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*​**Correct The Record Thursday January 22, 2015 Morning Roundup:* *Headlines:* *CNN: “Clinton emerges from hiatus with updated vision for future” <http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/hillary-clinton-canada-future-vision/>* “Hillary Clinton emerged from a month-long speaking tour hiatus on Wednesday with a host of new potential stump speech lines that could soon become the cornerstone of her all-but-certain presidential run.” *New York Times: First Draft: “Hillary Clinton Gives Her Own ‘State of the Union’” <http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/01/21/?entry=8724&smid=tw-share&_r=0>* “In her first speech of the year, at a luncheon hosted by a bank in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mrs. Clinton took the opportunity to opine on several topics that could play a part in a 2016 presidential campaign.” *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton backs Obama on foreign and domestic fronts” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-canada-backs-obama-foreign-and-domestic-fronts>* “In her first public appearance in more than a month, Hillary Clinton strongly backed President Obama on both domestic and foreign policy, while saying western democracies like the U.S. and Canada are in an epic ‘contest’ with Islamic extremists and authoritarians.” *Associated Press: “Hillary Clinton declines to take position on Keystone” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/05fa31c52b2240028060867379e0ffbb/hillary-clinton-speak-canada-amid-debate-over-keystone>* “Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday declined again to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, telling an audience in Canada that she would not express her views because of an ongoing review by the State Department.” *CBC News: “Hillary Clinton speaks in Saskatoon” <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/hillary-clinton-speaks-in-saskatoon-1.2921014>* “Clinton focused most of her formal address on the topic of Islamic extremism -- and how the U.S. and Canada should respond.” *The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Hillary: Obama proposals 'an important start' on income inequality” <http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/230294-clinton-calls-obama-proposals-an-important-start-on-income-inequality>* “Hillary Clinton backed President Obama's broad approach on a range of economic issues while leaving room for some disagreement during an appearance in Canada on Wednesday.” *Articles:* *CNN: “Clinton emerges from hiatus with updated vision for future” <http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/hillary-clinton-canada-future-vision/>* By Dan Merica January 21, 2015 Winnipeg, Manitoba (CNN)Hillary Clinton emerged from a month-long speaking tour hiatus on Wednesday with a host of new potential stump speech lines that could soon become the cornerstone of her all-but-certain presidential run. The former secretary of state and prohibitive favorite for Democrats' 2016 presidential nomination laid out a vision for the future during the prepared portion of her remarks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, highlighting the need to combat radicalism, increase stagnating wages and reform the United States' immigration system. "For our democracies to meet the tests ahead, all of our people, not just those of us here, but all of our people, have to believe they too have a stake in our prosperity and our future, no matter where they are from, what they look like, who they worship or who they love," Clinton said. Wednesday's speech in Winnipeg was Clinton's first headline appearance since Dec. 15. The dearth in events is noticeable considering Clinton's prevalence last year. But the former secretary of state has been busy, according to a Democratic source who told CNN Clinton has been meeting with advisers for the last month at her Chappaqua, New York, home for strategy sessions about launching a 2016 presidential run. The new lines focused heavily on empowering middle-class Americans and used Clinton's time as secretary of state to convey an understanding of the issue. "We have to show the world that free people and free markets, human rights and human dignity, respect for our fellow men and women, is our core strength," Clinton said when speaking of the Paris terrorist attacks earlier this year. "We can't give in to division or distraction." People, no matter what society they are in all want mostly the same thing, Clinton said. "Overwhelmingly they say, 'I want a good job. I want my children to get an education. I want my family to be safe and feel that they have a good future.' That is not so different than from what we want in the United States and Canada," she said. Referring to the recent Paris terrorist attacks that gripped France and its allies, Clinton said the incidents "were stark reminders of the threats we face together," and "sharpened the true contours" of the fight against radicalism. "Islam itself is not the adversary and the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people," Clinton said, before endorsing more controls on how extremists use the Internet to recruit. Clinton also offered fresh comments on immigration, another hot-button issue. "Canada and the United States, unlike most places in the world, are nations built by immigrants and energized by our diversity," Clinton said. "It hasn't always been smooth or easy, but at