the No. 1 warmonger on earth” —
Yes, it is. It has been. You can look at the record: ever since the United Nations was formed after the Second World War, the United States has almost constantly been at war somewhere. There are about 30 countries where we have initiated armed conflict…
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...What’s your take on Secretary Kerry’s efforts so far in the Middle East?
I think they are notable, and I have a great admiration for him. I stay in touch with him fairly often by email. I send him messages and tell him what my thoughts might be, and he has responded very graciously. He has had a very difficult time operating pretty much on his own. I know from experience that the best way to have the United States be a mediator is for the President himself to be deeply involved. In this occasion, when Secretary Clinton was Secretary of State, she took very little action to bring about peace. It was only John Kerry’s coming into office that reinitiated all these very important and crucial issues…
Above and beyond Israel and Palestine, I only have five words of import to add to this republished story over at The Hill during the overnight: Syria, Libya, Ukraine, Honduras, (and) Iraq.
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Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter shake hands after signing their peace treaty
March 26, 1979.
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