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Happy New Year Mme. Secretary, Mr. President, and everyone here! Wishing everyone a safe, happy, and healthy 2011. Have a safe trip, Mme. Secretary!
In one of her last public appearances as Senator from New York, Hillary Clinton joined her husband and Mayor Mike Bloomberg to drop the ball in Times Square and welcome in the year 2009.
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Mme. Secretary releases statements on every country’s national day, but Haiti holds a special place in her heart and mine.
Republic of Haiti’s Independence Day
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of StateWashington, DCDecember 30, 2010
On behalf of President Obama and the people of United States, I join with the people of the Republic of Haiti to honor the 207th anniversary of your independence this January 1.
When Haiti cast off the bonds of slavery and declared its freedom from France in 1804, it made history, setting a precedent for independence in Latin America and creating the first post-colonial black-led nation in the world. Today, we see the courage of that struggle – from the leadership of Jean Jacques Dessalines and Toussaint L’Ouverture to the strength and unity of the Haitian people – reflected in Haiti’s response to the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. In the wake of a disaster that took the lives of more than 200,000 people, Haitians and volunteers from more than 140 nations came together overnight to pull survivors from the rubble and administer critical care and assistance. I witnessed this testament to our common humanity first hand in the days immediately following the earthquake, and I have seen it grow throughout the year as countries around the world continue to help Haiti recover and rebuild.
Despite all Haiti has endured, Haitians have shown an unflagging strength, will, and passion to forge ahead and build a more prosperous nation. The people and Government of the United States stand firmly with the people of Haiti, and we are committed to helping ensure that your voice determines the way forward for your nation and government. We will continue deepening the partnership and friendship between our nations to achieve a brighter future for all our people.
I wish all Haitians a happy Independence Day and New Year. I look forward to working with you to make 2011 a year filled with peace and progress.
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In the wake of the Wikileaks document dump, Mme. Secretary began December in Kazakhstan with the self-assigned agenda of mending allegedly damaged diplomatic fences. The truth is that there probably was not much that was so terrible in the documents with regard to diplomatic cables. Most of the officials mentioned laughed it off. Nonetheless, yet another Charm Offensive was in order, and no one does a Charm Offensive like Our Girl!
December 1
Astana, Kazakhstan
Enter the Charmer: Mme. Secretary arrives at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Summit.
With Angela
With Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Ban Ki-Moon does not look too upset
With Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev (cute smile!)
With Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
With Georgia’s President Saakashvili (He likes her a lot!)
With Italy’s PM Berlusconi again.
and again
With Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (He also likes her a lot!)
*Hillary-Walk alert* You can tell she studied ballet.
December 2
Welcome to Uzbekistan!
Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov greets her in Tashkent. She looks exquisite!
With President Roza Otunbayeva
Being greeted by Kyrgyz First Deputy Prime Minister Amangeldy Muraliyev at Manas airport.
Appearing on a talk show at the Kyrgyz state television.
December 3
Bahrain
*Hillary-Walk alert* Looking like a goddess entering a press conference at the foreign ministry in Manama.
Giving an inaugural speech at the IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies) Manama Dialogue.
December 4
Her annual Kennedy Center Gala Dinner at the State Department
With some of the honorees – missing from this was the honoree identified by one news source as Oprah Whitney!
Sir Paul *likes*
This gown makes up for the inauguration ball atrocity. (Listen to Oscar about the necklines, Mme. Secretary! He is correct on that issue. You look gorgeous!)
December 6
With South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan. Topic: North Korea’s belligerent behavior shelling a South Korean island. *Hillary-walk alert*
With Japan’s Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara – same topic. *Hillary-walk alert*
U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral
Press conference
December 7
There were five meetings on her schedule, but this bilateral with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere was the only one with a camera spray.
December 8
Mme. Secretary was a surprise speaker at the TEDWomen Conference
She had another speaking engagememnt after this, but most of her day was occupied with meetings at the White House. The Democratic Party was in overt disarray, several legislators having made public statements in opposition to the president’s “compromise,” as he called it, with the Republicans on the Bush tax cuts. Perhaps for this reason, there was a camera spray preceding the cabinet meeting that day to show that everything was just peachy.
The look on Mme. Secretary’s face here is priceless.
December 9
Bilateral with Albanian Foreign Minister Edmond Haxhinasto
Bilateral with Nigerian Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia
She delivered remarks at the 2010 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Mid-Year Conference.
Other meetings that day were closed to the press.
December 10
There was a series of closed meetings with officials representing the principals in the Mid East peace process.
Department of State Eleanor Roosevelt Awards this one to Sarah Cleto Rial, a native of southern Sudan.
