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*Correct The Record Monday August 11, 2014 Morning Roundup:*

*Headlines:*

*MSNBC: “Is this Hillary Clinton’s campaign slogan?”
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-campaign-slogan>*

"Asked by the The Atlantic magazine’s Jeffrey Goldberg for her 'organizing
principle,' she replied with an tidy alliterative three-word phrase:
'Peace, progress, and prosperity.'"

*Wall Street Journal opinion: Review & Outlook: “Democrats on the Obama
Doctrine”
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/democrats-on-the-obama-doctrine-1407710316>*

"Mrs. Clinton's remark is especially notable given the hints she's dropping
about her 2016 plans."

*Reuters: “Hillary Clinton distances herself from Obama's foreign policy”
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/10/us-usa-politics-clinton-idUSKBN0GA0TI20140810>*

“Distancing herself from President Barack Obama's foreign policy, potential
2016 U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in an interview
published on Sunday that the U.S. decision not to intervene early in the
Syrian civil war was a ‘failure.’”

*The Telegraph (U.K.): “Hillary Clinton attacks Barack Obama over foreign
policy”
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11024988/Hillary-Clinton-attacks-Barack-Obama-over-foreign-policy.html>*

“President Barack Obama’s foreign policy has come under attack from Hillary
Clinton, his former Secretary of State and possible successor in the White
House.”

*Page Six: “The Clintons know how to ‘get things done’”
<http://pagesix.com/2014/08/10/the-clintons-know-how-to-get-things-done/>*

“Bill Clinton emphasized his family’s ability to get things done at a
fund-raiser to kick off his and Hillary’s Hamptons vacation.”

*Politico: “NYC’s all-star convention roster”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/new-york-city-democratic-national-convention-brooklyn-109899.html>*

“New York City has put together a sweeping list of more than 30 people —
ranging from Napster founder Sean Parker to Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd
Blankfein to designer Diane von Furstenberg to union leaders — committed to
raising the money to host the Democratic National Convention in Brooklyn in
2016.”

*Associated Press: “Philly History May Hold Democratic Convention Edge”
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEMOCRATIC_CONVENTION_PHILADELPHIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>*

“One of five cities bidding for the Democratic National Convention,
Philadelphia appears to hold an early edge with a track record of hosting
the major gathering - not to mention that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice
President Joe Biden have family ties to the state.”

*Articles:*

*MSNBC: “Is this Hillary Clinton’s campaign slogan?”
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-campaign-slogan>*

By Alex Seitz-Wald

August 10, 2014, 8:46 p.m. EDT

In a wide-ranging interview where she put some rare distance between
herself and President Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
hinted at a potential presidential run and laid out a message that sounds a
lot like a campaign slogan.

Asked by the The Atlantic magazine’s Jeffrey Goldberg for her “organizing
principle,” she replied with an tidy alliterative three-word phrase:
“Peace, progress, and prosperity.”

If it sounds like a presidential campaign slogan, that’s because it is – or
at least was in 1956, when Dwight Eisenhower ran for reelection on the
promise of “Peace, prosperity, and progress.”

It’s a message that was also used by the White House of her husband, Bill
Clinton, to sum up his accomplishments. And a variation – “prosperity and
progress” – became Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign slogan.

The phrase has resonance in Clinton’s personal history as well. During her
famous “glass ceiling” speech conceding the Democratic nomination to Barack
Obama in 2008, Clinton said she got into the race to put “our country back
on the path to peace, prosperity and progress.” As secretary of state, she
said America’s global leadership was essential to creating “a more
peaceful, prosperous, progressive world.”

Clinton, has said she won’t decide on a presidential run until at least the
end of the year, but told Goldberg that she’s about “to find out, in more
ways than one” if the public agrees with her vision.

“Peace, progress, and prosperity” strikes a different tone from her 2008
messages, when she was criticized for shifting between numerous slogans
that lacked emotional resonance. Some were about Clinton’s resume – “Ready
for Change, Ready to Lead,” for instance – more than her version. While the
prescriptive slogans, like “Solutions for America,” could feel somewhat
technocratic.

