John Cassidy on Hillary Clinton who, “unlike some of her storied predecessors— John Quincy Adams, George C. Marshall, Dean Acheson, Henry Kissenger— has failed to carve out a historically significant role for herself as Secretary of State”: http://nyr.kr/WNbNhZ

Amy Davidson on Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony: 

…by the end she looked like a woman who thought that she was stooping to appear in this venue. The question now is whether that approach suits a 2016 candidate well, or badly.

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How Hillary Clinton wishes the Wiki-Leaked cables had read:

DATE: 2010-03-08

SOURCE: Embassy Berlin

SUBJECT: AL-WASSAM RENDITION

1. (S/NF) Following a series of heated telephone exchanges, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) met face to face with German deputy Rolf Müller to discuss the abduction and rendition of German national who CIA believed was Al Qaeda mastermind Abdul al-Wassam—later discovered to be Wacky Fritz, a popular children’s television personality.

2. (S/NF) DCM responded to Müller’s concerns in a calm, mellifluous voice—his tone equal parts firm and soothing—artfully defending the CIA’s methods while reiterating USG’s deepest regard for both Wacky Fritz and the larger community of German children’s television personalities.

3. (S/NF) Within five minutes, Müller appeared wholly mollified—perhaps even touched—by DCM’s argument. Schnapps was poured and the meeting concluded with warm embraces and assurances of mutual coöperation, at which point Müller volunteered the address of Hoppy Boing Boing, a beloved Stuttgart-based kangaroo puppet with suspected ties to North Korea. (END DISPATCH.)