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The State Department's Website Under Hillary

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:37:12 PM EST
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Check out the new State Department Website. It has Hillary's theme, Diplomacy in Action and a transcript of her confirmation hearing testimony.

There's a blog, DipNote. Look for other features to go live after she's confirmed. [More...]

The blog is asking this question and the blog takes comments: "What foreign policy objectives should the Obama Administration establish as its top priorities?"

There's also a section for available jobs.

The website updating, like that for the White House that I wrote about yesterday, is the work of a team led by Macon Phillips, the director of new media for the White House.

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    94 yeah, 2 nay (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by jes on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:39:31 PM EST
    Hillary is SoS!

    Who's missing? (none / 0) (#2)
    by jbindc on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:44:13 PM EST
    Clinton's seat is empty, and I assume Kennedy is not there -that would be (I assume) 96-2.  Who else didn't vote?

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    Clinton (none / 0) (#3)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:45:53 PM EST
    and 1 other did not vote (MN is vacant)

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    Al Franken hasn't been sworn in yet (none / 0) (#4)
    by andgarden on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:45:57 PM EST


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    not sure - don't even know who voted nay (none / 0) (#5)
    by jes on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:47:10 PM EST
    at the moment; I just caught the tail end after getting off the phone. But, Franken would be another...

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    I would guess at Byrd (none / 0) (#7)
    by scribe on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:48:56 PM EST
    but that's just a function of his age.

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    Byrd being the last "missing" (none / 0) (#8)
    by scribe on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:49:29 PM EST
    vote, not a "nay".

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    Byrd is there (none / 0) (#11)
    by Steve M on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:51:47 PM EST
    He looks rather somnolent, but you can see him sitting right behind Reid whenever he has the podium.

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    Byrd was present and voted aye (none / 0) (#13)
    by andgarden on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:52:12 PM EST
    Kennedy did not vote IIRC.

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    Update: Vitter & DeMint (none / 0) (#9)
    by jes on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:49:35 PM EST
    were the nay votes.

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    Ah yes (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by jbindc on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:50:40 PM EST
    How soon I forget the open seats!

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    Vitter? (5.00 / 1) (#35)
    by No Blood for Hubris on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 09:47:33 PM EST
    So interesting that he gets to vote, and not fade away in shame.

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    Kennedy (none / 0) (#28)
    by NYShooter on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:09:15 PM EST
    drops senate bid

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    A minor point - they should call it (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by scribe on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:48:18 PM EST
    DiploNote, not DipNote.

    When I was a kid, a "dip" someone who was a jerky, dorky nerd who tripped over their own shoelaces.

    Just saying.

    Me too (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by ruffian on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 04:01:04 PM EST
    I don't like that at all. it was short for dips*** in my neighborhood.

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    But "dipnotes" are actual things... (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by Addison on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:09:56 PM EST
    ...that embassies send each other where as "diplonotes" are nothing.

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    The blog is interesting (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:52:01 PM EST
    Nice that people all over the World are submitting their thoughts and ideas.  Hopefully they will be read and considered.  

    This post cracked me up...

    Maria in Russia writes:

    I miss on Condoleeza Rice.

    Posted on Wed Jan 21, 2009

    Very well done travel section as well.  

    Congrats to Hillary--may she be a rousing success in her new position.  

    Obama re-takes oath of office (5.00 / 2) (#26)
    by wurman on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:03:59 PM EST
    Bill Burton told NBC that the prez was sworn in again.  Greg Craig re-affirms that.  [Hilarity ensues.]

    Take that right in the labonzas you rightwingnutz & assorted examiners of birth certificates, oaths administered by "an expert" constitutional TEXT scholar, & pigeon entrails (or sacrificial lamb intestines).

    But does he have to re-execute (none / 0) (#30)
    by MKS on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:17:01 PM EST
    the Executive Orders?  Oh my! what a fascinating subject.  This really should entail a lot of blogging.....

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    He probably should (none / 0) (#31)
    by magster on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:22:24 PM EST
    just to be safe.

