Clinton snubbed in GQ’s ‘most powerful in D.C.’ ranking
GQ magazine has published a list of the 50 most powerful people in D.C., and Secretary Clinton is only No. 18! As my colleague Blake Hounshell writes at FP‘s Passport, it’s a snub to rank her after CIA Director Leon Panetta, former Vice President Dick Cheney (who’s no longer in office), and various members of Congress ...
GQ magazine has published a list of the 50 most powerful people in D.C., and Secretary Clinton is only No. 18! As my colleague Blake Hounshell writes at FP's Passport, it's a snub to rank her after CIA Director Leon Panetta, former Vice President Dick Cheney (who's no longer in office), and various members of Congress (such as Barney Frank). I guess it gets back to that whole low-profile question.
GQ magazine has published a list of the 50 most powerful people in D.C., and Secretary Clinton is only No. 18! As my colleague Blake Hounshell writes at FP‘s Passport, it’s a snub to rank her after CIA Director Leon Panetta, former Vice President Dick Cheney (who’s no longer in office), and various members of Congress (such as Barney Frank). I guess it gets back to that whole low-profile question.
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