“Peace, progress, and prosperity” could emphasize her biggest strength (her
foreign policy experience), while also giving a nod to restive progressives
and a hint at a vaguely populist economic agenda.

“You’ve got to take care of your home first,” Clinton explained to Goldberg
about how her vision of “prosperity” circumscribes an expansionist foreign
policy. “If we don’t restore the American dream for Americans, then you can
forget about any kind of continuing leadership in the world.”

Meanwhile, Clinton broke with the president on foreign policy in a
meaningful way. She’s been extremely careful to put almost no daylight
between herself and Obama since conceding the 2008 race and joining his
administration.

But in the interview, she seemed to criticize Obama’s cautious and
circumstance-based foreign policy approach, saying, “Great nations need
organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing
principle.”

Clinton also said the “failure” to arm more moderate rebels in Syria –
something she and other administration officials wanted to before being
overruled by Obama – helped lead to the rise of the Islamic State, the
jihadi group that has taken over large swaths of Syria and Iraq.

Clinton has always been more hawkish than Obama, but kept whatever
disagreements she had with the president mostly out of sight until now. If
she decides to run, she will almost certainly have to cleave herself from
the White House, both to keep the unpopular Obama at some distance and
because of their genuinely different policy views in some areas.

*Wall Street Journal opinion: Review & Outlook: “Democrats on the Obama
Doctrine”
<http://online.wsj.com/articles/democrats-on-the-obama-doctrine-1407710316>*

[No Writer Mentioned]

August 10, 2014, 6:38 p.m. EDT

[Subtitle:] The President's erstwhile employees admit the world is a mess.

The latest reviews of Barack Obama's foreign policy are in, and flattering
they are not. "Just leaves you scratching your head," says one, about the
President's rationale for providing limited support to the Kurds in Iraq.
"Nothing we can point to that's been very successful," says another about
the President's policy in Syria.

And then there's this zinger: "Great nations need organizing principles,
and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle."

In case you are wondering which trio of neoconservative naysayers we're
quoting here, we refer you, respectively, to James Steinberg, formerly the
President's Deputy Secretary of State, and Robert Ford, formerly his
Ambassador to Syria, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, formerly his loyal
Secretary of State.

Mrs. Clinton's remark is especially notable given the hints she's dropping
about her 2016 plans. She made them in an interview in the Atlantic, in
which she also staked out hawkish positions on nuclear negotiations with
Iran and Syria's Bashar Assad. At this rate, she may be re-advocating
Saddam Hussein's ouster by the time primary season approaches.

This all could be—perish the thought—political opportunism on the part of
those who have now found the flaws in the foreign policy they once helped
execute. Then again, if opportunism causes liberals to acknowledge the
failures of Mr. Obama's worldview, we'll take it. Better that than a
dogmatist in the White House sticking to his case for America's retreat.

*Reuters: “Hillary Clinton distances herself from Obama's foreign policy”
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/10/us-usa-politics-clinton-idUSKBN0GA0TI20140810>*

By Will Dunham

August 10, 2014, 3:44 p.m. EDT

Distancing herself from President Barack Obama's foreign policy, potential
2016 U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in an interview
published on Sunday that the U.S. decision not to intervene early in the
Syrian civil war was a "failure."

Republican critics and others have faulted Obama for doing too little to
support Syrians who rose up against President Bashar al-Assad. Syria has
been torn apart by a civil war for three years, with Assad staying in power
and Islamic militants among the opposition gaining strength.

"The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who
were the originators of the protests against Assad - there were Islamists,
there were secularists, there was everything in the middle - the failure to
do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled," Clinton
said in an interview with The Atlantic.