It was Human Rights Day with an International Human Rights Day Town Hall, but, in the photos from that, the Secretary looks very stressed, and I do not want to post them. It was the day Richard Holbrooke collapsed at the State Department, as far as we know, in her presence. As we all know now, he never recovered. He was a close friend of the Clintons and a tireless public servant.
In the evening, she delivered remarks at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
December 13
Secretary Clinton, accompanied by Assistant Secretary Valenzuela, traveled to Quebec, Canada for the North American Foreign Ministers Meeting.
Wearing cute shoes in the snow.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon greeted her.
With Cannon and Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa.
We have not figured out how Mme. Secretary, who bundled sweaters under wool jackets in the Senate Chamber, and wears shawls over jackets at the UN and in the Situation Room, managed to tolerate the cold Canadian weather on this deck wearing just a jacket!
That evening, wearing one of my favorite jackets, she attended a holiday dinner at the White House where she also spoke. Ambassador Holbrooke passed away that evenng.
She is simply adorable here.
December 14
First a bilateral and then a U.S.-South African PEPFAR Partnership Framework Agreement Signing Ceremony with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
If the diplomatic Wikileaks caused any damage here, and I do not think they did, it is obviously mended. These two are always so cute together.
Later that evening, she hosted a holiday event at the State Department.
December 15
There were a few closed meetings, but the event of the day was a town hall meeting to discuss the release of the first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, “Leading Through Civilian Power,” with Department of State employees, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium of the Department of State. She was superb as was Dr. Slaughter and her team. Liaisons have been established between the State Department and other departments, bureaus, and agencies throughout the government. Awesome.
A moment of silence in honor of Ambassador Holbrooke.
With Mme. Secretary, Director of Policy Planning Anne-Marie Slaughter, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and USAID Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg
The Secretary speaks.
A question and answer session.
Holding the report while explaining that there is an abbreviated “executive” version for those who do not have time to read the full review.
Of everything she has done and will do as SOS, this review establishes her legacy at State. It is a major accomplishment paralleled by none before her that will affect all who follow her.
December 16
Closed meetings and ceremonies most of the day. The major event: Secretary Clinton attended President Obama’s statement to the press on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. For the second time in the space of about a week, a Clinton took over the podium in the White House press room.
Worth a thousand words….
December 17
A second QDDR Town Hall, this one at USAID, but I have no pictures.
She hosted the 12th Annual Secretary’s Awards for Corporate Excellence (ACE) at the State Department.
Strangely, the State Department posted no public schedule until the 23rd which stated that the SOS had no public schedule, after which they suddenly decided to post, in this sequence, the 22nd, 21st, and finally the 20th. The truth was that Mme. Secretary was working very hard all week, and had been for some time, contacting Senators to convince them to vote in favor of ratification of the New START treaty.
The vote was held on December 22, and CSPAN announced that the SOS was headed for Capitol Hill for the vote.
Arriving with her fingers crossed.
Jubilant that the treaty, finally, was ratified!
So our lovely, hard-working, brilliant, and caring Secretary of State ended December 2010 with two huge victories: a successful QDDR and ratification of her biggest and most important treaty. She also ended the month and year by being named, for the ninth year in a row, the Most Admired Woman by the Gallup Poll. To see her so happy in the last pictures of the year touches my heart.
Another year so well done, Mme. Secretary! God bless you and keep you safe as you continue to travel the world on our behalf. We, here, will continue to follow your work with love and pride. We are so lucky to have you!
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Of course we all knew this already, but since the State Department sent out the press release, I thought I would remind everyone.
Mme. Secretary, we all apreciate how willing you always are to work on a holiday. Have a safe trip. God bless you, and Happy New Year!
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Travel to Brazil for Presidential Inauguration
Press Statement
Philip J. Crowley
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public AffairsWashington, DCDecember 29, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Brazil on January 1, 2011, to attend the inauguration of President-elect Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil is an essential partner in the hemisphere and the world, and the United States is committed to deepening our relationship on a wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues with Brazil’s government and people. The United States looks forward to working with President-elect Rousseff and her administration to advance these and other shared goals.
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Much was made in some quarters about the fact that Mme. Secretary was out of the country on Election Day. That was just silly. She was not on any ballot, and as Secretary of State she does not participate in domestic politics. So there was nothing at all untoward about her beginning November, on the eve of the much contested mid-term elections, abroad and reaching out to countries that had been ignored by the US for years. They were happy to have her. (we are always happy that we have her, too!)
November 1
Cambodia
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at a wall of faces of those killed by the Khmer Rouge regime, during a tour of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly the regime’s notorious S-21 prison.
