Correct The Record Saturday July 26, 2014 Roundup

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*[image: Inline image 1]* *Correct The Record Saturday July 26, 2014 Roundup:* *Headlines:* *NBC 4 (New York): “Hillary Clinton Mobbed by Hugging Kids at Bronx Summer Program” <http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hillary-Clinton-Bronx-Lehman-College-Kids-Summer-Arts-Program-Sonia-Sotomayor-268663322.html>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton got a whole lot of love from the Bronx on Friday after telling children who are part of a summer arts program to dream big.” *New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton touts Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir while visiting the Bronx” <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-visits-bronx-justice-sotomayor-article-1.1880757>* “Clinton and the Bronx-born Sotomayor — whose book, “My Beloved World,” was published this year — were the star speakers at the Bronx Children’s Museum annual Dream Big event at Lehman College.” *CNN blog: Fareed Zakaria GPS: “Clinton: Putin 'disabused' us over reset hopes” [VIDEO] <http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/25/clinton-putin-disabused-us-over-reset-hopes/>* Sec. Clinton: “I was among the most skeptical of Putin during the time that I was there, in part because I thought he had never given up on his vision of bringing Mother Russia back to the forefront.” *CNN: “Hillary Clinton: Putin 'bears responsibility' in downing of MH17” <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/25/world/europe/hillary-clinton-vladimir-putin-mh17/index.html>* “Russian President Vladimir Putin bears at least some responsibility for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.” *Politico: “Hillary Clinton calls Putin arrogant, charming” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/hillary-clinton-vladimir-putin-cnn-interview-109387.html?hp=r4>* “Hillary Clinton called Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘tough’ and ‘arrogant’ — if at times capable of charm — and noted that she had raised concerns about him to President Barack Obama.” *Politico blog: Dylan Byers on Media: “Hillary Clinton on 'Fusion' Tuesday” <http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/07/hillary-clinton-on-fusion-tuesday-192862.html>* “Hillary Clinton gave a one-on-one interview to Jorge Ramos on Friday, which will air Tuesday on Fusion's ‘America with Jorge Ramos.’” *Wall Street Journal blog: Washington Wire: “Poll Data Show Little Gap Between Democrats and Liberals” <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/07/25/poll-data-show-little-gap-between-democrats-and-liberals/>* “The difference between liberals and rank-and-file Democrats simply isn’t the gulf some people might imagine.” *Associated Press: “Despite Clinton: O’Malley In Iowa Amid 2016 Talk” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/despite-clinton-omalley-iowa-amid-2016-talk>* “The Maryland governor is filling the void in Iowa, New Hampshire and beyond during the early stages of the 2016 presidential race, campaigning for fellow Democrats and making personal appeals while former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton remains the prohibitive — if yet undeclared — favorite.” *Associated Press: “U.S. Evacuates Embassy in Libya Amid Clashes” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-evacuates-embassy-libya-amid-clashes>* “The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort as fighting intensified between rival militias. Secretary of State John Kerry said ‘free-wheeling militia violence’ prompted the move.” *Articles:* *NBC 4 (New York): “Hillary Clinton Mobbed by Hugging Kids at Bronx Summer Program” <http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hillary-Clinton-Bronx-Lehman-College-Kids-Summer-Arts-Program-Sonia-Sotomayor-268663322.html>* By Jill Colvin July 25, 2014, 6:47 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential contender, told the kids to believe in themselves and ask for help to pursue their dreams Hillary Rodham Clinton got a whole lot of love from the Bronx on Friday after telling children who are part of a summer arts program to dream big. The Democratic former first lady and secretary of state and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito were mobbed by hugging kids at a Bronx Children's Museum event at Lehman College. The show of affection came after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor instructed more than 100 kids in attendance to fan out and hug audience members. "I want a bunch of you to go to each of them and hug them and say thank you," Sotomayor instructed the primary school-goers, who had gathered around her onstage. During brief remarks after a series of song and dance performances, Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential contender, told the kids to believe in themselves and ask for help to pursue their dreams. "Dream big. Not only this program, but keep dreaming big because we need you," she said, adding that she'd been thinking about children a lot lately as she prepares to become a grandmother. Clinton, who