New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker writes this weekend’s magazine cover story on Bill Clinton’s changing role, yet still hectic globe-trotting lifestyle, according to an advance copy of the piece.
Following Clinton around the world — whether stopping at a crafts store in Lima or a conference in Davos — Baker notices similarities to [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 27, 2009
New York Times writes this weekend’s magazine cover story on Bill Clinton’s changing role..
May 24, 2009
Hillary Clinton Grants Equal Benefits To Gay Diplomats
“Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, U.S. officials said Saturday. In a notice to be sent soon to State Department employees, Clinton says regulations that denied same-sex couples and their families the same rights and privileges [...]
May 23, 2009
Hillary Clinton receives award from Hellenic group
05/22/2009
another great article by Preeti Aroon:
Today, she moves on to accepting an award from the National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes. One of the main issues the group appears to tackle is the highly sensitive “FYROM”/”Republic of Macedonia” name issue. Greece wants the “Republic of Macedonia” to instead be called the “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” [...]
May 23, 2009
U.S. being ‘out-communicated,’ Clinton says. Information is key!
Secretary Clinton testified yesterday (as seen above) in front of a Senate subcommittee that the United States is “being out-communicated by the Taliban and al Qaeda” and that it needs a “new strategic communication strategy” in order to “do a better job of getting the story of the values, ideals, the results of democracy [...]
May 23, 2009
Hillary Clinton asks you to text ’swat’ to 20222
05/20/2009
(ht/Preeti Aroon)
Secretary Clinton, the e-diplomat, is asking Americans to pick up their cellphones and text “swat” to 20222 to make a $5 donation that will provide (non-governmental subsidized relief) medicine, tents, food, and clothing to the astounding 1.17 million internal refugees who have fled the current fighting in Pakistan (mainly [...]
May 20, 2009
After meeting and dining yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shown above, Secretary Clinton devotes herself to humanitarian issues this morning.
9:45 a.m. Meeting with Representatives of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
11:15 a.m. Announcement of Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan, in the Brady Room at the White House
11:50 a.m. Global Press Conference at Foreign Press Center in Washington, DC
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May 14, 2009
Madame Secretary delivers Commencement speech at NYU graduation
NY1’s Michael Scotto filed the following report. (video link below)
http://ny1.com/content/top_stories/98997/secretary-clinton-speaks-at-nyu-graduation/Default.aspx
Hillary Clinton was welcomed like a hometown hero at Yankee Stadium.
The former U.S. Senator who is now the nation’s top diplomat returned to New York to pick up an honorary law degree and address 6,000 NYU graduates and some 20,000 guests.
“Does it get any better [...]
May 8, 2009
Remarks with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.
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Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov After Their Meeting.
Russia says it’s ready to move forward on NATO ties..
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s envoy to NATO said on Friday Moscow was ready to go ahead with restoring ties with the alliance despite tit-for-tat expulsions of [...]
May 2, 2009
Chelsea Clinton getting married in August
By Marc Larocque, Globe Correspondent
Reports that Chelsea Clinton may get married on the island of Martha’s Vineyard this summer were music to the ears of some business owners on the quiet enclave off the Massachusetts coast.
The rumor alone … is our stimulus package,” said Jeff Kristal, owner of the Clocker House Inn and a selectman [...]
