Clinton touts US as global leader

It's been a busy year for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She led a worldwide campaign for sanctions against Iran, pushed the reset button with Russia and helped bring Palestinian and Israeli leaders to the table for new peace talks. The former first lady has had her hands full trying to mend strained relationship and make new ones.

Clinton addressed the Council on Foreign Relations and praised her work and the Obama administration foreign policy agenda, saying it offered the best hope in a dangerous world.

But how is the United States really doing at playing a role on global issues? Especially when it seems almost every day there are protests over American actions abroad?

Celente: Obama wrong then, wrong now

Celente: Obama wrong then, wrong now


In a speech on the US economy in Ohio, US President Barack Obama said he recognized that the recovery has been painfully slow and he called on congress to act by cutting taxes for businesses and middle-income Americans while raising rates rise for the rich. Obama is insistent on letting the Bush tax cuts expire. He also called for the enactment of his six-year infrastructure plan that would cost US taxpayers $50 billion in the first year alone. Is this a proposed second stimulus? Gerald Celente of the Trends Research Institute argues that Obama was wrong on the economy before and is wrong now. He failed, says Celente. Obama got his stimulus; he got healthcare. It's not the Republicans fault. It is Obama's, he got what he wanted and the economy is still in recession, explained Celente. But, "he gives a great campaign speech."