has been on tour selling her new book, "Hard Choices," also encouraged those gathered to read Sotomayor's autobiography about her life growing up in the Bronx. Sotomayor recently dropped by a Clinton book signing event at a suburban Virginia Costco. Friday's event honored the Dream Big summer arts enrichment program, which aims "to inspire children to dream, work hard, follow their passions." Sotomayor has been a longtime supporter of the program and invited Clinton to attend Friday's event, a museum board member said. *New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton touts Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir while visiting the Bronx” <http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-visits-bronx-justice-sotomayor-article-1.1880757>* By Annie Karni July 25, 2014, 11:09 p.m. EDT [Subtitle:] Clinton raved about Sotomayor's autobiography to students at the Bronx Children's Museum annual Dream Big event at Lehman College. The Bronx-born justice was also a star speaker at the affair. Hillary Clinton took a break Friday from promoting her new book to tout the recent memoir of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “I hope you will read her autobiography,” Clinton told hundreds of grade-school kids in the Bronx, as Sotomayor looked on. “She tells the story of how as a child of the Bronx, she dreamed big and ended up on the highest court of the land,” Clinton said. “She’s one of our heroes.” Clinton and the Bronx-born Sotomayor — whose book, “My Beloved World,” was published this year — were the star speakers at the Bronx Children’s Museum annual Dream Big event at Lehman College. Clinton smiled through almost two hours of children’s dance performances and remarks by Latino elected officials and public figures, including City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and actress Sonia Manzano, who plays Maria on “Sesame Street.” “Every one of us had to dream big, or we wouldn’t be where we are today,” Clinton said. “I’m going to be a grandmother for the first time, so I’m thinking a lot about children. ... I saw the future up here on this stage. Always believe in yourself and know that many, many others believe in you.” In Harlem, Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, also spent time with children, at the Disney Junior’s Pirate & Princess event where she talked about “the power of doing good.” *CNN blog: Fareed Zakaria GPS: “Clinton: Putin 'disabused' us over reset hopes” [VIDEO] <http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/25/clinton-putin-disabused-us-over-reset-hopes/>* [No Writer Mentioned] July 25, 2014, 1:55 p.m. EDT Fareed Zakaria speaks with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about U.S. relations with Russia. Watch the full interview on "Fareed Zakaria GPS," this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN *You say in your book that you felt – and you've said in interviews subsequently – that the reset with Russia worked because you got a new strategic arms treaty out of it, you got the Russians to agree to sanctions on Iran. Why do you think that it stopped working? What changed?* Well, I thought a lot about that, because I was among the most skeptical of Putin during the time that I was there, in part because I thought he had never given up on his vision of bringing Mother Russia back to the forefront. Not by looking at what Russia could do to be a modern nation, but by looking to the past, and especially trying to control their borders from Central Asia to the Baltics. So when he announced in the fall of 2011 that he would be changing positions with Medvedev, I knew that he would be more difficult to deal with. He had been always the power behind Medvedev, but he had given Medvedev a lot of independence to do exactly what you said and make the reset a success. I saw that firsthand with respect to the primary elections in Russia, because they were filled with irregularities and Russian people poured out in the streets to protest. And I, as Secretary of State, said the Russians deserve better. They deserved elections that reflected their will. Putin attacked me personally because he is very worried about any kind of internal dissent. He wanted to clamp down on any opposition within Russia and he wanted to provide more influence and even intimidation on his borders. And I certainly made my views known in meetings, as well as in memos to the president. I think that what may have happened is that both the United States and Europe were really hoping for the best from Putin as a returned president. And I think we've been quickly, unfortunately, disabused of those hopes. *CNN: “Hillary Clinton: Putin 'bears responsibility' in downing of MH17” <http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/25/world/europe/hillary-clinton-vladimir-putin-mh17/index.html>* By Jason Miks July 25, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin bears at least some responsibility for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday. "I think if there were any doubt it should be gone by now, that Vladimir Putin, certainly indirectly -- through his support of the