Among skulls of victims, her face registers the horror.
With Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
At a town hall meeting with Cambodian students at Chaktomuk Theater, the SOS as always reached out to youth.
That evening it was Wheels Down Malaysia. She looks like a movie star stepping out of her plane.
November 2
Malaysia
With Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman
Signing an agreement with the Malaysian foreign minister Anifah Aman.
With Foreign Minister Anifah Aman at a press conference.
With Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
With Malaysian deputy premier Muhyiuddin Yassin.
At a Townterview at International Islamic University of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
November 3
At the Subang SkyPark Terminal near Kuala Lumpur, she spoke at an event to showcase American companies’ presence in Malaysia.
Serious cuteness with Chairman of Malaysia Airlines Munir Majid.
Wheels Up for Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea gave her a welcome fit for a queen.
Being greeted by traditional dancers, called a Sing Sing group, at Port Moresby airport.
At ceremonial mangrove planting event Port Moresby, PNG
At a women’s empowerment event at Parliament House, Port Moresby, PNG.
With Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare.
On this day she also released a formal exhortation for the Senate to vote on the New START treaty. It was already high time, and as we know, that vote was still delayed for weeks. There really was no excuse.
November 4
Wheels Down New Zealand
New Zealand, happy to be greeting our Secretary of State and to be resuming normal relations with the US, showed great anticipation and showed her an exceptional welcome.
With Maori elder Lewis Moeau during the Maori welcome (Powhiri)
With New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.
With New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully signing the Wellington Declaration. She always has the look of a little kid doing these signings. I want to give her milk and cookies.
November 5
She participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Wellington.
A meet and greet with mission staff and their families.
Flag Diplomacy as she speaks at a Town Hall Meeting with Students and Civic Leaders in Christchurch.
And at a Christchurch Trade Reception Hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce.
November 6
Wheels Up from Christchurch was wet and blustery!
Wheels Down Melbourne was drier.
Australian FM Kevin Rudd greeted her.
At a press conference also with Rudd my much-loved orange tweed jacket suddenly made a long-awaited reappearance!
November 7
A town hall event at the University of Melbourne
A great deal of *Hillary-Walk*on her way to lunch with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Followed by a joint press conference.
More *Hillary-Walk* escorted into a visit to the Port of Melbourne Corporation’s education unit by US ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey L. Bleich (L), Port of Melbourne’s chairman Bill Scales (C) and security guards in Melbourne.
With Kevin Rudd and Robert Gates during a wreath laying ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance.
With Governor of Victoria David de Kretser, right, as they pose for photographs with, from left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, his wife Debrah Mullen, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates before a reception at Government House.
And perhaps the zaniest moment of her SOS tenure so far! Her interview with Amish and Andy.
November 8
With FM Rudd arriving for the AUSMIN Conference.
Speaking during an AUSMIN press conference.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith at an AUSMIN press conference.
And finally, after her longest trip to date, it was Wheels Up for home by way of Samoa.
November 9 she had a meeting in the morning at the State Department that was closed to the press. Not only does she not take a day off to rest after a trip, she is at work early the next morning.
November 10
She announced the transfer of budget assistance funds to the Palestinian Authority, in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad participated via digital video conference.
A bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit.
A bilateral meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova.
November 11
The Marathon meeting with Netanyahu: It amuses mr that the Bureau of Public Affairs did not issue a public schedule since it was Veteran’s Day. It would have been simple enough to do.
Well, there were differing accounts of the length of this meeting from “more than six hours” to seven and a half hours. The meeting took place at the Regency Hotel in NYC.
November 15 was a full day from 9 in the morning through an evening event that began at 7 p.m. but, for some reason, I have no photos from that day.
November 16
She began her day at the UN Security Council Meeting on Sudan in NYC. Just wondering if anybody this adorable has ever regularly occupied a chair in that room. She is always so cute at the Security Council!
Later in the day, she returned to DC and held meetings with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and British Foreign Secretary William Hague, both of whom had participated in the Security Council Meeting in the morning.
November 17
The day began with a joint press availability with Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar, in the U.S. Capitol. The topic was START.
That was followed by a bilateral with British Foreign Secretary Hague.
There was the release of the International Religious Freedom Report. *Hillary-Walk alert*
A bilateral with Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul.
Later, there was another bilateral with Bahraini Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Mubrak Al-Khalifa, but there were no pictures.
November 18
She participated in a meeting hosted by Vice President Biden to discuss New START.
Close-up (for the scarf).
Then she was Wheels Up for NATO, Lisbon where she landed with this pretty scarf!
November 19
Lisbon NATO
With Portugal’s Foreign Minister Luis Amado
With EU HIgh Rep Cathy Ashton
Beautiful all by herself.
