U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Women's Issues

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down with George Stroumboulopoulos of CBC's THE HOUR in an intimate one on one sit down interview.

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[ruagamer]

SO nice to hear someone ask an intelligent question of a politician and get an intelligent answer back. Usually neither is the case!

You rule George.

[revaholic]

George is one of the best interviewers I have come across, from any country. This guy can make a name for himself internationally. Very eloquent answer by the Secretary of State as well.

[Arrow370]

To pare down her answer, because I feel like it didn't dance around the question but it used a lot of time to get to its point: she thinks societies that breed instability through unequal rights for citizens (women) also breed instability with regards to political and potentially violent action? I'm not sure I completely grasped it.

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[VoiceOfModeration]

I thought Mrs Clinton joined the Marines ever since Don't Ask, Don't Tell was repealed.

[ementormike]

...U.S. foreign policy that forcibly and very visibly through outright war, violates the territorial sovereignty of certain other nations or through other -more subtle- means, attempt regime change and thus violate other peoples and other nations the right to self determination...this violation exercised against them, understandably breeds resentment and hostility against the offending US violation against their fundamental right to self determination within their sovereign territory

[ementormike]

...I think that it is clearly the case that it is religious extremism that is repeatedly found in recent years and going back further to earlier times that is part of the explanation for the troubles we see today in these particular countries in the religious extremist part of their population. Another main reason for terror group that spring up in these countries, is a response to an aggressive and militaristic U.S. Co

[ementormike]

...could it be that there is a certain religion or religions; who's leaders use the credibility of a religion to gain an audience among the people of those countries and the pervert and twist in their teachings religion and scripture that was otherwise peaceful and good, to a perverted and twisted and warped call for hatred and violence

[ementormike]

...impression that I get from her words is that men that do no have the opportunity for marriage or societies that have a lower percentage of women in the population are funamentally and even dangerously unstable and I find this a blatant feminist insult to men

[ementormike]

The undertone and I

[Xylogeist]

Mainstream corrupt politicians... gotta love em. Bastards.

[iceanniee]

china's situation maybe different from india~~~chinese girls have the certainly the equal rights as boys, and there are even more girls than boys in the top university.