Clinton beset with ‘minor gaffes,’ reports Washington Times
Secretary Clinton has been making "minor gaffes" recently by wandering off her scripted talking points and speaking off the cuff, the Washington Times reports. You Hillary fans aren’t going to like the article, but I thought I’d bring it to your attention. A flavor of it: [Administration officials] explained that it is [Clinton’s] genuine desire ...
Secretary Clinton has been making "minor gaffes" recently by wandering off her scripted talking points and speaking off the cuff, the Washington Times reports.
Secretary Clinton has been making "minor gaffes" recently by wandering off her scripted talking points and speaking off the cuff, the Washington Times reports.
You Hillary fans aren’t going to like the article, but I thought I’d bring it to your attention. A flavor of it:
[Administration officials] explained that it is [Clinton’s] genuine desire to give real answers to questions, rather than stick to scripted talking points — the practice of her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice.
Thomas R. Pickering, former undersecretary of state for political affairs in the [Bill] Clinton administration and a retired career diplomat, said that the desire described by Mrs. Clinton’s aides sometimes clashes with her limited diplomatic experience in previous jobs.
"Her talking points might have assumed she knew more than she did, and she added on to buttress her credentials," Mr. Pickering said.
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