four years after hillary clinton's
failed presidential bid might the former
democratic nominee find herself back in
public service
the washington post reports clinton is
among joe biden's contenders to be
u.s ambassador to the united nations the
post writes
the thinking behind the move was that it
would be a way for biden to highlight
the importance of that position in his
administration
and that placing her there would raise
the prestige of the u.n itself
at a time when global cooperation and
the u.s role on the world stage
has ebbed clinton did not rule out
serving in the biden administration when
asked back in august
i'm ready to help in any way i can
because i think this will be
a moment where every american i don't
care what party you are i don't care
what
age race you know gender i don't care
every american should want to
fix our country um so if you're asked to
serve you should certainly consider that
here now california congressman john
garamendi he is a biden surrogate
and congressman as i understand it
you're also fairly close to hillary
clinton as well
yes both ways but i've not heard that
she would be
seeking an appointment uh nor that she
might get one
however the great part
precisely this who's going to get what
positions and that'll play out over the
next six months maybe even in the next
uh
12 months in any case uh clinton
certainly is a
skilled individual certainly knows the
international scene
and she is quite right about the united
states standing around the world
we've suffered mightily over the last
four years in our relationships with our
allies
and with others so yes we do need to
rebuild that it'll take a strong team to
do that
well you might say that she's not
seeking a position but
if a president or president-elect calls
and says i would like you to serve it's
pretty hard to turn that down isn't it
well of course it is but it's also hard
not to focus on what we absolutely need
to do right now and that is with the
current president
and the current administration is to
work together
through this transition period so that
we do not waste
68 days fighting this pandemic
we've got to get it under control if the
economy is dependent upon that
actually our standing in the world is
dependent upon that uh and
going into the next administration which
i'm confident will be the biden
administration
we need to not lose the next 68 days
but rather to make progress along the
way and there's all of the things that
have been discussed
the transition period the stonewalling
by the current administration
hopefully that will change in the next
few days but
directly relates to the economy and
going forward mr ford
congressman ford was so correct it's
what do we do with a
democratic president democratic house
and a slim
republican majority in the senate can we
really deal with this pandemic and get
the economy going
the answer in my mind is yes if we
follow what biden is laid out
can we rebuild the infrastructure yes
can we deal with climate change
yes all of those programs have been laid
out by uh
biden during the campaign and in the
days since the election
if we do that in coordination with the
republicans no we're not going to get
everything we want
on the democratic side we understand
that but we know that these are critical
issues that we need to move forward on
and by the way could somebody please
tell me just what among
any of those issues is socialism none of
them
not one of them but they are critical
issues in which we
must address the critical problems
facing not only our country
but this entire world well you you can
perhaps expect a tweet from aoc
she uh didn't much care for some
criticism that she got from joe
manchin of virginia on that score
congressman john garamendi
we appreciate it thank you