Clinton was Obama's secretary of state during his first term as president,
stepping down in early 2013, so she was part of the administration during
the start of the Syria uprising. Seen as a possible strong contender for
the 2016 U.S. Democratic presidential nomination, she ran unsuccessfully
against Obama for the party's nomination in 2008.

Asked about Obama's slogan of "Don’t do stupid stuff" to describe his
foreign policy thinking, Clinton said, "Great nations need organizing
principles, and 'Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle."

In the interview, Clinton also offered strong support for Israel and for
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has a tense relationship with Obama.

Israel has drawn international condemnation for the deaths of Palestinian
non-combatants in Gaza and the destruction of thousands of homes during its
month of war with the Islamist movement Hamas. The Obama administration,
while supporting Israel's right to defend itself, has rebuked Israel at
least once during the current conflict over the deaths of civilians.

"I think Israel did what it had to do to respond to the (Hamas) rockets.
Israel has a right to defend itself. The steps Hamas has taken to embed
rockets and command and control facilities and tunnel entrances in civilian
areas, this makes a response by Israel difficult," Clinton said.

Questioned about whether Israel has taken enough steps to prevent the
deaths of civilians including children, Clinton said the United States also
tries to be careful to avoid civilian casualties in war but sometimes
mistakes are made.

"We've made them. I don’t know a nation, no matter what its values are -
and I think that democratic nations have demonstrably better values in a
conflict position - that hasn’t made errors, but ultimately the
responsibility rests with Hamas,” Clinton added.

*The Telegraph (U.K.): “Hillary Clinton attacks Barack Obama over foreign
policy”
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11024988/Hillary-Clinton-attacks-Barack-Obama-over-foreign-policy.html>*

By David Millward

August 10, 2014, 10:18 p.m. BST

President Barack Obama’s foreign policy has come under attack from Hillary
Clinton, his former Secretary of State and possible successor in the White
House.

Mrs Clinton has rounded on his caution in providing aid for opponents of
the dictatorial Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

She used an interview in The Atlantic to put distance between herself and
Mr Obama, even though she was part of his first administration.

Some critics have argued that the failure to take decisive action in the
early stages of the Syrian civil war strengthened the hand of hardline
jihadist groups who, it is feared, could eventually pose a terrorist threat
in the United States itself.

"The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the people who
were the originators of the protests against Assad – there were Islamists,
there were secularists, there was everything in the middle – the failure to
do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled,” she said.

Mrs Clinton was particularly withering about Mr Obama’s slogan of “don’t do
stupid stuff” – which the President said was the guiding principle to his
approach to foreign policy.

"Great nations need organising principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is
not an organising principle,” she added.

Mrs Clinton also was noticeably warmer in her support for Israel than Mr
Obama, whose relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime
Minister, has been strained.

She defended Israel’s response to the attacks on its territory by Hamas,
despite global criticism of the civilian death toll in Gaza.

“Israel has a right to defend itself. The steps Hamas has taken to embed
rockets and command and control facilities and tunnel entrances in civilian
areas, this makes a response by Israel difficult.

”Asked about civilian casualties she said mistakes can be made by
democratic countries, including the United States

"We've made them. I don't know a nation, no matter what its values are –
and I think that democratic nations have demonstrably better values in a
conflict position – that hasn't made errors, but ultimately the
responsibility rests with Hamas."

*Page Six: “The Clintons know how to ‘get things done’”
<http://pagesix.com/2014/08/10/the-clintons-know-how-to-get-things-done/>*

By Page Six Team

August 10, 2014, 11:55 p.m. EDT

Bill Clinton emphasized his family’s ability to get things done at a
fund-raiser to kick off his and Hillary’s Hamptons vacation.

While Saturday’s fund-raiser, at the Water Mill home of jewelry designer
Joan Hornig and her investment banker husband, George, was for the Clinton
Foundation and no mention of Hillary’s political aspirations was made, some
wondered when Bill described the foundation as “the ‘How Organization’ — we
get things done.”

