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Clinton Boasts: I 'Stood Up' to Putin and 'Was in the Situation Room' When Bin Laden Was Killed
Hillary Clinton's supporters have had a notoriously difficult time identifying a single significant achievement during her tenure as secretary of state, but during her 45-minute speech on Saturday, Clinton tried to name a few. "I’ve stood up to adversaries like Putin and reinforced allies like Israel," Clinton said. "I was in the Situation Room on the day we got bin Laden."
The problem with that first sentence is that it's the opposite of being true: As secretary of state, Clinton stood up to Israel and reinforced Putin.
On Clinton's watch, the U.S. sought a "reset" with Russia and scrapped missile defense plans in Eastern Europe to appease Putin, who invaded Ukraine just a year after Clinton left the State Department.
Clinton's tenure was marked by new tensions with Israel. As Noah Pollak pointed out, "Clinton took the lead in making indignant, confrontational public statements that were clearly intended to intimidate the Israelis and gratify the Palestinians."