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President Obama Has Nothing But Praise for Hillary Clinton’s ‘Thoughtfulness’ and ‘Discipline’ in ‘60 Minutes’ Interview

Jan. 27, 2013 8:15pm Erica Ritz

President Obama Praises Sec. of State Hillary Clinton in Joint 60 Minutes Interview for CBS

In this Jan. 25, 2013 file image taken from video and provided by CBS, President Barack Obama, center, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak with 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, left, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

President Barack Obama is praising Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “discipline, stamina, thoughtfulness, and ability to project” as she prepares to leave his Cabinet.

In a rare joint interview airing Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes, Obama said:

“I just wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you, because I think Hillary will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state we’ve had. It has been a great collaboration over the last four years. I’m going to miss her — wish she was sticking around, but she has logged so many miles I can’t begrudge her wanting to take it easy for a little bit.

“But I want the country to appreciate just what an extraordinary role she’s played during the course of my administration. A lot of the successes we’ve had internationally have been because of her hard work.”

The duo’s joint interview is likely to stoke speculation that Obama may prefer Clinton to succeed him in the White House after the 2016 elections, but neither said anything concrete on the issue.

“You guys in the press are incorrigible,” Obama scolded. “I was literally inaugurated four days ago. And you’re talking about elections four years from now.”

President Obama said one of the main reasons he chose Clinton was because she already had international recognition, and he knew he would have to spend significant time at home dealing with the crisis he “inherited.” Clinton related:

“The one thing he did mention was he basically said: `You know, we’ve got this major economic crisis that may push us into a depression. I’m not going to be able to do a lot to satisfy the built-up expectations for our role around the world. So you’re going to have to get out there and, you know, really represent us while I deal with, you know, the economic catastrophe I inherited.”

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton recently testified on the September 11 attack on an American outpost in Libya that killed four Americans. However, the interview did not focus on international crises.

“There are transitions and transformations taking place all around the world. We are not going to be able to control every aspect of every transition and transformation,” Obama said. “Sometimes, you know, there will be unintended consequences.”

However, when confronted with the criticism that the U.S. has not intervened in Syria, President Obama cited his administration’s “leadership” in Egypt, saying “you might have seen a different outcome” in our absence.

The two joked about the 2008 campaign before saying how much the past four years has changed their relationship.

“Are there going to be differences? Yeah. Deep differences? Of course,” Clinton said. “You had a lot of strong-willed, -minded people. But the president deserves our best judgment, our advice and then he deserves us to stand with him and to execute.”

Here is part 1 of the interview:

And part 2, which focuses more on foreign policy:

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (137)

WalterProutPhoenix56317
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:58pm
Wait until he drops the ” I want” and changes it too ” I DEMAND” and see what happens !

Could we recommend that Hillary gets the ” Tar and Feathered Treatment ” as a going away gift ?

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AnAmerican111
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:53pm
Great!
Dumb and Dumber in another interview telling more lies!

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Janet056
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:36pm
So he chose her because she was well known internationally and could travel, as he had to stay home and deal with a crisis he inherited…..hmm, he’s hardly ever home, he’s either vacationing, or campaigning…..where is he in trying to settle the budget? He lies through his teeth and has from day one……

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Webeenhad
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:32pm
You know what I call this interview?…..Damage Control! This administration is getting smacked around and they know they’re in trouble.

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Cosmos102
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:32pm
What a joke. Those 2 hate eachother, number one. Number two, Liberals lie. They circle the wagons and protect eachother no matter how shockingly wrong or stupid their actions are. There is nothing Obama can say about Hillary or vice versa that would have any credibility as far as I’m concerned.

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lorial
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:29pm
Oh, and by the way, sorry I missed the interview, was out shoveling “global warming” snow.

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red_white_blue2
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:28pm
I was so disgusted seeing their faces as I turned my channels tonight. I had to move the dial immediately to stop from vomiting. One word for both of them– TREASON!

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fastgen1
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:28pm
I could not bring myself to watch two babbling idiots sit and spew one lie after another out of their pie holes. The one with the mark of Cain will soon be taken care of by God, the other will be outed sleeping with her muslim lover. I went to the store and bought some ice cream.

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lorial
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:12pm
Hillary looks like he//,! She has nothing left to even try to run in 2016, after her performance on Bengazi, she should fold it up, and her and Bill go off and retire politics. I would hope the Country will be sick of them just as the Bush’s. Bye bye hill and Bill, we’re sick of you!

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chingachgook
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 11:11pm
60 min. is garbage I stopped watching years ago. They slant every interview to conform with their point of view. I saw a couple of shows which I had personal knowledge of and was amazed at what they do. Since then I just can not be bothered. I automatically assume that with obama and clinton it would be an hour love fest. You can bet no one asked if obama was watching the Benghazi attack. They are just wonderful these two and it is 60 min. job to prove it. Can you say Pravda.

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Lib Whisperer
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:58pm
Alas for Bill! It was too sore a trial!

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lassiegirldawn
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:49pm
From here on out, every time I see that scarecrow, I will always remember her words, “What Difference Does It Make.” I pray these words make a difference in 2016.

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pwatkins
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:46pm
All I can say anymore is I am totally disgusted with the pitiful leadership we have in the US at this time. There may be some decent people in Washington, but I bet we could count them on our fingers and I am talking about my fingers only minus the two thumbs….lol. Many of them need to be behind bars or impeached or both.

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MCLOVINIT
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:33pm
Benghazi
“Four dead in Ben-gha-zi”. (Sing to the tune of Neil Young’s “Ohio”…”Four dead in O-hi-o”)
What if you knew them
And found them dead in the compound

R.I.P. Ambassador Stevens & three dead, brave American patriots.
“What difference does it make?” – (The Thoughtful) Hillary Clinton

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lassiegirldawn
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:29pm
This is nothing but trying to do damage control for the statement “What Matter Does It Make.” She and the idiot sitting next to her knows that this was a major screw up and 60 Minutes is right there to kiss @ss and indoctrinate the sheeple.

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crusaderx9
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:28pm
4 DEAD Americans and our leaders want us to believe they did a great job?!?

Thanks obama and hillary for doing nothing to protect those Americans and for doing nothing to assist those Americans when they were under fire…

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rickroland
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:28pm
Gosh darn it, I just threw up on my shoes, arrgh!

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cja23
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:27pm
Obama and Hillary – propaganda and lies about their involvement on the Benghazi terrorist attack. A grave time for our nation.

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Recovering_Sheeple
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:23pm
Watergate anyone??? – http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52621

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lassiegirldawn
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:23pm
I am watching this dog and pony show right now and it makes me want to puke. If he really liked women and she wasn’t a d y k e I would expect them to be getting a room where you put quarters in the head board of the bed.

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Jake Dog2
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:13pm
.Hi TRON. Love Michelle Malkin She is smart and good looking. Have never heard of you show tell today will tune in.

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asybot12
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 10:08pm
WOW the grand total of 45 comments after an interview with both the Pres and Sec of state!!! great ratings CBS I was pissed because they switched of the golf tournament with Watney and Snedeker.

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glennrocks
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:40pm
That pantsuit is a crime.

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americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:40pm
Lets see the two of them go on Real News or the Glenn Beck Show. I doubt they would be smiling afterwards. This is the MOST CURUPT administration ever.

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bb010864
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 9:38pm
Left wing journalism at its best !! Those two are thick as thieves ..!! Sickening isn’t it !

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