Chairs of the event, who made a $50,000 donation per couple, included
Richard and Lisa Perry, Michael Kempner and wife Jacqueline, Susan and Alan
Patricof, co-chair Jay Eisenhofer while other guests included Jean
Shafiroff and Harvey Weinstein.

*Politico: “NYC’s all-star convention roster”
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/new-york-city-democratic-national-convention-brooklyn-109899.html>*

By Maggie Haberman

August 11, 2014, 5:34 a.m. EDT

New York City has put together a sweeping list of more than 30 people —
ranging from Napster founder Sean Parker to Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd
Blankfein to designer Diane von Furstenberg to union leaders — committed to
raising the money to host the Democratic National Convention in Brooklyn in
2016.

The list of who’s sitting on the host committee was obtained by POLITICO as
members of the Democratic National Committee head to New York City for a
site visit Monday and Tuesday.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing to host the convention in his
home borough. There are a range of choices facing the DNC in terms of host
cities, but several Democratic insiders have told POLITICO that Brooklyn
and Philadelphia are viewed as the frontrunners.

Of the members of the host committee, one of the most surprising names is
Parker — who has made moves to become a political force this cycle and who
has ties to Deputy Mayor Peter Ragone.

There are entertainment industry figures, like Cynthia Nixon, Russell
Simmons and Richard Plepler, the head of HBO. There are donors with long
ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, like Alan Patricof and Ron Perelman, but
also those now known primarily from the Barack Obama orbit, like financiers
Robert Wolf, Marc Gallogly, Blair Effron and public-relations executive
Michael Kempner.

There are other Wall Street titans, like JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon and
American Express’s Kenneth Chenault, real estate leaders like Douglas Durst
and Marc Holliday and business figures like Partnership for a Greater New
York City president Kathy Wylde.

There are union leaders like Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
president Stuart Appelbaum and 32BJ president Hector Figueroa. There are
communications executives like Verizon senior vice president Leecia Eve and
AT&T executive Marissa Shorenstein.

The goal of the list is to demonstrate a broad cross-section of people
committed to the event, as well as an ability to fully fund a convention,
which is an enormously expensive undertaking no matter where it’s held. But
in a major city like New York City, the costs can rise.

In 2004, when the city played host to the Republican National Convention,
the host committee raised $84 million.

*Associated Press: “Philly History May Hold Democratic Convention Edge”
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEMOCRATIC_CONVENTION_PHILADELPHIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>*

By Hope Yen

August 11, 2014, 1:49 a.m. EDT

One of five cities bidding for the Democratic National Convention,
Philadelphia appears to hold an early edge with a track record of hosting
the major gathering - not to mention that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice
President Joe Biden have family ties to the state.

The original U.S. capital and now the nation's fifth largest city,
Philadelphia touts its historical significance. It has hosted the
presidential nominating convention seven times since 1856, most recently
the Republican one in 2000.

Also vying for the 2016 convention are Birmingham, Alabama; New York City's
Brooklyn borough; Columbus, Ohio; and Phoenix - each hoping to host its
first presidential convention.

"I do think that Philadelphia has a very good chance of getting it," said
former DNC Chairman Joe Andrew, who guided the party's selection of
convention cities from 1996 to 2004 and supports the city's bid. He noted
that Philadelphia was a front-runner for the 2000 Democratic convention,
but Republicans picked it first.

"Philadelphia has a strong bid based on great mechanics, and there's no
question that Democrats would like to nail down Pennsylvania," Andrew said.
He said Clinton's and Biden's family ties to Pennsylvania will likely be "a
consideration."

Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean, who presided over Democrats' choice of
Denver in 2008, also rated the city as a top contender. "Philadelphia would
be a successful host," he said.

DNC members will be in the City of Brotherly Love for two days starting
Wednesday to review potential venues, hotels and transportation options for
the estimated 50,000 delegates, party activists and media expected for the
convention. Visits to the other cities are to be completed by mid-September.

The Obama White House also will weigh in on the final selection, with a
decision not expected until later this year or early in 2015.

