While the Clinton Campaign has been busy and somewhat effective at playing offense with the "experience" question, I have long doubted her claims. In this post, a former director of the Policy Planing Office of the State Department (and Clinton Impeachment defense team "quarterback"), a comedian, and Lord David Trimble all poke holes in the Hillary Clinton experience claims.
Greg Craig, former director, Policy Planning Office, U.S. State Department writes a fairly comprehensive memo debunks her claims to haivng important roles in Nothern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and China:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/11/753881.aspx
Furthermore, Lord David Trimble, a key player in negotiating the peace in Northern Ireland (for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize), rejects Hillary's claim as "silly":
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/08/wuspols108.xml
Finally, Sinbad, the comedian who was with Clinton in Bosnia, rejects her claims to it being a "harrowing international experience":
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/11/sinbad_unloads_on_hillary_clin_1.html
It's time we revealed Senator Clinton's claims to experience for what it is: exaggeration and revisionist history.
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