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    Lol. (none / 0) (#32)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:23:07 PM EST
    Quick, somebody check the kerning on the oath of office!

    He's still a secret muslim--or so I hear.  And coming to get our guns...

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    What direction was he facing? (5.00 / 1) (#34)
    by ThatOneVoter on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:32:35 PM EST


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    Does this mean all of the post-oath (none / 0) (#39)
    by wurman on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 11:36:29 PM EST
    stuff is inoperative?  Were the inaugural balls bogus?  Does Gitmo get to stay open?

    But wait, half an oath is better than none.

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    Well of course (none / 0) (#33)
    by indy in sc on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:27:02 PM EST
    he only re-took the oath out of sight of everyone so that he could do it on the Qur'an like he really wanted all along.

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    And Roberts being a Buddhist . . . (5.00 / 2) (#36)
    by Cream City on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 11:12:49 PM EST
    oops, we weren't supposed to mention that, either.

    Carry on, country.

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    Oops - sb 'hiilary.fp.com' (none / 0) (#14)
    by allimom99 on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:56:05 PM EST
    Foreign Policy website - hiilary.fp.com

    Oops - s/b 'hillary.fp.com' BAD fingers! (none / 0) (#15)
    by allimom99 on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:57:05 PM EST


    that link comes up dead for me (none / 0) (#16)
    by Jeralyn on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 03:58:48 PM EST


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    She was confirmed (none / 0) (#18)
    by rdandrea on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 04:12:23 PM EST
    About 10 minutes ago

    State.gov still has the old look (none / 0) (#19)
    by iceblinkjm on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 05:01:58 PM EST
    I don't think they are finished updating it just quite. Dipnote has a different feel and theme overall than the state dot gov.

    Caroline Kennedy "withdraws" name (none / 0) (#20)
    by chezmadame on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:35:29 PM EST
    Breaking...
    Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her name from senate consideration.

    http://www.nytimes.com/

    http://www.nypost.com/

    Breaking News (none / 0) (#21)
    by Saul on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:45:16 PM EST
    Caroline Kennedy withdraws from being selected for Senator.

    Paterson gave her a chance to save face (5.00 / 2) (#23)
    by magster on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:52:44 PM EST
    before picking someone else (completely unsubstantiated speculation).

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    Breaking News (none / 0) (#22)
    by Saul on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:52:26 PM EST
    Obama retakes Presidential Oath

    Serious? (none / 0) (#24)
    by magster on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:56:51 PM EST
    Link?

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    It's on TV right now (none / 0) (#25)
    by Saul on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 06:58:14 PM EST


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    TPM just posted the press release (5.00 / 3) (#27)
    by magster on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 07:05:11 PM EST
    link

    Obama did not seem amused by Biden's joke today, so obviously he took the kerfuffle somewhat seriously.

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    If I were Obama (5.00 / 1) (#40)
    by gyrfalcon on Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 12:49:08 AM EST
    I wouldn't let Biden get within a mile of any foreign leader, even to go to state funerals.  The guy was a total embarrassment today.  I hope Barack read him the riot act in private, but I doubt it'll do any good.  His mouth has always worked before his mind engages.

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    state.gov (none / 0) (#37)
    by andgarden on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 11:14:02 PM EST
    has a picture of Hillary being sworn in by an unlabeled judge. WJC is at her side.

    Politics on the Hudson (none / 0) (#38)
    by andgarden on Wed Jan 21, 2009 at 11:18:57 PM EST
    reports:
    According to Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate office, she has resigned as a New York senator after taking the oath of office as the nation's 67th secretary of state.

    For the record, the oath was administered at 5:29 p.m. by Kathleen Oberly, Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, in a private ceremony at her office in the Russell Senate Office Building.

     "This letter is to inform you that I resign my seat in the United States Senate effective immediately in order to assume my duties as Secretary of State of the United States," Clinton wrote in three identical letters sent to the President of the Senate Joseph R. Biden, the Secretary of the Senate, and New York Governor David Paterson.

    Two of the letters were handed delivered. Paterson received his letter via fax.



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