insurgents in eastern Ukraine and the supply of advanced weapons and, frankly, the presence of Russian Special Forces and intelligence agents -- bears responsibility for what happened," she told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in an exclusive interview that will air Sunday. Clinton's comments come just over a week since Flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 on board. Pro-Russian militants have been accused of downing the plane using Russia-supplied armaments and of interfering with the subsequent investigation at the crash site. U.S. President Barack Obama last week called the crash a "wake-up call for Europe and the world that there are consequences to an escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine," a view Clinton echoed in urging Europe to go further. "We have to up the sanctions that are required. The United States has continued to move forward on that, Europe has been reluctant," Clinton told. "They need to understand they must stand up to Vladimir Putin." Her comments came as the Pentagon warned that Russia is preparing to transfer more powerful weaponry into Ukraine, a move it said could happen at any time. Putin has argued that Ukraine bears significant responsibility, saying in a statement that if military operations had not resumed in eastern Ukraine on June 28, "this tragedy probably could have been avoided." However, Clinton joined a chorus of Western voices laying much of the blame at Moscow's door, and she lamented that the United States and Europe had been "disabused" of their earlier hopes over the so-called reset in U.S.-Russia relations that was announced during President Obama's first year in office. "He [Putin] has a strategic plan in mind, the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to Europe," Clinton said. "His continuing efforts to intimidate Europeans -- not just through energy, but through interfering in elections, putting money behind buying press outlets in European countries ... trying to discourage countries like Ukraine being able to join the European Union." "And if the United States and Europe don't present a united front, I think Putin is the kind of man who will go as far as he can get away with. I think he is still smart enough and cautious enough to be pushed back. But there has to be a push in order to make that happen." 'He's a very arrogant person to deal with' Clinton also shared her thoughts on her interactions with Putin during her stint as Obama's secretary of state. "He's very tough. He's a very arrogant person to deal with, which I think is a combination of this vision of Russia and some fundamental insecurity, because when you are dealing with him, he often acts as though he could care less," Clinton said. "...There was a G20 summit in Los Cabos (Mexico, in 2012) and our President had a meeting scheduled. He kept President Obama waiting 40 minutes before he showed up. He sat down. It was a very small meeting on both sides of the table. We, at the time, were very hopeful -- not realistically so, but idealistically so -- that we could get more cooperation from Russia to slow down (Bashar) al-Assad and what he was doing in Syria," she said. "Putin could not have looked more bored, more discomfited, and never apologized for being late." "So then, of course, he wanted a summit in Russia. He wanted to play the host. And my advice to the president was don't go chasing after him. We're not sure of what his real intent is." Has Israel committed war crimes? In a wide-ranging interview, Clinton also discussed the ongoing violence in Gaza as Israel's ground incursion entered its second week. Asked about the warning Wednesday by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay that war crimes may have been committed, and whether Israel has used excessive force, Clinton said she did not agree with the war crimes assessment. "I think that the Israelis are in a very difficult position. Hamas, we know, embeds missiles, embeds command-and-control units in civilian areas," she said. "Now, some of that is just the geography. It's a very small area, very densely populated. But some of that is a deliberate choice by Hamas." However, she said, "too many people have died and too many of them are clearly innocent civilians, even children." More than 800 people have been killed in the more than two weeks of violence in Gaza, as diplomats scramble to establish a ceasefire. Palestinian leaders called for a day of rage as protests erupted in the West Bank following a strike this week on a U.N. shelter. Israel's security cabinet on Friday unanimously rejected a proposed one-week humanitarian ceasefire, Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz told CNN. Secretary of State John Kerry said later that there was a framework for a cease-fire, but that more needed to be done to make it happen. "They [the Israelis] understand the terrible box that they find themselves in because they want to end the rockets. And unfortunately, since the last ceasefire, the Hamas leadership has felt cornered. And the only way out of that corner, in their opinion, was to get better, more accurate, longer range