I was doing a crossword puzzle recently and one of the questions was to name the person who said: A woman’s place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight. I didn’t know the answer, but it turned out that the speaker was former “first [...]
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Two days ago, I wrote about how Hillary Clinton, after promising last year that the United States would never “abandon” the women of Afghanistan, has said nothing about moves by USAID (United States Agency for International Development) that, in fact, are precisely abandoning the rights of Afghan women. Well, now, Clinton has said something, but, [...]
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In May 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the United States would never “abandon” the women of Afghanistan by allowing President Hamid Karzai to make any deals with the Taliban. Specifically, Clinton told three senior female Afghan officials that “we will not abandon you. . . . [I]t is essential that women’s rights [...]
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