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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

John Cassidy and Ryan Lizza review Hillary Clinton’s performance and her prospects.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2013

⏱️ 16 minutes

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John Cassidy and Ryan Lizza review Hillary Clinton's performance and her prospects.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, January 31st. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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This week, John Kerry was confirmed as the new Secretary of State and Hillary Clinton is stepping down.

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On Sunday, Clinton and President Obama discussed her four years as America's chief diplomat

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in an interview on 60 Minutes.

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You have to be thoughtful.

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You can't rush in, especially now where it's more complex and it's been in decades.

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You know, I certainly am grateful for the president's steady hand and hard questions and thoughtful analysis as to what we should and shouldn't do.

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Ryan, Lizza and John Castor, you're talking with me today about Clinton, Obama, and the administration's foreign policy agenda.

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John, you argued this week online that Hillary Clinton was a great ambassador, not a great Secretary of State.

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Explain the distinction.

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Well, if you look back at a history and say, you know, who were the great secretaries of state,

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