rockets. "And they've been digging tunnels, apparently constantly, that can come up inside Israeli territory. And the Israelis have a perfectly legitimate objective to try to destroy as much as of the rocketry as they can and to destroy the tunnels." *Politico: “Hillary Clinton calls Putin arrogant, charming” <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/hillary-clinton-vladimir-putin-cnn-interview-109387.html?hp=r4>* By Katie Glueck July 25, 2014, 2:48 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton called Russian President Vladimir Putin “tough” and “arrogant” — if at times capable of charm — and noted that she had raised concerns about him to President Barack Obama. She made the comments in an interview with CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria, set to air on his eponymous show at 10 a.m. Sunday. “He acts, you know, bored and dismissive,” said Clinton, the former secretary of state and possible 2016 Democratic frontrunner, according to a transcript released Friday. “So he has a lot of personas that he pulls out — if he wants to stare intently at you with his very, you know, bright blue eyes, because he wants something from you, or he wants to convey a message to you, he can turn on the charm. But he can also be, you know, very tough to deal with and act as though it’s a burden on him to be in conversations with other world leaders.” Clinton, who has defended the Obama administration’s “reset” of relations with Russia as being effective for a time, also noted in the interview that she “was among the most skeptical of Putin.” Clinton, on tour to promote her new memoir of her time at the State Department, “Hard Choices,” has generated much scrutiny over the extent to which her foreign policy views aligned with others in the administration. In the interview, she made clear that she communicated her later reservations about Putin to Obama. “I, you know, certainly made my views known in, you know, in meetings, as well as in memos to the president,” she said. Regarding the long-term viability of the “reset,” she said that “I think that what may have happened, is that both the United States and Europe were really hoping for the best from Putin as a returned president. And I think we’ve been quickly, unfortunately, disabused of those hopes.” *Politico blog: Dylan Byers on Media: “Hillary Clinton on 'Fusion' Tuesday” <http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/07/hillary-clinton-on-fusion-tuesday-192862.html>* By Dylan Byers July 25, 2014, 2:23 p.m. EDT Hillary Clinton gave a one-on-one interview to Jorge Ramos on Friday, which will air Tuesday on Fusion's "America with Jorge Ramos." Ramos and the former Secretary of State discussed "the latest headlines, the political climate as the country approaches the 2014 and 2016 elections, as well as her book 'Hard Choices,'" according to a Fusion spokesperson. A preview, in which Clinton discusses the border crisis, will air tonight on Univision. Clinton's interview with Ramos followed an hour-long interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, which will air Sunday. *Wall Street Journal blog: Washington Wire: “Poll Data Show Little Gap Between Democrats and Liberals” <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/07/25/poll-data-show-little-gap-between-democrats-and-liberals/>* By Dante Chinni July 25, 2014, 3:10 p.m. EDT After spending most of the primary season analyzing Republican and conservative voters, let’s take a look at the Democrats and liberals. Polls suggest there are far fewer self-described “liberals” in America than there are “conservatives,” even though those same polls tend to show that there are more Democrats than there are Republicans. For instance, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds 41% identified themselves as Democrats and 36% as Republicans. Yet only 22% identified themselves as “liberal,” while 36% — matching the GOP number — identified themselves at “conservative.” That 19-point difference between liberals and Democrats has garnered a lot of attention lately as some analysts have theorized that anointed Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, if she runs, could face a challenge on her left flank some someone representing the liberal wing of the party. Some of the popular names mentioned include Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. But there is a problem with that formulation of the splits within the party, at least where the data are concerned: The difference between liberals and rank-and-file Democrats simply isn’t the gulf some people might imagine. On long list of issues – from education reform to carbon dioxide emissions to, notably, Ms. Clinton’s potential candidacy – the differences are fairly negligible. On the question of approval for how President Obama is handling his job, Democrats are at 75% approval, liberals are at 74%. On how Mr. Obama is handling foreign policy – 67% of Democrats approve and 63% of liberals. And there are more issues on the agreement list including more philosophical points. Democrats and Liberals on a Range of Issues [COMPARISON GRAPH OF DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS] So