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Clinton made waves on her first trip abroad as secretary of state when she said that human rights could not dominate the entire agenda with China at the expense of other pressing issues( such as)  the Strategic and Economic dialogue between US and China.  Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, insisted in a recent inaugural blog for the Brookings Institution that the US economy would right itself naturally as so often before. even thought this meltown was worse than the one in the 1930's.   Mr. Bernanke is quoted making the statement in a document filed on Aug. 22 with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims as part of a lawsuit linked to the 2008 government bailout of insurance giant American International Group

“September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression,” Mr. Bernanke is quoted as saying in the document filed with the court. Of the 13 “most important financial institutions in the United States, 12 were at risk of failure within a period of a week or two.”

He reminded pessimists that leading economists fretted about the end of growth in much the same way during the Great Depression.  The United States will continue to press China on issues such as Tibet, Taiwan and human rights, she told reporters accompanying her.

 It is Clinton's first trip to China as secretary of state.she stated her priorities:  we have to continue to press them.(China on human rights),  But our pressing on those issues can't interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the security crisis," she told reporters in Seoul, South Korea   It is Clinton's first visit to China as Secretary of State"  
"It is essential that the United States and China have a positive, cooperative relationship." Clinton told a group of reporters.
What does making money cost?  What does morality cost?  Is morality more expensive than profits?    Is wealth more important than conscience?
Is human rights just blabbering?  

Talking about Human rights is not just blabbering.