Russell H. Smith is a Pulitzer Center awarding winning citizen journalist. He has a BA in Music and Philosophy and a Master of Diplomacy/Master of Arts (International Relations). He has spent 10 years in the Australian Public Service and that again working for several international NGOs. Stints in Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen and travel across the Middle and Far East have rounded his world-view. His writing and opinion editorials focus on the eclecticism of U.S. foreign policy and its profound shaping of international systems.

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Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders Can Hillary Clinton be an effective president?

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Hillary Rodham Clinton was no ordinary First Lady. In the 218-year history of American First Ladies she is an anomaly: the first co-presidency elected U.S. senator, and if destiny prevails, the 44th President of the U.S. However, this by no means suggests that her predecessors lacked ambition or achievement.

Edith Roosevelt, wife of the 26th President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (19011909), instituted the Office of the First Lady and its social secretariat, which survives to this day. The roots of social programs and the White House's benevolent "fundraising" are attributed to the dynami...

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