photo: U.S. Department of State/ BY-ND

While meeting with Congolese university students during a trip to Kinshasa, Congo in Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to a point to make. “My husband is not the secretary of state”! What appeared to have been a minor mistake between a French speaking student and their translator became a bigger issue during this visit.
The student through a translator was asking what President Obama’s view was on Chinese contracts in the country. The translator asked what former President, and now simply private citizen, Mr. Clinton felt about the issues. Man oh man!!! The secretary took this to heart and let out a snarling yell: “Wait! You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not Secretary of State, I am…so you ask my opinion I will tell you my opinion, I’m not going to be channeling my husband!”
Clinton has worked hard to get out of her husbands shadow. But Mr. Clinton’s recent act of daring do- the surprise mission to free the two American journalists held by North Korea- have made his shadow all the harder to escape. The secretary of State has to keep her head high and continue making sure our foreign relations are good. Here’s a friendly word of advice, if someone asks you a question that you don’t truly agree with, breaaathe, smile and then answer. Don’t scare the people off!