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Hillary Clinton's job as [[Obama]]'s [[Secretary of State]] was the subject of a Congressional investigation after it had become evident that the deaths of four Americans during the Islamic terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in [[Benghazi]] were caused by incompetence and malfeasance.<ref>Page, Susan (May 10, 2013).  [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/09/senator-lindsey-graham-hillary-clinton-testify-benghazi-subpoena/2147869/ "Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi"].  ''USA Today'' website.</ref>
 
Hillary Clinton's job as [[Obama]]'s [[Secretary of State]] was the subject of a Congressional investigation after it had become evident that the deaths of four Americans during the Islamic terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in [[Benghazi]] were caused by incompetence and malfeasance.<ref>Page, Susan (May 10, 2013).  [http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/09/senator-lindsey-graham-hillary-clinton-testify-benghazi-subpoena/2147869/ "Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi"].  ''USA Today'' website.</ref>
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==Chinese debt deal==
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Clinton's first assignment was to travel to [[China]] and convince them to purchase [[U.S. Treasury]] obligations to finance Obama’s  [[stimulus]] package.<ref>AFP (February 22, 2009).  [http://www.warandpeace.ru/en/news/view/32887/ "Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt"]. Reprinted at War and Peace website.</ref>  The veto-proof Democratic Congress voted to add $4.5 trillion to the [[national debt]] for "jobs creation" which, by the end of her tenure four years later, added a paltry 1.3 million jobs.<ref>Total Nonfarm Payrolls of All Employees in the United States stood at 133,977,000 in January of 2009; by January of 2013 when Clinton left office the number stood at 135,293,000, an increase of 1,316,000 jobs, or a cost of $3.4 million ''per job''. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</ref>  Clinton told Chinese leaders that the [[Obama administration]] considered [[human rights]] secondary to economic well-being.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4735087/Hillary-Clinton-Chinese-human-rights-secondary-to-economic-survival.html Hillary Clinton: Chinese human rights secondary to economic survival,] Richard Spencer, ''London Telegraph,'' 20 Feb 2009.</ref>  
 
Clinton's first assignment was to travel to [[China]] and convince them to purchase [[U.S. Treasury]] obligations to finance Obama’s  [[stimulus]] package.<ref>AFP (February 22, 2009).  [http://www.warandpeace.ru/en/news/view/32887/ "Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt"]. Reprinted at War and Peace website.</ref>  The veto-proof Democratic Congress voted to add $4.5 trillion to the [[national debt]] for "jobs creation" which, by the end of her tenure four years later, added a paltry 1.3 million jobs.<ref>Total Nonfarm Payrolls of All Employees in the United States stood at 133,977,000 in January of 2009; by January of 2013 when Clinton left office the number stood at 135,293,000, an increase of 1,316,000 jobs, or a cost of $3.4 million ''per job''. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</ref>  Clinton told Chinese leaders that the [[Obama administration]] considered [[human rights]] secondary to economic well-being.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4735087/Hillary-Clinton-Chinese-human-rights-secondary-to-economic-survival.html Hillary Clinton: Chinese human rights secondary to economic survival,] Richard Spencer, ''London Telegraph,'' 20 Feb 2009.</ref>  
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