The President’s Praise of Hillary Well Earned

During his keynote speech at last month’s Democratic National Convention, President Obama heaped a whole lot of praise on his party’s new presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

“I can say with confidence,” said the President, “there has never been a man or a woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.”

Just more campaign hyperbole, right?

No, not really. If you look at Hillary’s resume for the job of next commander in chief, you will realize what Obama said was not idle flattery.

Here is a list of Hillary Clinton’s accomplishments:

• First ever student commencement speaker at Wellesley College.
  •Intern at the House Republican Conference
  •Distinguished graduate of Yale Law School
  •Editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action
  •Appointed to Senator Walter Mondale’s Subcommittee on Migratory Labor.
  •Co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
  •Staff attorney for Children’s Defense Fund
  •Faculty member in the School of Law at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  •Former Director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic.
  •First female chair of the Legal Services Corporation
  •First female partner at Rose Law Firm.
  •Former civil litigation attorney.
  •Former Law Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law.
  •Twice listed by The National Law Journal as one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America
  •Former First Lady of Arkansas.
  •Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983
  •Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession
  •Twice named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America
  •Created Arkansas’s Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth
  •Led a task force that reformed Arkansas’s education system
  •Instrumental in passage of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
  •Promoted nationwide immunization against childhood illnesses
  •Successfully sought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health
  •Worked to investigate reports of an illness that affected veterans of the Gulf War (now recognized as Gulf War Syndrome)
  •Helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice
  •Initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act
  •First FLOTUS in US History to hold a postgraduate degree
  •Traveled to 79 countries during time as FLOTUS
  •Helped create Vital Voices, an international initiative to promote the participation of women in the political processes of their countries.
  •Served on five Senate committees:
  -Committee on Budget (2001–2002)
  -Committee on Armed Services (2003–2009)
  -Committee on Environment and Public Works (2001–2009)
  -Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (2001–2009)
  -Special Committee on Aging.
  •Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  •Instrumental in securing $21 billion in funding for the World Trade Center site’s redevelopment
  •Leading role in investigating the health issues faced by 9/11 first responders.
  •In the aftermath of September 11th, she worked closely with her senior Senate counterpart from New York, Sen. Charles Schumer, on securing $21.4 billion in funding for the World Trade Center redevelopment.
  • Middle East ceasefire. In November 2012, Secretary of State Clinton brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
  •Introduced the Family Entertainment Protection Act, intended to protect children from inappropriate content found in video games.
  •First ex-FLOTUS in US History to be elected to the United States Senate (and re-elected)
  •Two-term New York Senator
  •Former US Secretary of State
  •GRAMMY Award Winner
  •Author

Despite such an impressive resume, Republicans still like to perpetuate the myth that Hillary Clinton is a woman without accomplishments.

If Democrats get their wish, Hillary can add the most groundbreaking achievement yet… first Madam President.

List of accomplishments courtesy of Candace TX of the dailykos.com