what is the difference between liberals and Democrats? Most demographic measures don’t show big splits, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Among Democrats 64% are white, 21% African-American and 15% are Hispanic. Among liberals, 66% are white, 18% are African-America and 15% are Hispanic. Liberals are slightly more likely to be college graduates and are slightly more likely to live in the South or the West, but those differences amount to a few percentage points here or there. A The real difference comes in age. As a group, liberals are much younger than Democrats – 39% of liberals are between ages 18 and 34, that’s true of only 26% of Democrats. Age Breakdown for Liberals There may be a few points behind that age difference, but seeing as there not dramatic differences between Democrats and liberals, it may be that the divide is primarily one of nomenclature. People in the 18- to 34-year-old age group may simply be more comfortable with using the word “liberal,” even though their positions are largely in line with rank-and-file Democrats who don’t use that word. When look deep enough at the numbers, some differences emerge between liberals and Democrats where that age difference may play a role. The June poll showed liberals are much more likely to say “climate change has been established as a serious problem and immediate action is necessary” – 61% versus 50% for Democrats. That same poll showed liberals are more likely to say that poverty today is more likely “caused by circumstances beyond people’s control” – 72% versus 63% for Democrats. But even in those cases the numbers largely reflect a difference in degree of support, not a strongly different point of view. In the case of climate change, both Democrats and liberals strongly agree – 80% or more – that climate change is taking place and action should be taken. Taken together, the numbers suggest that future of the Democratic Party may be more “liberal” but it’s not clear what difference that will actually make in terms of position and policy. And, more important for the immediate future and 2016, splitting the “liberal” and “Democratic” electorates may be a very difficult thing to do. *Associated Press: “Despite Clinton: O’Malley In Iowa Amid 2016 Talk” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/despite-clinton-omalley-iowa-amid-2016-talk>* By Ken Thomas and Thomas Beaumont July 26, 2014, 3:54 a.m. EDT Martin O'Malley's latest foray into Iowa begins, appropriately, in a place called Clinton. The Maryland governor is filling the void in Iowa, New Hampshire and beyond during the early stages of the 2016 presidential race, campaigning for fellow Democrats and making personal appeals while former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton remains the prohibitive — if yet undeclared — favorite. In the summer before November's mid-term elections, Clinton's dominant position in a hypothetical field has limited Democrats' activities in early presidential voting states even while an ambitious slate of Republicans descend. Active Democrats here say O'Malley has become an exception, cultivating relationships and developing a reputation as a loyal foot soldier for the party. "He's doing more than anybody else," said Mike Gronstal, the Iowa Senate Democratic leader. "Others have indicated they are interested in doing some things. But we haven't seen it yet." He declined to name the other Democrats who have inquired. O'Malley is laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign whether or not Clinton runs, although it remains unclear if he will challenge the popular former first lady. O'Malley was the second governor to endorse Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign in 2007 and maintains ties to former President Bill Clinton, who brought the then-Baltimore mayor to Northern Ireland on a presidential delegation trip in 2000 and appeared in an ad for O'Malley during his first campaign for governor. As his second term in Maryland ends, O'Malley has visited New Hampshire twice since November and raised money for Gov. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen — a fellow alumnus of Gary Hart's presidential campaigns — and Rep. Annie Kuster. In South Carolina, O'Malley has held events for Vincent Sheheen, who is challenging GOP Gov. Nikki Haley, and Bakari Sellers, who is running for lieutenant governor. O'Malley was returning to Iowa on Saturday, headlining a fundraiser for state Sen. Rita Hart in Clinton, a town on the banks of the Mississippi River, and another event in North Liberty for Kevin Kinney, a Johnson County sheriff's deputy seeking an open state Senate seat. After a Saturday night speech in Omaha to help the Nebraska Democratic Party, O'Malley was joining with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jack Hatch, who is challenging Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, for fundraisers in western Iowa on Sunday and a canvassing kickoff in Sioux City. O'Malley made a round of fundraising appearances for Hatch in Iowa last month, along with a speech at the state party convention. Iowa Democrats hold a narrow majority