The junior senator from New York will have a busy schedule over the next 2 years, what with all the campaign stops, TV appearances, and her work in the Senate. Which is why her decision to pursue as many committee assignments as possible seems a bit strange. Elizabeth Benjamin, blogging at Albany’s Times Union, points out that Clinton will serve on no less than 3 subcommittees of the Senate Armed Services Committee. And this is in addition to her work on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, of which she chairs the subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health. Benjamin also notes that John Kerry’s absence from the Senate during his 2004 run prompted considerable criticism. What kind of criticism will Clinton come in for if she is only occasionally able to attend meetings of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over:
