Secretary of State Clinton reaches out to Mexico

“Rushing to mend rifts with the United States’ southern neighbor, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday praised Mexico’s progress against drug cartels, offered an olive branch in a fierce trade spat and promised action on the long-dormant issue of immigration reform….

Under President George W. Bush, the White House had championed bills to legalize millions of illegal immigrants currently in the United States. All those attempts failed in Congress.

“It is and will be a high priority for (Obama) and his presidency,” Clinton said. “We believe strongly that there have to be changes made, and we hope we will be able to pursue those in the coming months.””

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/03/26/20090326mexclinton0326.htmlChris Hawley, Arizona Republic, March 26, 2009