in the state Senate and party officials here said the governor's willingness to wade into local races was appreciated — and duly noted. "Helping out legislative races is a really smart strategy. It's an easy way to come out and be helpful," said Norm Sterzenbach, a former executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party. He noted that O'Malley got his political start in Iowa, as a field organizer for Gary Hart's 1984 presidential campaign in eastern Iowa. O'Malley's fundraising and campaign travel has coincided with a policy fight with the Obama administration on the stream of unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America over the Mexican border. He recently criticized a White House proposal that could expedite the deportation of the children, saying it would "send them back to certain death." Obama's team pushed back, leaking a phone call in which the governor asked the White House not to have children brought to a Maryland facility. O'Malley's stance has won support within Latino groups and has marked a contrast with Clinton. She said at a televised forum that she felt the children needed to be reunited with their families but the U.S. needed to make clear that "just because your child gets across the border doesn't mean your child gets to stay." To be sure, O'Malley is not the only Democrat extending feelers in the politically active state. Clinton, who placed a disappointing third in the 2008 caucus, recorded a humorous tribute to retiring Sen. Tom Harkin that aired at the state party convention dinner. Ready for Hillary, an unaffiliated organization laying the groundwork for a Clinton campaign, has been active in Iowa and Democrats are buzzing about whether Hillary Clinton — or former President Bill Clinton — will appear at Harkin's annual steak fry in September, his last as a senator. Biden, who headlined the steak fry last year, notably dropped by a Washington hotel in May to greet a group of Iowans attending the Greater Des Moines Partnership meeting. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar plans to campaign next month in Iowa for Rep. Bruce Braley, who is seeking Harkin's seat. Hart, the state senator and one of O'Malley's beneficiaries this weekend, said she has never met the governor before or spoken to him — his staff reached out about the fundraiser. She said her husband's aunt lives in Maryland, admires his record and urged her to get to know him. But like many Iowans, that's the extent of her knowledge for now. "I really don't think many people know anything about him. I think he's a pretty new name to a lot of people," Hart said. "That's probably why he's coming — he wants to change that." *Associated Press: “U.S. Evacuates Embassy in Libya Amid Clashes” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-evacuates-embassy-libya-amid-clashes>* By Matthew Lee and Lara Jakes July 26, 2014, 11:12 a.m. EDT The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort as fighting intensified between rival militias. Secretary of State John Kerry said "free-wheeling militia violence" prompted the move. American personnel at the Tripoli embassy, which had already been operating with limited staffing, left the capital around dawn and traveled by road to neighboring Tunisia, with U.S. fighter jets and other aircraft providing protection, the State Department said. The withdrawal underscored the Obama administration's concern about the heightened risk to American diplomats abroad, particularly in Libya where memories of the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in the eastern city of Benghazi are still vivid. The evacuation was accompanied by a new State Department travel warning for Libya urging Americans not to go to the country and recommending that those already there leave immediately. "The Libyan government has not been able to adequately build its military and police forces and improve security," it said. "Many military-grade weapons remain in the hands of private individuals, including anti-aircraft weapons that may be used against civilian aviation." Speaking Saturday in Paris where he was meeting with other diplomats on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Kerry said the U.S. remains committed to the diplomatic process in Libya despite the suspension of embassy activities there. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the evacuated employees will continue to work on Libyan issues in Tunis, elsewhere in North Africa and Washington. "Securing our facilities and ensuring the safety of our personnel are top department priorities, and we did not make this decision lightly," Harf said. "Security has to come first. Regrettably, we had to take this step because the location of our embassy is in very close proximity to intense fighting and ongoing violence between armed Libyan factions." The Pentagon said in statement that F-16 fighter jets and other U.S. aircraft provided security. "The mission was conducted without incident, and the entire operation lasted approximately five hours," the statement said. The State Department said embassy operations will be suspended until a determination is made that the security situation has improved. Tripoli has been embroiled for weeks in inter-militia violence that has killed and wounded dozens on all sides. The fighting has been particularly intense at the city's airport. "We are committed to supporting the Libyan people during this challenging time, and are currently exploring options for a permanent return to Tripoli as soon as the security situation on the ground improves," Harf said. