Secretary of State Clinton will not participate in the election campaign of Obama

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not intend to participate in the election campaign of the current president of Barack Obama. This was reported by the Washington newspaper The Hill , specializing in covering the activities of the American Congress.

"Senior representatives of the administration reported that Clinton, who had previously claimed the post of head of state, would not join the election campaign of Obama," the newspaper writes.

It also notes that such a decision "was not a surprise," ITAR-TASS reports. The newspaper recalls that "Secretary of State usually does not campaign for the presidents in order to avoid suspicions of lobbying party interests in the post."

However, it is noted that Clinton is the most popular official in the Obama administration, and her participation in the election campaign would add Voices Obama in the upcoming elections, RIA Novosti reports.

Meanwhile, as notes The Hill, the wife of the Secretary of State, former US President Bill Clinton, announced on Monday, April 2, to take part in three election events in support of Obama.

Clinton herself previously stated that after the end of the first presidential term, Obama intends to leave the administration and no longer plans to nominate its candidacy for any elected positions. After the resignation, the Secretary of State may take the post of head of one of the non -governmental organizations engaged in the rights of women and children.

In 2008, Hillary Clinton was one of the presidential candidates from the Democratic Party, but during the campaign she shot her candidacy and urged supporters to vote more popularly on Obama. The latter in tandem with Joseph Biden won the election of a couple of Republicans - John McCain and Sarah Palein. In 2009, Clinton was appointed US Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

Elections in the United States will be held on November 6. According to various polls, the current president has a chance to re -elect, at present he is 10% ahead of the ratings of the most popular Republican Mitt Romny.