Clinton making amends with Obama after critique

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CNBC's John Harwood reports Hillary Clinton is putting distance between her and President Obama.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="yui3-videoplayer-startscreen-ybang"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yui3-videoplayer-startscreen-button" style="background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-position: 50% 50%, 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 59px 50px; border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; border-top-left-radius: 7px; border-top-right-radius: 7px; height: 45px; left: 50%; margin-left: -32px; margin-top: -22px; position: absolute; text-align: left; top: 50%; width: 65px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="body yom-art-content clearfix" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px 10px; zoom: 1;"> <div class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC" id="yom-ad-LREC" style="border: none; clear: both; float: right; height: 250px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-height: 250px; text-align: center; visibility: inherit; width: 300px;"> <div class="darla" id="sb_rel_yom-ad-LREC-iframe" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: inline-block; height: 250px; position: relative; visibility: inherit; width: 300px; z-index: 9;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" async="" frameborder="no" hidefocus="true" id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://l.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-1/html/r-sf.html" style="display: block; height: 250px; left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-height: none; max-width: none; min-height: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: left; top: 0px; visibility: inherit; width: 300px; z-index: 10;" tabindex="-1"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After distancing herself from some of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called her ex-boss Tuesday to try to smooth things over and planned on "hugging it out" in person at an upcoming get-together.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said Clinton told Obama by phone that nothing she said in a magazine interview was an attempt to attack him or his leadership. The call came on the eve of a party on Martha's Vineyard that Clinton and Obama planned to attend.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clinton's assessments of Obama's foreign policy to The Atlantic came at a sensitive time for both her and Obama. She is preparing for a possible second try for the presidency and he is grappling with how far to involve the United States in explosive disputes in Ukraine, Syria, Gaza, Iraq and elsewhere.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clinton, who carried out Obama's diplomacy in his first term, described a different approach she would take in places like Syria and the Mideast. And she rebuked Obama's cautious approach to global crises.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Great nations need organizing principles, and 'don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle," she said in a weekend magazine interview, referring to a version of the phrase Obama and his advisers have used privately to describe his approach to foreign policy.</span></div> <div class="body-related" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 7.5px; margin-left: 7.5px; position: relative;"> <a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-pos="1" data-rapid_p="7" data-uuid="b6e7f03a-82ee-3559-a085-044295164c8f" data-ylk="t1:a3;t2:ct-mod;t3:embd;sec:ct-mod;slk:expand;elm:img;elmt:ct;itc:1;g:46cc0086-6df1-3b9f-a3da-837d78e5f362;aid:b6e7f03a-82ee-3559-a085-044295164c8f;ct:4;cpos:1;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/file-july-29-2014-file-photo-shows-former-photo-210018417.html" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="FILE - This July 29, 2014, file photo shows former&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"> <span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: 0px; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span><img alt="FILE - This July 29, 2014, file photo shows former&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb inview" data-src-2x="" height="231" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KOrxuL_rUrFyKqAzfWM3MA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIzMTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9955b8576b68851f5c0f6a7067005a50.jpg" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Cliton</span></div> </a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Merrill said Clinton continued to share Obama's "deep commitment to smart and principled foreign policy," has touted his achievements and was honored to be part of his team, despite some differences.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Some are now choosing to hype those differences but they do not eclipse their broad agreement on most issues," Merrill said in a written statement. "Like any two friends who have to deal with the public eye, she looks forward to hugging it out when they see each other tomorrow night."</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clinton and Obama were planning to attend a party Wednesday night on Martha's Vineyard for Ann Jordan, wife of Democratic adviser Vernon Jordan. Clinton is on the Massachusetts island for a memoir-signing session at a bookstore, while Obama is in the midst of a two-week vacation.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The White House initially said Obama didn't plan to see Clinton while she was on the island. But after the interview was published, the White House said Obama decided to go to the party.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

