Hillary Clinton’s Legacy as Secretary of State admin, February 7, 2013August 15, 2024 Truthout February 7, 2013 Hillary Clinton leaves her position as Secretary of State with a legacy of supporting autocratic regimes and occupation armies, opposing enforcement of international humanitarian law, undermining arms control and defending military solutions to complex political problems. During her eight years in the U.S .Senate she was an outspoken supporter of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, lied about Iraq’s military capabilities to frighten the public into supporting the illegal war, unleashed repeated attacks against the UN, opposed restrictions on land mines and cluster bombs, defended war crimes by allied right-wing governments and largely embraced Bush’s unilateralist agenda. Democratic Party Foreign Policy Elections Hillary Clinton Obama Foreign Policy Truthout US Foreign Policy