our best, we kept expanding our idea of family and community ... to keep making more room at the table." In the past, Clinton has backed the Obama administration's plan to issue an executive action to overhaul the nation's immigration system, but not addressed the issue as core to continuing growth. Though she has at times distanced herself from Obama -- her former boss and rival -- on a number of issues, in Canada, Clinton embraced many of the President's efforts. "I think the President has been very successful," Clinton said, reflecting on Obama's sixth State of the Union address on Tuesday. "I think the President did a really good job in laying out some broad areas." In unveiling these new lines, Clinton also hugged closely to the vision for the future that Obama laid out on Tuesday night. Clinton said, Obama "offered a vision for helping the middle class in the United States reclaim its seat at the table. And the proposals he offered are an important start for a critical debate." "I think we are certainly coming out of the worst of our problems," Clinton said reflecting on the Obama years. "I don't think the President gets the credit he and his team deserve for the way they navigated through the difficult area." The former New York senator also dissuaded Democrats in the Senate from pushing new unilateral sanctions on Iran while negotiations with the country were still ongoing. "I take the position that I think the President articulated last night," Clinton said, arguing that the sanctions would threaten the negotiations and be a "very serious, strategic error." Once again, Clinton declined to offer an opinion about the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, a controversial proposal currently under review by the State Department and the subject of a power struggle between the Obama administration and the Republican-led Congress. Before the event, some of the 2,000 people who paid $300 a ticket to attend Clinton's speech chatted about the former first lady's likely presidential run and the fact she was getting paid for Wednesday's appearance. Some even asked, "Do you think Clinton will declare her candidacy today?" They were left disappointed, though. Clinton was not asked about her 2016 plans during a moderated discussion with CIBC CEO Victor Dodig and made no mention of them in her prepared remarks. Clinton now heads to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for a similar event on Wednesday night. *New York Times: First Draft: “Hillary Clinton Gives Her Own ‘State of the Union’” <http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/01/21/?entry=8724&smid=tw-share&_r=0>* By Amy Chozick January 21, 2015, 6:21 p.m. EST Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday denounced the recent attacks by Muslim extremists in Paris, weighed in on the proposals President Obama outlined in his State of the Union address and talked about how the United States could alleviate income inequality. She even impersonated President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. In her first speech of the year, at a luncheon hosted by a bank in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mrs. Clinton took the opportunity to opine on several topics that could play a part in a 2016 presidential campaign. But Mrs. Clinton is not a candidate yet, and therefore managed to remain mum on the one topic many in the audience had hoped to hear her talk about. “You won’t get me to talk about Keystone, because I have steadily made clear I’m not going to express an opinion,” Mrs. Clinton said when asked about the contentious pipeline that would carry crude oil from Canada to refineries in the United States.. Mrs. Clinton did talk extensively about fighting Muslim extremism after 17 people were killed in terror attacks in Paris this month. “The slaughter of satire writers and Jews and police officers sharpened the true contours of this struggle,” Mrs. Clinton said. “There is a distorted and dangerous strain of extremism within the Muslim world that continues to spread.” She talked about growing income inequity in the United States and endorsed Mr. Obama’s proposal to make community college free. But Mrs. Clinton added that State of the Union addresses were about laying out an agenda and not necessarily enacting legislation. “I think there was plenty for people to work with in the president’s speech last night,” she said. When asked how would she handle a Republican-led Congress if she were president, Mrs. Clinton responded that, as a “hypothetical,” she believed lawmaking was a “business transaction” and that “the art of compromise in our politics” was lacking. At one point, Mrs. Clinton was asked what she would do “if she decided” to be president. She said that there was a process and then imitated Mr. Putin anointing himself president. “Excellent, excellent idea,” Mrs. Clinton said, feigning a Russian accent. *MSNBC: “Hillary Clinton backs Obama on foreign and domestic fronts” <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-canada-backs-obama-foreign-and-domestic-fronts>* By Alex Seitz-Wald January 21, 2015, 5:09 p.m. EST In her first public appearance in more than a month, Hillary Clinton strongly backed President Obama on both domestic and foreign policy, while saying western democracies like the U.S. and Canada are in an epic “contest” with Islamic extremists and authoritarians. Clinton spoke to more than 2,000 in Winnipeg, Canada, at a lecture series sponsored by a Canadian bank. She was not asked whether she plans to run for president in 2016, and dodged questions on the Keystone XL pipeline, a thorn in the side of U.S.