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Mon Nov-17-08 09:35 PM
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Who do you think were the best Secretaries of State and why? |
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I'll offer up George Marshall and successor Dean Acheson for the 'Marshall Plan' and general post-war mop-up. Who else stands out to you?
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:36 PM
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1. I'll say Thomas Jefferson. Because he's... well... Thomas Jefferson. |
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:43 PM
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2. He was a superb diplomat. |
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He'd be my choice as well.
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:45 PM
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5. Well of course he was. TJ is basically the political equivalent of Chuck Norris. |
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:43 PM
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Tue Nov-18-08 01:35 AM
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15. I saw the name and was ready to give you a smackdown! |
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:45 PM
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for his work with Lincoln in keeping Europe out of the Civil War and buying Alaska after the Civil War.
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:46 PM
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7. But he did give us Sarah Palin... |
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:48 PM
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8. I was waiting for something like that |
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knowing how liberal Seward was for the time in which he lived, I doubt seriously that he would have approved of Palin.
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:49 PM
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I was kidding. :-)
And I admire Seward and that buying Alaska thingy was kind of cool.
Now we can keep an eye on Russia.
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:57 PM
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11. Seward is certainly a prominent one. |
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Interesting now with all the talk of Lincoln's 'team of rivals'
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:46 PM
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6. Not exactly a Secretary of State, as the position had not been created yet... |
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Mon Nov-17-08 09:51 PM
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10. I also adore Marshall. nt |
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Mon Nov-17-08 10:28 PM
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12. General "I'm in charge here" |
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Mon Nov-17-08 10:31 PM
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13. Did you also have a serious suggestion? |
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Mon Nov-17-08 11:58 PM
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14. Marshall and Acheson would be among my candidates |
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but there would also be Thomas Jefferson, William Seward, and Cordell Hull, the longest-serving Sec of State who helped establish the UN.
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Tue Nov-18-08 02:06 AM
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16. John Quincy Adams is considered by historians to be one of the nation's |
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greatest Secretaries of State.
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