Clinton plays peacemaker in N. Ireland

Secretary Clinton, whose husband Bill helped broker the 1998 Good Friday agreement, continued the peace process today with a talk to the Northern Ireland Assembly. She encouraged the Catholic and Protestant lawmakers to strengthen their power-sharing partnership, stating that it shows that even the most acrimonious conflicts can be reconciled through patient compromise.

She also met today with Northern Ireland’s first minister, Peter Robinson, above left, and Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister.

In an editorial titled, “Mrs Clinton’s Visit Very Welcome,” the Belfast Telegraph lauded Clinton’s involvement in the peace process — dating back to her time as first lady — and stated, “Hillary Clinton deserves our thanks for all she has done, and is still doing, to make a permanent peace possible.”

(Sounds like Clinton’s been doing a lot more to broker peace lately than the Nobel-winning Obama.)

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