-Canada relations. “You won’t get me to talk about Keystone because I have steadily made clear that I will not express an opinion,” she said while being questioned by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CEO Victor Dodig during the Q&A portion of her appearance. The former secretary of state has said she will not weigh in on the controversial pipeline until the Obama administration’s review of the project is complete. But the likely presidential candidate had plenty of other things to say on a range of other topics. Iran: Clinton gave a full-throated endorsement of President Obama’s approach to Iran and its nuclear program, rebuffing Republicans and Democrats in Congress who are trying to impose new sanctions on the country. She said the new sanctions, pushed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers friendly to Israel, could lead to “a very serious strategic error.” They would give Russia and China “an excuse” to drop out of multilateral negotiations or push for a weaker deal with Iran, she said. “Why do we want to be the catalyst for the collapse of negotiations?” “I feel very strongly about this,” she continued. “If we get to the point where [the Iranians] cheat … all bets are off. But right now, the status quo that we’re in is, in my view, in our interests, so I don’t want to do anything that disrupts that status quo.” The sanctions are going to be major flashpoint for Obama with his own party this year, so the backing of the party’s likely future leader could be a major asset. “This should help stiffen the backbone of Democrats who were already reluctant to support new sanctions. Hopefully, unified Democratic opposition to sanctions will convince its sponsors to stop their dangerous push,” said Stephen Miles, the advocacy director of a group of 40 anti-war groups called the Win Without War Coalition. Paris attacks: In her first public remarks on the matter, Clinton said recent terror attacks in Paris and elsewhere have “sharpened the true contours of this struggle” between Western democracy and Islamic extremists. “Islam itself is not the enemy,” she said, but rather a “vicious few” who promote an “ideology of hate.” “Like previous ideological struggles, this is a generational challenge and it must be waged on many fronts,” she said, calling for an attack on extremist propaganda. Clinton drew a wide rhetorical circle around democratic countries and presented them as at war with terrorists and dictators alike. “Extremism, authoritarianism, Putinism – none of them can compete with democracy at our best,” she said. Inequality: Clinton connected the fight against extremism abroad to the fight for justice at home. “Standing up for our own values in our communities is just as crucial as promoting them abroad,” she said. That includes “demagogues who pray on fears of immigrants” as well inequalities in the economy. She continued her stepped-up embrace of economic populism, promoted perhaps most vocally in Democratic politics by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Citing a recent Oxfam report that warned the top 1% will control half of the world’s wealth by 2016, Clinton said that kind of inequality is a threat to “the core” of Democracy and must be dealt with to expand the “circle of opportunity” to everyone. “Here in Canada, for example, you’ve shown that the economic inequality that we see in the United States and in many countries is not inevitable,” Clinton said. “You’ve invested in your middle class and it’s made a real difference.” State of the Union: Clinton called President Obama’s State of the Union address “an important start for a critical debate” on expanding economic opportunity, and praised his economic record. “The president has been very successful,” she said. “I think the president doesn’t get the credit he and his team deserves for the way they navigated” the recession.” She did add, however, “I would have differences, everyone would have differences, about what else could be done” in the early days of the administration. Ukraine: One place where Clinton was willing to distance herself from the White House, if slightly, was in calling for great aid, both in training and equipment, to Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country. Compromise over ideology: Clinton praised transactional leadership and called for a return to dealmaking. “That’s what we need to get back to doing, the art of compromise in our politics, rather than people staking out ideological positions,” she said. And no Clinton appearance would be complete without some praise for her new granddaughter, Charlotte. Clinton said the four-month-old does not yet have a nickname for her the former secretary of state a likely presidential candidate, suggesting the name is a point of contention in the family. “The negotiations are harder than my secretary of state job,” she joked. Clinton said she’ she’ll let the baby choose a name – but “exercise a veto” if need be. *Associated Press: “Hillary Clinton declines to take position on Keystone” <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/05fa31c52b2240028060867379e0ffbb/hillary-clinton-speak-canada-amid-debate-over-keystone>* By Ken Thomas January 21, 2015, 11:18 p.m. EST WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday declined again to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, telling an audience in Canada that she would not express her views because of an ongoing review by the State Department. "We have differences and you won't get me to talk about Keystone because I have steadily made clear that I'm not going to express an opinion," said Clinton, a potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. "It is in our process and that's where it belongs." Clinton was asked about U.S.