Before working for Obama: "As senator, Hillary accused outfits such as Blackwater as having "compromised our mission in Iraq" and "endangered U.S. lives.""

After working for Obama, who did not agree with her standpoint: Her new vantage has apparently softened that stance.

Pretty simple, no?

Should she break with the President that would be a huge problem. Are you guys serious? Sometimes I can't tell.

A good and effective Secretary of State should stand for the Administration he or she serves. So, Hillary is doing the right thing to be consistent with the President.

Where Sen. Clinton has to bite her lip, and support Obama here. I'm sure she told him her views on the subject. I'm afraid that this will not be the last time she'll have to alter her stance from the presidential primaries.

right now, There Is No Alternative. the US military can't support diplomatic protection, and our policy still includes a massive Embassy with a massive USG footprint. unless Iraq becomes Finland tomorrow, this is the reality.

Yes, let's remember that Hillary wasn't elected President but is working for the President. She seems well aware of the problems with private contractors and wary of any more Blackwater style companies. As a temporary measure during this time of transition, she'd insist they hire a reputable company.

That problem is people have memories and brain cells. As the other posters pointed out , Hillary works for Obama now.
And Obama never saw a security detail he didn't love....expect for social security of course

Did you report that Black Water , the most crime steeped of the contractors is out? Seems to me Hill found a third way to work within The O world and get her point across

I believe the main point is that the days of Blackwater-type contractors running loose (accountable to no-one) in foriegn countries without absolute direct military control during wartime and authorized Federal oversight in diplomatic situations are OVER under Secretary of State Clinton.

so you read or saw Hillary's Town Hall meeting and all you took away was this phony contractor thing? Please tell me who else in DC could have answered those questions as Hill did and off the cuff?

No one.

Her stand then is not inconsistent with her stand now. What she is saying now is that because we are beginning to draw down the number of troops, there arises the need for private security contracts. Objecting to private security companies before is not inconsistent with saying that we need them now(when we will be drawing down our troops).

This is exactly what I didn't want to see when I saw that she was going to be SOS- she now has to talk to talk of the Obama administration and swallow her own opinions.

NG.

This is a Hillary blog? It sounds more like an Obamot blog from the tone of this article. Why do we have anti-Hillary people in charge of this website??????

...is brought to you by the wonderful folks at Newsweek and the Wash. Post. Newsweek was the magazine that greeted each of Hill's huge wins in actal Dem states with a " get out now! now! now "!

So there you have it.

Hillary back at the primaries was NOT working for Obama's administration! If the caucuses weren't rigged by the Obama campaign (Herr Axelord) and if the migogynist media fratboys together with Harry, Nancy and Dr. Howard didn't push this capable, intelligent woman that should have been President, off the fighting stage humiliating their democratic principles by not allowing a roll-call or counting the Fla/Michigan votes.......

So the armchair press critics should go revisit their comments during the primary. And not hold accountable an Obama administration Secretary who is serving such a stutteringly naive administration which obviously is not listening to the Secretary's superior Judgment!

Let's hope the immature fembots are not assigned to this post. Haven't these kool-aid drinker had enough of Hillary-hate during the primary? Why bring their moronic shrill diminishing Hillary-hate here, too! GROW UP!