According to official reports, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday condemned the Taliban's "despicable" murder of 10 medical aid workers, including two Americans, in Afghanistan.

Noting the Taliban has claimed responsibility for "this despicable act of wanton violence," Clinton said, "We are heartbroken by the loss of these heroic, generous people and we condemn in the strongest possible terms these vicious murders."  

Pledging to strengthen strained relations between the two countries, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Sunday.

The New York Times has reported that in meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Clinton stressed the importance of Pakistan's support in defeating the Taliban in the 9-year-old Afghanistan war.

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that China understands the "gravity" of the situation arising from the sinking of the South Korean navy ship.

Her government will be working with China to respond to the "provocative action" by North Korea, which has been blamed by international investigators for the March 26 incident in the Yellow Sea in which 46 South Korean sailors died, Clinton said, speaking to reporters in Beijing Tuesday after the conclusion of the two-day China-U. S. Strategic and Economic Dialogues.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the United States is pleased with China's cooperation in the U. N. Security Council on the Iranian nuclear program.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday in Beijing at the end of the two-day China-U. S. Strategic and Economic Dialogues, Clinton responded to a question on the resolution on Iran by the five Security Council members plus Germany, or P-5+1.

According to the official reports, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined an American presence in Afghanistan that will continue even after U. S. troops have left the country, a significant change of perspective for the administration.

Clinton said Tuesday, opening a day of consultations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and many members of his Cabinet, "This partnership is a long-term commitment. This commitment, Mr. President will endure long after U. S. combat troops have left."

Clinton said, "We will not abandon the Afghan people."

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Iran's nuclear tests and has said the test dangerous and risk to the world. She has also revealed that Iran has been violating the nuclear NTP conference deal. On the other hand President of Iran Mr. Ahmadinejad has said that US is having nuclear weapons with it and it is threatening the other countries who want to develop peaceful nuclear technology of their own.

It is rather unacceptable. US defense department has also informed that they have 5113 nuclear warheads. But Mrs. Clinton has accused the Iran's President of providing misleading statements to the media regarding the nuclear test.

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has said that the immigration enforcement law could lead to a racial profiling. This has been the recent controversy in Arizona. The Arizona Governor, Mr. Jan Brewer has signed the bill and has informed that it was a great thing for the state and should be given a great interest. But somehow it is not yet been accepted.

Washington is not resigned to seeing the Taliban become part of Afghanistan's government, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.

It has been reported that a Pentagon report last week outlined the difficulty of establishing long-term security, especially in southern Afghanistan, and raised the prospect that containing the insurgency, not eradicating it, may become a reality. In addition, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has talked about forging a reconciliation with insurgents.

He and his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are too old to be Supreme Court justices, former U. S. President Bill Clinton said on Sunday.

His comments on ABC's "This Week" came after some had mentioned the secretary of state as a possible replacement for retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

As a possible Supreme Court justice nominee, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's name was bandied about on national television on Monday.

They thought Clinton, who previously was their colleague representing New York and who nearly won the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, has "done a good job for the country," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaking on NBC's "Today Show," said.

Progress was being made in lining up further support for U. N. Security Council sanctions against Iran, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

"Tremendous progress" has been made in efforts to persuade Russia to accept further sanctions in response, Clinton said during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in Washington Voice of America reported that she also said progress has been made in convincing China further sanctions are in Beijing's interest.

VOA further said that Russia and China have been the most reluctant Security Council members to go along with further sanctions.

Tomorrow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is all prepared to send out a call for an uncensored global Internet, wherein individuals and businesses can operate without any fears of repression or cyber attacks like those which Google Inc. has said it experienced in China.

With the call, Secretary Clinton will be outlining the Obama Administration’s vision of encouraging Internet freedom and security, while also highlighting how America is offering support to organizations across the globe to develop and use tools to "circumvent firewalls and promote democracy and economic growth", as has been shared by officials.

Washington, Jan 11 : The rise in the number of female ambassadors to the United States is being attributed to the “Hillary effect”.

There are 25 female ambassadors posted in Washington, the highest number ever, according to the State Department.

Women remain a distinct minority, there are 182 accredited ambassadors in Washington, but their rise from a cadre of five in the late 1990s to five times that is opening up what had been an elite’s men club for more than a century.

“Hillary Clinton is so visible” as Secretary of State. She makes it easier for presidents to pick a woman for Washington,” said Amelia Matos Sumbana, who just arrived as ambassador from Mozambique.

London, January 09 : Hillary Clinton had initially refused to become the US secretary of state because of her husband/controversial former President Bill Clinton, it has emerged.

John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s new book titled "Game Change" reveals that Hillary had out rightly rejected the-then president elect Barrack Obama’s offer.

However, she confessed her fear when Obama called her second time.

"At that point she says, ''There''s one last thing that''s a problem, which is my husband. You''ve seen what this is like. It will be a circus if I take this job,'' " the New York Post quoted Heilemann, as telling the CBS show.

Washington, Jan 2 - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the suicide bombing at a volleyball game in Pakistan that killed at least 95 people.

Clinton late Friday said the US would continue to provide support to Pakistan as it confronts terrorism within its borders.

"The US strongly condemns (the) attack on civilians in Pakistan, and we offer our condolences to the families of the victims and all the people of Pakistan," Clinton said in a statement.

Washington, Dec 31- President Barack Obama may be America's most admired man this year according to a new poll, but two women edge him out as the most popular person according to another.

A Gallup poll released Wednesday rated Obama as clearly America's most admired man with 30 percent of those surveyed voting for him. Former President George W. Bush came in a distant second with 4 percent while former South Africa President Nelson Mandela scored 3 percent in the poll.

Copenhagen, Dec 17 : US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday tried to resurrect the Copenhagen climate summit by promising to mobilise $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with the effects of global warming.

Washington, Dec. 17 : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's popularity rating is much higher than her once rival, President Barack Obama, a poll conducted among news watchers has revealed.

According to a poll conducted by the non-partisan Clarus Research Group among 800 registered voters, Clinton received a 75 percent approval and a 21 percent disapproval rating, while Obama had a 51 percent approval and a 45 percent disapproval rating.

Washington, Dec 17 - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will arrive in Copenhagen on Thursday to attend the final days of a UN summit on climate change in a last push to get an international agreement on reducing greenhouse gases, the State Department confirmed Wednesday.

Clinton will join the discussion a day ahead of President Barack Obama, who is scheduled to arrive on Friday and is eager to show that the US, after years of downplaying the threat posed by global warming, is serious about reaching an accord.