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clear: both; float: right; height: 250px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-height: 250px; text-align: center; visibility: inherit; width: 300px;"> <div class="darla" id="sb_rel_yom-ad-LREC-iframe" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); display: inline-block; height: 250px; position: relative; visibility: inherit; width: 300px; z-index: 9;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" async="" frameborder="no" hidefocus="true" id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://l.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-1/html/r-sf.html" style="display: block; height: 250px; left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-height: none; max-width: none; min-height: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: left; top: 0px; visibility: inherit; width: 300px; z-index: 10;" tabindex="-1"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ahead of a possible presidential run, Hillary Clinton <a data-rapid_p="12" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/hillary-clinton-failure-to-help-syrian-rebels-led-to-the-rise-of-isis/375832/?single_page=true" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">appears to be distancing herself from what she called President Barack Obama's foreign policy "failure"</a>: the decision not to intervene during the early stages of the Syrian civil war.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In <a data-rapid_p="13" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/hillary-clinton-failure-to-help-syrian-rebels-led-to-the-rise-of-isis/375832/?single_page=true" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">an interview with the Atlantic published on Sunday</a>, the former secretary of state says the "failure" of the United States to help those protesting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad led to the rise of al-Qaida-inspired groups like ISIL, the militants currently creating havoc in Syria and Iraq.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who were the originators of the protests against Assad — there were Islamists, there were secularists, there was everything in the middle — that failure left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled,” Clinton said.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The former first lady and U.S. senator said she fears the jihadist groups currently gaining strength in the Middle East will expand their sights to Europe and the U.S.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“One of the reasons why I worry about what’s happening in the Middle East right now is because of the breakout capacity of jihadist groups that can affect Europe, can affect the United States,” she continued. “Jihadist groups are governing territory. They will never stay there, though. They are driven to expand. Their raison d’etre is to be against the West, against the Crusaders, against the fill-in-the-blank — and we all fit into one of these categories. How do we try to contain that? I’m thinking a lot about containment, deterrence and defeat.”</span></div> <div class="body-related" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 7.5px; margin-left: 7.5px; position: relative;"> <a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-pos="1" data-rapid_p="14" data-uuid="d8ef57f0-e80d-11e3-b77f-c5cf225da20d" data-ylk="t1:a3;t2:ct-mod;t3:embd;sec:ct-mod;slk:expand;elm:img;elmt:ct;itc:1;g:b6052c5d-b8b8-3c9f-8adc-3c27e441ec55;aid:d8ef57f0-e80d-11e3-b77f-c5cf225da20d;ct:4;cpos:1;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/obama-and-clinton-photo-1401463192529.html" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Obama and Clinton"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"> <span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: 0px; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span><img alt="Obama and Clinton" class="body-related-thumb inview" data-src-2x="" height="199" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KWqpNQ3CLpaMTUvmzSc4OQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTE5OTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2014-05-30/c70ec660-e80d-11e3-8e43-11b8ecfee82b_hill-obama.jpg" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div> </a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">U.S. President Barack Obama, seen through his teleprompter, delivers remarks announcing a comprehens …</span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Commenting on another Middle East conflict — the war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel — Clinton strongly defended Israel.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I think Israel did what it had to do to respond to the rockets,” Clinton said. “Israel has a right to defend itself. The steps Hamas has taken to embed rockets and command-and-control facilities and tunnel entrances in civilian areas, this makes a response by Israel difficult.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She called the deaths of civilians, including Palestinian children, "dreadful," but said, "Ultimately the responsibility rests with Hamas."</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s impossible to know what happens in the fog of war," Clinton said. "Some reports say, maybe it wasn’t the exact U.N. school that was bombed, but it was the annex to the school next door where they were firing the rockets. And I do think oftentimes that the anguish you are privy to because of the coverage, and the women and the children and all the rest of that, makes it very difficult to sort through to get to the truth.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“There’s no doubt in my mind that Hamas initiated this conflict," she added. "So the ultimate responsibility has to rest on Hamas and the decisions it made.”</span></div> <div class="body-related" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 7.5px; margin-left: 7.5px; position: relative;"> <a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-pos="2" data-rapid_p="15" data-uuid="638210f8-ffdd-3fb8-81e2-71770cf875e0" data-ylk="t1:a3;t2:ct-mod;t3:embd;sec:ct-mod;slk:expand;elm:img;elmt:ct;itc:1;g:b6052c5d-b8b8-3c9f-8adc-3c27e441ec55;aid:638210f8-ffdd-3fb8-81e2-71770cf875e0;ct:4;cpos:2;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/file-nov-28-2012-file-photo-shows-then-photo-210440992.html" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012 file photo shows then-Secretary&nbsp;&hellip;"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"> <span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: 0px; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span><img alt="FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012 file photo shows then-Secretary&nbsp;&hellip;" class="body-related-thumb inview" data-src-2x="" height="255" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xn.uShWCc9G81V_7sfEi6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTI1NTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/768ea943ffce9514550f6a7067007942.jpg" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div> </a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012 file photo shows then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listening  …</span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clinton was asked about President Obama's recently coined slogan (“Don’t do stupid s---") to describe his administration's foreign policy doctrine.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Great nations need organizing principles," Clinton replied, "and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”</span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <br /></blockquote> </div> </div>

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