A perennial swing state with 20 electoral votes, Pennsylvania more recently
has trended liberal, due in part to Hispanic immigration and other
population growth in Philadelphia and its suburbs that have balanced out
GOP-leaning voters elsewhere. Democratic presidential candidates have
carried the state since 1992.

"We're very hopeful about our chances," said former DNC chairman Ed
Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia mayor who is
helping guide the 2016 bid.

The city's media market covers large parts of New Jersey, a potential
factor if New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, runs for president.
Democrat Hillary Clinton's father was born in Scranton, and daughter
Chelsea's mother-in-law, Marjorie Margolies, lives in the Philadelphia
suburbs.

Biden grew up in Scranton and often touts his middle-class Pennsylvania
roots.

DNC officials have stressed that a city must meet logistical requirements -
fundraising, ample hotel rooms and local transportation- before political
factors such as swing-state status, a city's diversity and strong labor
relationships are considered.

"We are focused right now on the technical aspects," said DNC spokeswoman
Lily Adams.

Philadelphia boosters are emphasizing their convention experience and space
with the Wells Fargo Center and the recently expanded Philadelphia
Convention Center. Officials say they'll be able to handle the $55 million
to $60 million price tag and provide ample security.

The national convention is a major boon to the host city, bringing national
media attention and up to $200 million for the local economy.

The city that is home to cheesesteaks, the Liberty Bell, Benjamin Franklin
and the movie hero Rocky is promising a "walkable experience" of culture,
downtown hotels, food and history, compared to two contenders that it
considers as its main rivals, Brooklyn and Columbus.

Brooklyn offers itself as a hip, national symbol of New York Mayor Bill de
Blasio's liberalism. It has strong fundraising ability and is in a state
Clinton represented as U.S. senator. But it has just 3,500 hotel rooms in
the borough - convention officials are seeking 17,000 within a close drive
- meaning many attendees would need to stay in other boroughs such as
Manhattan, potentially straining public transit.

Columbus promotes itself as a fast-growing swing city in the hard-fought
battleground of Ohio. After the Republican National Committee selected
Cleveland to host its convention, the mayor cautioned that Democrats risked
losing Ohio in 2016 if they didn't pick Columbus.

Columbus's bid has at times stirred the competitive instincts of
Pennsylvania boosters.

After initially criticizing Columbus and its bid, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady,
D-Pa., has more recently focused on Philadelphia's strengths.

"Philadelphia has much more to offer," Brady said.

*Calendar:*

*Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official
schedule.*

·  August 13 – Martha’s Vinyard, MA: Sec. Clinton signs books at Bunch of
Grapes (HillaryClintonMemoir.com
<http://www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/martha_s_vineyard_book_signing>)

·  August 16 – East Hampton, New York: Sec. Clinton signs books at
Bookhampton East Hampton (HillaryClintonMemoir.com
<http://www.hillaryclintonmemoir.com/long_island_book_signing2>)

·  August 28 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes Nexenta’s OpenSDx
Summit (BusinessWire
<http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140702005709/en/Secretary-State-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton-Deliver-Keynote#.U7QoafldV8E>
)

·  September 4 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton speaks at the National Clean
Energy Summit (Solar Novis Today
<http://www.solarnovus.com/hillary-rodham-clinto-to-deliver-keynote-at-national-clean-energy-summit-7-0_N7646.html>
)

·  October 2 – Miami Beach, FL: Sec. Clinton keynotes the CREW Network
Convention & Marketplace (CREW Network
<http://events.crewnetwork.org/2014convention/>)

·  October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton keynotes the UNLV Foundation
Annual Dinner (UNLV
<http://www.unlv.edu/event/unlv-foundation-annual-dinner?delta=0>)

·  ~ October 13-16 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes
salesforce.com Dreamforce
conference (salesforce.com
<http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/keynotes.jsp>)

 ·  December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts
Conference for Women (MCFW <http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/>)