With President Obama and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder.
More “guys shaking hands in front of Hillary.” This time David Cameron and Barack Obama.
November 20
Lisbon NATO
Arriving for her day of work she provided me with an addition to my all-time favorite pictures – everything about this picture, the hair, the smile, the way this suit is tailored, the way she wears and accessorizes it (bag!), and, of course, *Hillary-Walk*!
With France’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs Michele Alliot-Marie
With Spain’s new Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez
And our own beautiful SOS.
On November 23 she had a few meetings but there were no pictures. On the 24th she officially had no public schedule, but there was a photo from the White House photo stream.
November 29
Her last day of the month in DC and looking so lovely, she had an early meeting and a later press conference. In the middle there was a bilateral with Turkish FM Davutoglu.
Later that day, true to form, she hopped on her Big Blue Bird and left for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgystan, with a final stop in Bahrain. But that is a story for the final installment of this year’s review. See you in December, i.e. tomorrow.
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Mme. Secretary had a spectacularly busy birthday month. She never seems to get any older, however. If anything, she just keeps getting even more beautiful, younger, more adept. She is very comfortable in her pretty skin, and it seems to boost her ability to win allies. I believe it is because all of her outreaches come directly from her heart. She exudes garce. She is ageless.
October 1
East Room White House Pete Rouse replaces Rahm Emmanuel
October 5
A bilateral meeting with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov
Secretary Clinton receives the George McGovern Leadership Award at the World Food Program USA’s 9th annual awards ceremony
October 6
Secretary Clinton meets with Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri and participates in the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership Meeting at the State Department.
Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the 12th Annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
A bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg
October 7
Secretary Clinton and Cherie Blair deliver remarks at the launch of the GSMA mWomen Program
October 11
Wheels Down Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovia
October 12
Sarajevo
A bilateral meeting with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Tri-Presidency, Haris Silajdzic, Nebojsa Radmanovic and Zeljko Komsic
This added just for the pretty face.
Secretary Clinton holds a town hall meeting with university students and civil society representatives, at the National Theater, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She walked to the theater with the Tripartite Presidents. *Hillary-walk alert*
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new embassy compound in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Belgrade, Serbia
Welcomed by Serbian President Boris Tadic before their meeting
With Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac
Secretary Clinton meets with civil society leaders, in Belgrade, Serbia.
Her day had begun at 9 in Sarajevo. This event began at 7:20 in Belgrade.
October 13
Wheels down Kosovo
She stopped her car on the way from te airport when she spotted a store in Pristina named for her.
The store was located near a statue of William Jefferson Clinton. Priceless picture.
Secretary Clinton meets with Senior Government of Kosovo Officials, including Acting President and Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni.
Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci.
Secretary Clinton meets with local women leaders, in Pristina, Kosovo.
Secretary Clinton holds a Townterview with Young Europeans and media partner RTK, at the National and University Library in Pristina, Kosovo.
October 14
Wheels Down Brussels
Secretary Clinton meets with High Representative Lady Ashton. They did a joint interview and delivered joint statements, at the European Commission Berlaymont Offices in Brussels.
With European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, in Brussels, Belgium.
Secretary Clinton meets with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek.
With NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
With the Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu.
Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Bob Gates hold a joint press availability in the Luns Press Theater, at NATO in Brussels, Belgium.
Secretary Clinton participates in the North Atlantic Council Meeting, at NATO in Brussels, Belgium.
These two pictures added just because they are pretty.
October 15
Secretary Clinton delivers remarks on innovation and American leadership to the Commonwealth Club, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, California.
Some of my Hillary friends were there. Normita sent me the Hillary issue of Commonwealth Magazine for Christmas. Thank you, Normita!
October 19
Back in DC
Secretary Clinton meets with British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson. She had met earlier with Irish Minister of State Peter Power, but there was no camera spray.
Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at a lunch for the U.S.-Northern Ireland Economic Conference.
Secretary Clinton meets with Northern Ireland First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuiness. *Hillary-walk alert*
A bilateral meeting with Slovakian Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda.
October 20
Not much was open to the press that day. The Secretary attended a meeting of the National Security Team at the White House. The late Richard Holbrooke is at the left end of the table,
She participated in an HBO event with Henry Kissinger on diplomacy, but there were no photos.
In the evening she Secretary Clinton delivered an address to the American Task Force on Palestine at the Ritz Carlton in DC.
Long, busy day, and still she ends it looking beautiful and with yet another speech that ahe hits out of the ballpark. Awesome SOS!
