Judiciary Report - Hillary Clinton Messing Up On The Job

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Hillary Clinton Messing Up On The Job

March 7. 2009

"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is welcomed by her Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg - Reuters

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is already messing up on the job, mispronouncing names and making odd statements. In Russia, instead of saying, “reset” in their language, she said, “overload” regarding a button, she pressed on a box that symbolizes U.S. relations with their country. She also had another gaffe in Brussels.

"Mr. Lavrov was not taken with the state department's Russian language skills" - Reuters

Button gaffe embarrasses Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a mock reset button

Mr Lavrov was not taken with the state department's Russian language skills

Russian media have been poking fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to her Russian counterpart. Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.

But he said the word the Americans chose, "peregruzka", meant "overloaded" or "overcharged", rather than "reset". Daily newspaper Kommersant declared on its front page: "Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton push the wrong button."…

http://news.bbc.co.uk

Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm EU welcome

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows on her first visit to Europe as secretary of state when she mispronounced her EU counterparts' names and claimed U.S. democracy was older than Europe's.

http://www.reuters.com