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., the House Armed Services Committee chairman, expressed gratitude for the work of the U.S. forces that helped in the evacuation. The move marks the second time in a little more than three years that Washington has closed its embassy in Libya. In February 2011, the embassy suspended operations during the uprising that eventually toppled longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. After the formation of a transitional government in July 2011, the embassy reopened in September. Gadhafi was killed in October 2011. The Obama administration has been particularly sensitive about security of U.S. government employees in Libya since the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. mission in the country's second largest city of Benghazi. The attack killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The administration is still fending off criticism from Republicans and others that it did not take the needed steps to enhance security in Benghazi or evacuate the mission due to rising violence in that city in the months prior to the attack. The Benghazi mission was abandoned after that attack and never reopened. The embassy In Tripoli has been operating with reduced staff since but has remained open even as the violence intensified. On Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones appealed for fighting near the embassy to stop. "We have not been attacked but our neighborhood a bit 2 close to the action," she tweeted. "Diplomatic missions 2 B avoided pls." Jones had also tweeted about "heavy shelling and other exchanges" of fire in the vicinity of the embassy. Speculation about an evacuation had been rife at the State Department for more than a week. Libya is now witnessing one of its worst spasms of violence since Gadhafi's ouster. In Tripoli, the militias are fighting mostly for control of the airport. They are on the government's payroll because authorities have depended on them to restore order. The U.S. is the latest in a number of countries to have closed diplomatic operations in Libya. Turkey on Friday announced that it had shut its embassy and militia clashes in Benghazi have prompted the United Nations, aid groups and foreign envoys to leave. In Tripoli, clashes near the international airport have forced residents to evacuate their homes nearby after they were hit by shells. On Friday, the official Libyan news agency LANA reported that explosions were heard early in the day near the airport area and continued into the afternoon. The battle in Tripoli began earlier this month when Islamist-led militias — mostly from the western city of Misrata — launched a surprise assault on the airport, under control of rival militias from the western mountain town of Zintan. On Monday, a $113 million Airbus A330 passenger jet for Libya's state-owned Afriqiyah Airways was destroyed in the fighting. The rival militias, made up largely of former anti-Gadhafi rebels, have forced a weeklong closure of gas stations and government offices. In recent days, armed men have attacked vehicles carrying money from the Central Bank to local banks, forcing their closure. Libyan government officials and activists have increasingly been targeted in the violence. Gunmen kidnapped two lawmakers in the western suburbs of Tripoli a week ago and on Friday armed men abducted Abdel-Moaz Banoun, a well-known Libyan political activist in Tripoli, according to his father. An umbrella group for Islamist militias, called the Operation Room of Libya's Revolutionaries, said in a brief statement on its Facebook page on Friday that "troops arrested Abdel-Moaz over allegations that he served under Gadhafi" and "instigated rallies against" the Islamists. *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · July 27 – CNN: Sec. Clinton interview with Fareed Zakaria (Politico <http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/07/hillary-clinton-on-fareed-zakaria-sunday-192846.html> ) · July 29 – Fusion: Sec. Clinton interview with Jorge Ramos (Politico <http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/07/hillary-clinton-on-fusion-tuesday-192862.html> ) · July 29 – Saratoga Springs, NY: Sec. Clinton makes “Hard Choices” book tour stop at Northshire Bookstore (Glens Falls Post-Star <http://poststar.com/news/local/clinton-to-sign-books-in-spa-city/article_a89caca2-0b57-11e4-95a6-0019bb2963f4.html> ) · August 9 – Water Mill, NY: Sec. Clinton fundraises for the Clinton Foundation at the home of George and Joan Hornig (WSJ <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/06/17/for-50000-best-dinner-seats-with-the-clintons-in-the-hamptons/> ) · 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/>)