-Canadian relations during a wide-ranging question-and-answer session in Winnipeg as Congress considers approving construction of the contentious, Canada-backed project. Making her first public remarks in a month, Clinton also touched upon the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and the debate in Congress over Iran. Her views on Keystone have been closely watched in Canada. She has said it would be inappropriate for her to comment on whether the pipeline project should move ahead, given her past role as Obama's top diplomat and the State Department's ongoing assessment. Obama has vowed to veto the congressional legislation as long as the State Department is still conducting a formal review of the project. The TransCanada Corp. pipeline would carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta and the U.S. Bakken oil field across six U.S. states to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The House authorized construction of the pipeline last week, and the Senate is now considering the legislation. Republican and Democratic supporters hope to win final approval on the measure and send it to the White House by the end of the week. Republicans, the Canadian government and business and labor groups have pressured the Obama administration to approve the pipeline, arguing it would create jobs and move North America toward energy independence. Environmentalists want Obama to reject the pipeline, contending it would contribute to global warming and make the U.S. more vulnerable to oil spills. For a possible Democratic presidential candidate, the politics of Keystone are tricky. Environmentalists and labor unions have been among the party's core supporters for years, and picking sides could alienate either group. One of the leading opponents is billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, who has poured millions of dollars into a super PAC that has promoted environmental causes. Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski criticized Clinton's Keystone stance, saying if she "can't take a position on building a pipeline Americans overwhelmingly support, how can voters expect her to make the hard choices that come with being commander-in-chief and leader of the free world?" Appearing onstage before nearly 2,000 people at an event sponsored by CIBC, a Canadian bank, Clinton commented on several American and international developments, including: — Paris: Clinton said the recent terror attack in Paris showed that Western democracies are "in a contest of ideas" against extremism within the Muslim world. She said the "slaughter of satire writers and Jews and police officers sharpened the true contours of this struggle." — Obama: Clinton said Obama's proposals in Tuesday's annual address to Congress could offer a good starting point for negotiations with majority Republicans and said the U.S. needs to do more for families struggling with "sagging wages and sinking hopes." Obama and his team have not received the "credit they deserve" for their stewardship of the economy since the recession, she said. — Iran: The former New York senator said she opposed efforts in the Senate to ramp up sanctions on Iran if a deal preventing the country from developing nuclear weapons is not reached by early July. Clinton said new sanctions could give Iran and others an excuse not to continue with the negotiations. Obama has said he will veto any Iran sanctions bill that reaches his desk. Clinton spoke later in the day at a similar event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she called climate change an urgent challenge. "We're now at the point where global action is an absolute necessity," she said. Clinton has largely stayed out of public view since mid-December. Her two paid speeches came as she is beginning to assemble the makings of a presidential campaign, though she has yet to announce her intentions. Clinton is working with close advisers and several former Obama campaign aides to prepare for the 2016 race and is expected to make a final decision in the spring. *CBC News: “Hillary Clinton speaks in Saskatoon” <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/hillary-clinton-speaks-in-saskatoon-1.2921014>* [No Writer Mentioned] January 21, 2015, 5:30 a.m. CST The woman who may yet become the first female president of the United States spoke in Saskatoon Wednesday night at TCU Place. The former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton did not quite pack the house. But close to 2,000 people streamed in to hear the woman who is widely expected to make a second bid for the U.S. presidency. They paid in the range of $84 to $315 for the privilege. Clinton focused most of her formal address on the topic of Islamic extremism -- and how the U.S. and Canada should respond. Coincidentally, it was the same evening that the Amadiyya Muslim Students' Association was holding a video presentation and discussion at the University of Saskatchewan, on Islamist de-radicalization. Clinton spoke about the values of "tolerance and openness that define our democracies". "Make no mistake," Clinton told her