No, it is much too soon to think that the Secretary of State is being snubbed.  The choice of President Obama to have special envoys to Afghanistan and to the Israeli/Palestine areas is a new approach to foreign policy.  I think Hillary will be the one to know if the "envoys" are being given preference by the White House.  We shall wait and see.

But one point I should like to add is that I think Hillary Clinton would have been the better diplomat to handle the Palestine/Israeli disputes.  The best plan for settlement of the issue was offered by President Clinton in the waning days of his presidency.  I think now that Chairman Arafat reneged on the deal, but at the time we were told he simply changed his mind at the last minute (pressure from Hamas?).  In any event, before he died Arafat admitted openly that he regretted not signing the agreement.  When President Bush came into office …I believe it was only within a matter of a few weeks, he said that there was no better deal to be made than the one President Clinton had made with Israel and supposedly the PLO, and that, as a consequence, he would not focus on that conflict.

please people………enough bickering…we are a country in trouble and you are still talking about hillary and how she got to this position on her back !  shame on all of you ! why can’t we wish them ALL well and pray that they get us out of this mess with our full support and not our small minds………..btw, who amongst you naysayers have the grasp of the world and the intelligence of this accomplished woman……..please step foward and put yourself out there and have your skeletons examined and judged……….

I have to admit that I have wondered a bit about Hillary be over-manned a bit myself.  I don’t want her to be undercut or her power be diluted at all.  I think she brings lots to the table and I want to see her shine, shine, shine.  Lots of those folks reporting directly to the President have iron clad egos and might or probably try to elbow her around.   Kick them in the A**, Madame Secretary!!

Have you noticed that since she is overseas this week, Bill has been on every TV show but Sesame Street??  He owes her big time and someone needs to drag him out of the spotlight when she is in it.  It looks sickeningly competitive and who wants to hear him, anyway?   Lots of us grew up in addicted families, Bill!  Go to Al-anon and get rid of your unattractive behaviors, please.

President Obama clearly stated what Holbrook was to do in re. Isreal/Palestine, region. Secretary Clinton talked about Holbrook’s assisgnment, too. Now, there’s plenty of work to go around, and now, at least, we have a women who respects other cultures, conducts herself appropriately, not appearing in need of her president’s favor, and knows how to get the job done with dignity, and intellect, for all involved.

To even think the president would ostracize Secretary Clinton, is tantamount to believing that he would stupidly undermind himself.