藤兒點評：Hillary Clinton堪稱成功女性的典範，又有人稱她為“女強人”。女人與軟弱常常劃上等號。而軟弱必然會有眼淚相伴。不是吧？希拉里是“強人”難得動一次感情。可她又是女人，眼淚就是她的全部內心的寫照。希拉里的眼淚，倏地成為媒體的頭條新聞已經不是頭一回。無論2008年的美國總統大選中，還是2013年的美國國會參院外交委員會聽證會上，希拉里都流下了真情的眼淚，向選民展示了一個女人的本性。而她的政敵和媒體則諷刺說，這是希拉里精心設計好的兩滴眼淚。

但是，不喜歡“女強人”這一稱呼就是女人她們自己。有女權主義者認為，在“強人”前加上女字，始終帶有性別歧視。

“女強人”這個名詞源自香港的一套電視劇《家變》的女主角洛琳(汪明荃飾)：劇中洛琳的父親因為鹹水樓的問題而失蹤，被逼一力承擔家族生意，並闖出一片新天。“強人”這個字原來在標準普通話的意思等同強盜，但隨着香港人（特別是香港的女性）在中國大陸的活動，這個名詞亦伴隨而在當地、以至全世界的華人社會裡通行。

巾幗不讓鬚眉，[女強人]一詞才有機會橫空出世，躍然紙上。女人因為專注事業並獲得成就，就會被貼上[女強人]的標籤。過去，特別是在東方國家，普遍存在着男尊女卑，女性很少涉足政治或商業要職。但西方社會在20世紀開始，開始崇尚男女平等。由於女性接受教育，於是逐漸有傑出成就的女性出現，甚至登上當今世界的政治舞台，與男人同台競爭，一決雌雄。

美國《福布斯》評出全球最具“影響力”的100位女性。

  姓名/年齡/國籍/職務

1 康多莉扎·賴斯 49 美國國家安全顧問

2 吳儀 65中國副總理

3 索尼婭·甘地 57印度執政黨主席

4 勞拉·布什 57 美國前第一夫人

5 希拉里·克林頓 56 美國國務卿

6 桑德拉·奧康納74 美國 最高法院大法官

7 安格拉·默克爾71 德國 總理

8 梅加瓦蒂·蘇加諾普特麗67 印度尼西亞總統

9 格羅麗亞·阿羅約57 菲律賓總統

10 卡莉·菲奧里納49美國 惠普公司首席執行官

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來源：世界日報 2013-1-24

直面參議院拷問強硬希拉里大獲全勝

國務卿喜萊莉．柯林頓（Hillary Clinton）23日首度就美國駐利比亞班加西領事館遭攻擊事件至國會作證。她在會上一改往日作風，情緒表露無遺，不僅拉高音量，與質詢的議員對槓，在憶及殉職人員時，更一度哽咽。她也再次一肩擔下此次事件的所有責任。

這項國會聽證會因喜萊莉患病而延後一個多月，這是她首度詳細說明在事件發生後最初幾天採取的行動。她表示，當時她坐鎮國務院指揮。

　　明顯消瘦的喜萊莉出席這次參院外交委員會聽證前，已有心理準備會被共和黨議員拷問。當參議員強生(Ron Johnson，威斯康辛州)質詢國務院最初報告時，喜萊莉明顯不悅。

　　去年9月11日發生的班加西事件，是自1988年以來首次有美國大使喪生，在美國引發政治風暴。國務院最初的報告說，班加西攻擊是因為當地民眾抗議反伊斯蘭影片所造成的偶發事件。

　　戴着超厚深度眼鏡的喜萊莉激動地揮舞雙手、高聲回應說：「實際情況是有四位美國人喪生。」但強生仍不斷打斷她的發言。

　　喜萊莉說：「事件發生原因是抗議，或者是某個傢伙晚間散步的時候決定殺人。現在談這個有用嗎？我們的工作應該是搞清楚到底發生什麼事，然後盡力防止類似事件再發生。參議員先生。」

