Mrs. Clinton Visits Greece to Lend Support - What about a Visit to Washington?

US Secretary of State is in Athens to offer American support to the Greek people and government in their efforts to reduce their debt and get back onto the track to fiscal and economic health.

She compared the Greek government’s actions to a chemotherapy meant to rid the country of its debt and regain the confidence of the international community.

Mrs. Clinton remarked that the country that built the Parthenon and created democracy will surely face its new crisis and prevail. “My country,” she added, “also has a debt to the cradle of western civilization.”

Hillary Clinton offered America’s full support and cooperation to the Greek Prime Minister, saying that he was courageous in his efforts to save Greece from default in the midst of citizen protests and other difficulties.

“The price of inaction would have been much higher,” she declared.

Prime Minister Papandreo thanked Mrs. Clinton and the United States for their support and said Greece would emerge victorious, despite those on both sides of the Atlantic who have bet against Greece.

Mrs. Clinton also met with the new minister of finance and will meet on Monday morning with the leader of the chief group in opposition to the government.

She will move on to India after Monday’s meeting.

Now, if Hillary Clinton could just make a stop in Washington and let her generosity and openness work the same magic on the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, maybe America would find the courage to solve its own debt problem - the debt ceiling matter - before America’s “price of inaction” shakes the entire world.