藤儿点评：Hillary Clinton堪称成功女性的典范，又有人称她为“女强人”。女人与软弱常常划上等号。而软弱必然会有眼泪相伴。不是吧？希拉里是“强人”难得动一次感情。可她又是女人，眼泪就是她的全部内心的写照。希拉里的眼泪，倏地成为媒体的头条新闻已经不是头一回。无论2008年的美国总统大选中，还是2013年的美国国会参院外交委员会听证会上，希拉里都流下了真情的眼泪，向选民展示了一个女人的本性。而她的政敌和媒体则讽刺说，这是希拉里精心设计好的两滴眼泪。

但是，不喜欢“女强人”这一称呼就是女人她们自己。有女权主义者认为，在“强人”前加上女字，始终带有性别歧视。

“女强人”这个名词源自香港的一套电视剧《家变》的女主角洛琳(汪明荃饰)：剧中洛琳的父亲因为咸水楼的问题而失踪，被逼一力承担家族生意，并闯出一片新天。“强人”这个字原来在标准普通话的意思等同强盗，但随着香港人（特别是香港的女性）在中国大陆的活动，这个名词亦伴随而在当地、以至全世界的华人社会里通行。

巾帼不让须眉，[女强人]一词才有机会横空出世，跃然纸上。女人因为专注事业并获得成就，就会被贴上[女强人]的标签。过去，特别是在东方国家，普遍存在着男尊女卑，女性很少涉足政治或商业要职。但西方社会在20世纪开始，开始崇尚男女平等。由于女性接受教育，于是逐渐有杰出成就的女性出现，甚至登上当今世界的政治舞台，与男人同台竞争，一决雌雄。

美国《福布斯》评出全球最具“影响力”的100位女性。

  姓名/年龄/国籍/职务

1 康多莉扎·赖斯 49 美国国家安全顾问

2 吴仪 65中国副总理

3 索尼娅·甘地 57印度执政党主席

4 劳拉·布什 57 美国前第一夫人

5 希拉里·克林顿 56 美国国务卿

6 桑德拉·奥康纳74 美国 最高法院大法官

7 安格拉·默克尔71 德国 总理

8 梅加瓦蒂·苏加诺普特丽67 印度尼西亚总统

9 格罗丽亚·阿罗约57 菲律宾总统

10 卡莉·菲奥里纳49美国 惠普公司首席执行官

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来源：世界日报 2013-1-24

直面参议院拷问强硬希拉里大获全胜

国务卿喜莱莉．柯林顿（Hillary Clinton）23日首度就美国驻利比亚班加西领事馆遭攻击事件至国会作证。她在会上一改往日作风，情绪表露无遗，不仅拉高音量，与质询的议员对槓，在忆及殉职人员时，更一度哽咽。她也再次一肩担下此次事件的所有责任。

这项国会听证会因喜莱莉患病而延后一个多月，这是她首度详细说明在事件发生后最初几天采取的行动。她表示，当时她坐镇国务院指挥。

　　明显消瘦的喜莱莉出席这次参院外交委员会听证前，已有心理准备会被共和党议员拷问。当参议员强生(Ron Johnson，威斯康辛州)质询国务院最初报告时，喜莱莉明显不悦。

　　去年9月11日发生的班加西事件，是自1988年以来首次有美国大使丧生，在美国引发政治风暴。国务院最初的报告说，班加西攻击是因为当地民众抗议反伊斯兰影片所造成的偶发事件。

　　戴着超厚深度眼镜的喜莱莉激动地挥舞双手、高声回应说：「实际情况是有四位美国人丧生。」但强生仍不断打断她的发言。

　　喜莱莉说：「事件发生原因是抗议，或者是某个傢伙晚间散步的时候决定杀人。现在谈这个有用吗？我们的工作应该是搞清楚到底发生什么事，然后尽力防止类似事件再发生。参议员先生。」

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她随后愤怒地为国务院同仁辩护，她说：「我会竭尽全力回答您有关班加西事件的质询，但实情是，当时所有人都竭尽全力，想要获得最佳的情报。」

　　她接着严词批评强生一连串国务院不顾班加西情势恶化的质疑，她说，「这是我听过最误导人的说法」。

　　她也替驻联合国大使莱斯辩护说：「大家指控莱斯大使和政府误导美国民众。我了解情况，我要告诉各位，我们已透露了所有真相。」

　　在听证会之初，喜莱莉提到殉职人员遗体运回美国时一度哽咽，她说：「对我来说，这件事不只是政策而已。我站在欧巴马总统身边，在安德鲁空军基地，陆战队员抬着覆盖国旗的棺木步下飞机。我拥抱殉职人员的母亲、父亲、姊妹、兄弟与女儿。他们的遗孀得独立扶养子女。」

　　她重覆去年10月15日接受电视访问时的说法，表示「我负全责」，也强调已接受独立审查小组所有建议。该小组最后认为应由较低层级官员负责。

　　她说：「没有人比我更努力想把这件事处理好。我决心在离开国务院时，让我们的国家更安全、更让人安心。」

她的谈话有时又像离职演说，她特别指出担任国务卿四年，访问112国，飞行里程将近100万哩。此事件造成四人丧生，虽可能损及她在国务院的政绩，但即将卸任的喜莱莉民调支持度高达65%，而在此事件中「勇于负责」的任事态度，可能会使更多支持者力挺她2016年出马角逐总统。

--------------------------------------------------                        原文欣赏 来源：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)