The appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is a classic "celebrity appointment" and in a way echoes that of Colin Powell. But what seems not to have been much remarked is that Clinton is the third female Secretary of State. In other words, it has become "normal" for the Secretary of State to be a woman.
And this raises the question, when will it be normal to have a female Secretary of Defense, or Treasury, or Attorney General?
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without sounding like a misogynist - i don't think the united states is ready for a female secretary of defense. the female species is traditionally more docile, which for many, might be a good military strategy, but for others, unacceptable... secretary of state, on the other hand, could play good cop/bad cop with the sec of defense.
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