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她隨後憤怒地為國務院同仁辯護，她說：「我會竭盡全力回答您有關班加西事件的質詢，但實情是，當時所有人都竭盡全力，想要獲得最佳的情報。」

　　她接着嚴詞批評強生一連串國務院不顧班加西情勢惡化的質疑，她說，「這是我聽過最誤導人的說法」。

　　她也替駐聯合國大使萊斯辯護說：「大家指控萊斯大使和政府誤導美國民眾。我了解情況，我要告訴各位，我們已透露了所有真相。」

　　在聽證會之初，喜萊莉提到殉職人員遺體運回美國時一度哽咽，她說：「對我來說，這件事不只是政策而已。我站在歐巴馬總統身邊，在安德魯空軍基地，陸戰隊員抬着覆蓋國旗的棺木步下飛機。我擁抱殉職人員的母親、父親、姊妹、兄弟與女兒。他們的遺孀得獨立扶養子女。」

　　她重覆去年10月15日接受電視訪問時的說法，表示「我負全責」，也強調已接受獨立審查小組所有建議。該小組最後認為應由較低層級官員負責。

　　她說：「沒有人比我更努力想把這件事處理好。我決心在離開國務院時，讓我們的國家更安全、更讓人安心。」

她的談話有時又像離職演說，她特別指出擔任國務卿四年，訪問112國，飛行里程將近100萬哩。此事件造成四人喪生，雖可能損及她在國務院的政績，但即將卸任的喜萊莉民調支持度高達65%，而在此事件中「勇於負責」的任事態度，可能會使更多支持者力挺她2016年出馬角逐總統。

--------------------------------------------------                        原文欣賞 來源：http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-usa-libya-clinton-idUSBRE90M0SM20130123

Clinton forcefully defends handling of Benghazi attack

By Arshad Mohammed and Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:21pm EST

(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesdayforcefully defended her handling of the September 11 attack on the U.S. missionin the Libyan city of Benghazi and denied any effort to mislead the Americanpeople.

The attack by armed militants that killed U.S. AmbassadorChristopher Stevens and three other Americans threatens to stain Clinton'slegacy as secretary of state and could cast a longer shadow should she decideto make a WhiteHouse run in 2016.

By turns emotional and fierce, Clinton choked up at onepoint in six hours of congressional testimony as she spoke of comforting theBenghazi victims' families and grew angry when a Republican accused the Obamaadministration of misleading the country over whether the attack stemmed from aprotest.

"With all due respect, the fact is that we had fourdead Americans," Clinton said angrily as she testified before the SenateForeign Relations Committee, an appearance delayed more than a month because ofher ill health.

"Was it because of a protest, or was it because ofguys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans? Whatdifference, at this point, does it make?" she said, making choppingmotions with her hands for emphasis.

"It is our job to figure out what happened and doeverything we can to prevent it from ever happening again."

During the morning Senate hearing and a later session inthe U.S. House of Representatives, Republicansand Democrats pointed fingers at each other, with Republicans accusingClinton's State Department of mismanagement and Democrats defending her.

But little new information about the Benghazi incident andthe administration's response to it emerged from the lengthy hearings. Clintondid say that there were at least 20 other U.S. diplomatic posts under serioussecurity threat, but declined to name them at the public session.

Clinton cast the Benghazi incident as part of a longhistory of such violence as well as the result of instability since the ArabSpring of popular revolutions began in 2011, toppling authoritarian rulers in Tunisia,Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

"Benghazi did not happen in a vacuum," Clintonsaid. "The Arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shatteredsecurity forces across the region."

'I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY'

On the same day as the Benghazi assault, a mob angered by aU.S.-made video depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a fool and philandererattacked the U.S. embassy in Cairo. There were later attacks on U.S. embassiesin Tunisia, Yemenand Sudan.

