It is quite understandable for Der Spiegel to have chosen Charles Krauthammer to put forth the conservative take on the Obama Administration thus far; with the recent departure of so many intellectuals from the Republican Party, the columnist's own articulateness relative to others who still speak for the movement has thereby increased.

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Vice President Biden heads to the Western Balkans on Tuesday for three days of meetings with the leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo.    The goal, according to a White House press briefing is "intensified U.S. engagement in the region" with the hopes that it will lead to "a Europe whole and free".

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Hillary claims she negotiated an agreement to open the borders between Kosovo and Macedonia.

I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo. - Hillary Clinton

Hillary taking part in negotiations on Kosovo is pure fiction.

Clinton's foreign experience is more limited than she says

Ivo Daalder, a former NSC official under President Clinton who was responsible for the Balkans, said that "there's the inconvenient fact that the agreement to open the borders happened the day before she got there."

I can see why Hillary would want to embellish her record on foreign affairs, but did she think the real Kosovo negotiators would remain quiet while she travels the country inflating her role on TV?

Senator Clinton's Claims of Foreign Policy Experience Are Exaggerated

The negotiations that led to the opening of the borders were accomplished by the people who ordinarily conduct negotiations with foreign governments - U.S. diplomats. President Clinton's top envoy to the Balkans, former Ambassador Robert Gelbard, said, "I cannot recall any involvement by Senator Clinton in this issue."

Hillary has a big problem with telling the American People the truth. How does Hillary expect Americans to beleive her as a candidate when she is exposed exaggerating the facts, much less as Commander and Chief? I can't see it, and neither can a lot of other Americans.

Hillary has fallen back on self serving narrative that greatly exaggerates her foreign expertise.

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I heard Obama's wondering why Hillary was offering him the VP spot when he's the front-runner.  My first thought was - well why isn't he acting like the front-runner then?

He's whining about things like her tax returns (when there are already 20 years worth of disclosures out there), intimating that White Water's still alive and well in the world of scandals, and making silly mistakes like offering up the 5th explanation of NAFTA-Gate. This after a week where his top foreign policy advisor called Hillary a monster & told the BBC that his plan to get us out of Iraq was just a best case scenario, and another top advisor (Susan Rice) admitted that he's not ready to take that 3 am call.

And when Rice was asked about Obama's foreign policy experience, she pointed to his work on ethics reform

Hmmm... with all that bad news out there I wonder if it's time for them to manufacture some more of that outrage he's oh so good at.  Oh wait - he is!

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I've seen a lot of posts challenging some of what I and others have written about Hillary's vast experience when it comes to foreign policy.  So I thought I'd post some facts about what she's done to help those caught in two areas of the world that have seen conflict and misery - Kosovo and Northern Ireland.

For anyone who might doubt Hillary's connection to Northern Ireland, take a look at this recent picture of her with two of the particpants in those peace talks in the mid-90s, (Big) Ian (blood & thunder) Paisley (DUP), and Martin McGuinnes(Sinn Fein).  They used to hate each other (hell maybe they still do) but are now serviing as the top two members of the Belfast government.  They came over to DC on a trip to promote investment in Northern Ireland and stopped by to visit their old friend, Hillary.

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