audience, "those were the values under assault in Paris. The slaughter of cartoonists and satirists, along with Jews and police officers truly sent a signal about what we are contesting." She called it a "contest of ideas and values", adding that "Islam itself is not the adversary". "But we can't close our eyes to the fact that there is a distorted and dangerous strain of extremism within the Muslim world that continues to spread," Clinton continued, calling it "a generational challenge" that must be "waged on multiple fronts simultaneously". Those include the effort to stop the spread of ISIS and other violent extremist groups in the Middle East. She also said there's a need to empower moderates and marginalize extremists in the wider Muslim world, as well as target extremist propaganda and recruitment. "And we still have to do a much better job of contesting on-line space including websites, and chat rooms, where extremists inspire and recruit followers," Clinton said. Having spoken in Winnipeg earlier in the day, Clinton described her visit to the newly opened Canadian Museum for Human Rights, where she found "so much information presented dramatically and poignantly about what it means to be deprived of your human rights". Clinton also linked the struggle against extremism with "sharing prosperity more broadly and fairly". During a question-and-answer session that followed, Clinton advanced the idea of a "North American energy system". "When I was in Winnipeg I talked about how there's a deal between Manitoba's hydroelectricity and some companies, utilities across the border that deal with clean energy, solar, wind and how we need to be looking for ways to connect ourselves up, to thicken the co-operation on energy among us," Clinton said. However, there were two questions she would not touch -- her views on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and whether she will indeed enter the upcoming U.S. presidential election. *The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Hillary: Obama proposals 'an important start' on income inequality” <http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/230294-clinton-calls-obama-proposals-an-important-start-on-income-inequality>* By Peter Sullivan January 21, 2015, 3:41 p.m. EST Hillary Clinton backed President Obama's broad approach on a range of economic issues while leaving room for some disagreement during an appearance in Canada on Wednesday. She called Obama's State of the Union proposals, focused on boosting the middle class, "an important start for a critical debate." As she heads towards a presidential run, Obama's bold economic messaging could shape the debate as she campaigns in 2016. Clinton did not take a position or bring up the specifics of Obama's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for measures aimed at the middle class. Clinton did focus on income inequality, an area of division that has led some liberals to urge Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to run. She cited an Oxfam report that the world's 80 richest people have the same wealth as the bottom 3.5 billion people, raising the question of "How can we share prosperity more broadly and fairly?" "Here in Canada, for example, you've shown that the economic inequality that we see in the United States and in many countries is not inevitable," she said. "You've invested in your middle class and it's made a real difference," she added. Clinton credited the Obama administration's handling of the 2008 financial crisis for the economic uptick, but left room to have handled some things differently. "I think the president doesn't get the credit he and his team deserve for the way they navigated through this area," she said. "I would have had differences everybody would have had differences about what else could be done." Her appearance came at an event in Winnipeg in the "Global Perspectives" series, sponsored by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. On foreign policy, she mostly backed the president but called for more action to support Ukraine against Russia. She said the Ukranian army has "proven that they are worthy of some greater support than we have up to date provided." She has backed Obama's continued negotiations with Iran in the past, and continued that support. She disagreed with calls in Congress, including among some Democrats, for more sanctions. "I take the position I think the president articulated last night," she said on Iran. New sanctions would give China and Russia an excuse to drop out, she said. "Why do we want to be the catalyst for the collapse of negotiations?" she said. On one area, she had no comment, keeping with her past decision not to discuss the Keystone pipeline, citing her involvement in the approval process as secretary of State. *Calendar:* *Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule.* · February 24 – Santa Clara, CA: Sec. Clinton to Keynote Address at Inaugural Watermark Conference for Women (PR Newswire <http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hillary-rodham-clinton-to-deliver-keynote-address-at-inaugural-watermark-conference-for-women-283200361.html> ) · March 4 – New York, NY: Sec. Clinton to fundraise for the Clinton Foundation (WSJ <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/01/15/carole-king-hillary-clinton-live-top-tickets-100000/> ) · March 19 – Atlantic City, NJ: Sec. Clinton keynotes American Camp Association conference (PR Newswire <http://www.sys-con.com/node/3254649>)