Republicansharshly criticized Clinton, and President Barack Obama's administration moregenerally, with Senator Bob Corker saying the Benghazi attack and the U.S.response displayed "woeful unpreparedness" for the events sweepingthe region. Senator Rand Paul said Clinton should have been fired.

Clinton, echoing comments she first made on October 15,said: "I take responsibility." She stressed that she had accepted allthe recommendations of an independent panel that investigated the incident andthat held lower-level officials responsible.

"Nobody is more committed to getting this right. I amdetermined to leave the State Department and our country safer, stronger andmore secure," Clinton said.

Militants attacked and overwhelmed the U.S. diplomaticfacility in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 in a sustained assault.

The official U.S. inquiry released on December 18 concludedthat "leadership and management failures" in two State Departmentbureaus led to a security posture "inadequate for Benghazi and grosslyinadequate to deal with the attack that took place."

The unclassified version of the "Accountability ReviewBoard" report also faulted poor coordination and unclear lines ofauthority in Washington. Four lower-level officials were placed onadministrative leave following the release of the inquiry, which did not findClinton personally at fault.

Clinton is expected to step down in the coming days onceher designated successor, Senator John Kerry, is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Originally due to testify on December 20, Clinton had topostpone after she suffered a concussion when she fainted due to dehydration.Doctors later found she had a blood clot in her head and hospitalized her forseveral days.

Several senators, noting the vehemence of Clinton'sdefense, said she appeared to have fully recovered.

While many senators warmly praised her four-year tenure assecretary of state, and several hinted at the possibility of her running forpresident in 2016, some Republicans were scathing.

They pressed Clinton about what they described as an August16, 2012 cable from Stevens saying that the Benghazi mission could notwithstand a coordinated attack.

"That cable did not come to my attention,"Clinton replied, saying that the State Department receives 1.43 million cablesa year.

"Had I been president at the time and I found that youdid not read the cables ... from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved youof your post. I think it's inexcusable," Paul, a Kentucky Republican, toldClinton.

'AS COMBATIVE AS EVER'

Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, told Clinton itwas "wonderful to see you in good health and as combative as ever,"before going on to say that he categorically rejected one of her answers andfound others unsatisfactory.

While clouding Clinton's tenure at the State Department,the controversy over the Benghazi attack also cost Susan Rice, the U.S.ambassador to the UnitedNations, her chance to succeed Clinton as secretary of state.

Republicans in Congress blasted Rice for her comments fivedays after the attack in which she said it appeared to be the result of aspontaneous protest rather than a planned assault.

Rice, who has said her comments were based on talkingpoints from the U.S. intelligence community, eventually withdrew her name fromconsideration for the top U.S. diplomatic job.

"We were misled that there were supposedly protestsand then something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that,"Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, told Clinton, referring to Rice'sappearance on Sunday television talk shows.

Clinton rejected the charge.

"People have accused Ambassador Rice and theadministration of, you know, misleading Americans," she said."Nothing could be further from the truth."

Earlier in her testimony, Clinton appeared to try subtly todistance herself from Rice's comments.

"The very next morning, I told the American peoplethat heavily armed militants assaulted our compound, and I vowed to bring themto justice. And I stood with PresidentObama in the (WhiteHouse) Rose Garden as he spoke of an act of terror," she said.

Clinton's voice cracked as she spoke of comforting familieswho lost relatives in the incident, the first since 1988 in which a U.S.ambassador was killed.

"For me, this is not just a matter of policy - it'spersonal," Clinton told the Senate panel.

"I stood next to PresidentObama as the Marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane atAndrews," she added, her voice breaking as she described the ceremony atAndrews Air Force Base in Maryland when the men's remains were brought home.

"I put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sistersand brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise theirchildren," she said.

(Additional reporting by Andrew Quinn and PatriciaZengerle; Editing by Will Dunham and David Brunnstrom)