This is change you can believe in. In less than a year, Obama has changed the way the world views us. Today N. Korea proposed a peace talk to end the Korean war. How about this "Hillary Effect":
In the gated Oman Embassy off Massachusetts Avenue, Washington's first female ambassador from an Arab country, Hunaina Sultan Al-Mughairy, sat at her desk looking over a speech aimed at erasing misconceptions about her Muslim nation.
Then this,
A few blocks away inside a stately Dupont Circle mansion, India's first female ambassador in more than 50 years, Meera Shankar, huddled with top aides after her prime minister's state visit with President Obama.
Nearby, in a century-old residence with its own ballroom, Latin America's only female ambassador in Washington, Colombia's Carolina Barco, dashed back from talking up free trade on Capitol Hill to showcase her country's culture and food.
There are 25 female ambassadors posted in Washington -- the highest number ever, according to the State Department.
"This is breaking precedent," said Selma "Lucky" Roosevelt, a former U.S. chief of protocol
A key reason is the increase in the number of top U.S. diplomats who are women, what some call the "Hillary effect."
"Hillary Clinton is so visible" as secretary of state, said Amelia Matos Sumbana, who just arrived as ambassador from Mozambique. "She makes it easier for presidents to pick a woman for Washington."
Kudos to Africa.
Eleven of the 25 female envoys in Washington are from Africa. Four are from Caribbean nations. The others are from Bahrain, the Netherlands, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Oman, Colombia, India, Liechtenstein and Nauru, an eight-square-mile Pacific island with only 14,000 people.
Even an axis of evil is about to fall because today,
N. Korea calls for peace treaty talks with US.North Korea has called for peace talks with the United States and an end to sanctions as a condition for resuming multilateral negotiations aimed at its denuclearization.
The North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday that the resumption of the six-party nuclear talks depend on improving relations with the United States, and called for a peace treaty. (AP)
Sorry for the short diary.