Mary Agnes Welch Geoff Kirbyson highlight Hillary Clinton #39;s speech in Winnipeg
Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke in Winnipeg Jan 21st focusing on foreign relations, but shying away from Keystone Pipeline talk. Public policy reporter Mary Agnes Welch points out some highlights...
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If 2016 doesn't work out for Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state could find a new line of work on the theatrical stage.
During an event in Canada this afternoon, Clinton broke out into an impromptu impersonation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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While trying to explain the difference between how the United States elects politicians and how other countries do (wink, wink Russia), Clinton put on a Russian accent and performed a mock conversation she imagines Putin had with himself when deciding he wanted to be president.
The two political figures have never been shy about expressing their dislike for each other.
In June, Putin told French TV Clinton has never been too graceful with her comments, but that its best not to argue with a woman. And in April, Clinton described Putins behavior and personality to those she would encounter on an elementary school playground.
Clinton's event in Canada today was her first public appearance of 2015. Although she is widely expected to announce a run for president sometime this spring, Clinton did not address her own political aspirations.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Winnipeg, Jan. 21, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is calling on Canada to continue fighting the ideology of hate and extremist propaganda fuelling terrorism.
Clinton told about 2,000 people at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the international community has to target material that is drawing radicals to the cause.
Everyone has a stake in the contest of ideas and values, said the former senator and first lady, who pointed to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and last years storming of Parliament Hill in Ottawa by lone gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau.
This is a generational challenge and it must be waged on many fronts, Clinton said. It may seem very far away from Winnipeg, but it is a struggle that all of us have a stake in making sure that our side wins.
Extremism is hurting the vast majority of Muslims who are peaceful and tolerant, she said.
We cant close our eyes to the fact that, at this time in our world history, there is a distorted and dangerous strain of extremism within the Muslim world that continues to spread, Clinton said. They have the capacity to cause profound damage, most especially to their own communities. With these vicious few, we are confronting an ideology of hate.
One of the best weapons in the fight against terrorism is democracy, Clinton suggested. She pointed to the outpouring of support from millions following the attacks in Paris.
Extremism, authoritarianism, Putinism none of them can compete with democracy at our best. The future is ours if we come together, live our values and understand that we have to export those values.
Clintons speech in Winnipeg, to an audience who paid $300 a ticket, came the day after President Barack Obamas state-of-the-union address.
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In her first extended public remarks about the recent deadly attacks in Paris, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that Americans "can't close our eyes" to the "dangerous strain of extremism within the Muslim world."
Speaking at a luncheon in Winnipeg, Canada, Clinton said that Western democracies are engaged in a "contest of ideas and values" that she characterized as a "generational challenge."
"The slaughter of satire writers and Jews and police officers sharpened the true contours of this struggle," she said.
"Were not contesting against the vast majority of Muslims," who are "peaceful and tolerant people," Clinton added. "But we cant close our eyes to the fact that at this time in our world history, there is a distorted and dangerous strain of extremism within the Muslim world that continues to spread.
Radical Islamistsare "few in number" but have "the capacity to cause huge damage," Clinton said, adding that "we are confronting an ideology of hate" that is "based on a claim to absolute truth and total intolerance for the beliefs and rights of their fellow human beings.
In her remarks, Clinton, who is widely expected to make an announcement this spring that she is running for president, also talked of the need to reverse the trend of rising income inequality in the U.S. and other developed nations. She noted that Canada had adopted policies that have slowed the growth of inequality in that country.
The proposals that President Obama outlined in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night were an "important start for a critical debate," she said.
In a question-and-answer session after the speech, which was sponsored by the Imperial Bank of Canada, Clinton declined to offer an opinion on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada's tar sands deposits to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The pipeline is under review by the State Department, and Clinton said that commenting on it while it is "in our process" would be inappropriate.
She offered strong support forObama in his confrontation with Congress over further sanctions against Iran.
The U.S. and five other world powers have been negotiating with Iran over the future of itsnuclear program, attempting to head off the possibility that Tehran is developing atomic weapons.
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If 2016 doesn't work out for Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state could find a new line of work on the theatrical stage.
During an event in Canada this afternoon, Clinton broke out into an impromptu impersonation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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While trying to explain the difference between how the United States elects politicians and how other countries do (wink, wink Russia), Clinton put on a Russian accent and performed a mock conversation she imagines Putin had with himself when deciding he wanted to be president.
The two political figures have never been shy about expressing their dislike for each other.
In June, Putin told French TV Clinton has never been too graceful with her comments, but that its best not to argue with a woman. And in April, Clinton described Putins behavior and personality to those she would encounter on an elementary school playground.
Clinton's event in Canada today was her first public appearance of 2015. Although she is widely expected to announce a run for president sometime this spring, Clinton did not address her own political aspirations.
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