CLINTON CONFIRMATION: U.N. Reform?

“The U.N. must reform,” Clinton says. “It has to become more transparent, more efficient and we will press for those changes. At the same time the United States has to be a good partner for the U.N. … We’re going to have to bear our burden. It’s got to be a two-track commitment.” Streamline the operations, modernize the systems “and then we have to do our part, so we don’t” lose credibility.

Ladies and gentlemen: 2009-vintage liberal internationalism.