On October 21, her worked off camera at meetings and the U.S.-Pakistan Dialogue Small Groups discussion and dinner, at the Department of State. Of course that led up to the next day’s events with one of her more popular counterparts with the readers here.
October 22
Secretary Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi participate in the U.S.-Pakistan Dialogue Plenary Session, at the Department of State.
Of course there was a bilateral later.
October 25
Secretary Clinton presided over the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Signing Ceremony for the Jordan Compact with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nassar Judeh, MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes and Jordanian Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohammad Najjarthe, at the Department of State.
Most of the rest of the events that day were closed to the press. But in the evening, on the eve of her birthday, she attended the world premiere screening of “Inside the State Department,” at the National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
They surprised her with a cake and sang Happy Birthday to her. In her speech, there were so many Steves to thank that she thanked everybody named Steve who has anything to do with National Geographic. She is simply adorable!
October 26 Her Birthday!!!!!
We were all so happy so see her home in New York on her birthday! She looked gorgeous! She was there to deliver remarks at the UN Security Council session marking the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Eriya Kategaya, Security Council President and First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda greeted her.
Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger (R) presented her with a birthday gift
With Melanne Verveer
Beautiful Birthday Girl speaking to the Security Council.
She was back in DC by afternoon, but never fear! Her best fella took her out for her birthday that night!
October 27
Like last year when she left on the heels of her birthday for Pakistan, this year she left immediately for her longest trip to date, to Asia. On the itinerary were countries she was to have visited in January when her trip was cut short due to the earthquake in Haiti. She began this trip as she had the January one.
Wheels Down in Hawaii
She met with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara
(Her hair looks beautiful!)
They exchanged gifts.
He almost looks ready to genuflect and call her “my lady.”
October 28
She delivered an address on American Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region at the East-West Center where she spoke last January. This time the event was indoors due to the wind so the event would not be about her hair, as she explained it. She is so funny!
Here is another of my favorite pictures ever!
Here she is with Senator Daniel Inouye.
*Hillary-walk alert* with a lei. Very pretty!
October 29
A fueling stop in Guam gave her a chance to meet with the troops at Andersen Air Force Base to to speak to them.
Then she was Wheels Up for Hanoi! Where she landed sparkling like the sun for an ASEAN dinner.
October 30
Hanoi ASEAN
Arriving with Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
With South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan.
With Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet
With Sergei Lavrov
With India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Speaking, poseys before our beautiful flower.
Class picture
October 31
Cambodia
At the 12th century Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap. She was wearing the top we saw on Memorial Day in Chappaqua! Very pretty!
Then at the Siem Reap Center, a shelter run by AFSEIP that provides rehabilitation, vocational training, and social reintegration for sex trafficking victims.
So we end October, on a Sunday in Cambodia. The SOS had a birthday, and despite the calendar, just keeps looking smashing and ageless while chalking up success after success and winning hearts all over the world. (She already has all of ours!)
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September is always a super-busy month because the UN General Assembly meets in New York toward the end of the month at the same time that the Clinton Global Initiative is held. This year it was even busier than usual since it began with the enormous Mid-East Peace Initiative.
September 1
The White House Rose Garden was the setting for the peace process to get underway. We see the President flanked by Mme. Secretary and Special Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell.
September 2
The talks are underway at the State Department.
More “guys shaking hands in front of Mme. Secretary.”
September 7
The Secretary’s annual Iftar at the State Department
September 8
A foreign policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations
September 10
The 2010 Democracy Video Challenge Awards
September 13
Andrews Air Force Base
Departing for the Middle East.
September 14
The Multi-country Mid-East Peace talks begin in Sharm el-Sheikh
What a cute face looking at Egyptian President Mubarak.
Guys shaking hands in front of Mme. Secretary
September 15
Leg two of the talks in Jerusalem and she met her old friend President Shimon Peres who is always happy to see her as is evident. They are adorable together.
Special Envoy Mitchell behind her here.
With Palestinian PM Fayyad
With her Israeli counterpart FM Avidor Leiberman – a rare meeting. She is with Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and Peres more often.
Here, very cordial with DM Barak.
And with Bibi
Here with Netanyahu and Abbas
September 16 Leg three in Ramallah
With Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat (just smashing in that orange pantsuit)
With Abbas
The Hillary-walk! Very Smart Power!
More Hillary-walk
September 17
Back in DC with Austalia’s Kevin Rudd who HAD been PM but at this point had become FM. He seemed to enjoy his visit despite the demotion. Who can blame him? She’s stunning!
Those eyes!
With Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa at the US-Indonesian Joint Commission
Sunday, September 19
NYC Pakistan Flood Meeting prior to UNGA starting. (With Pakistan’s FM Qureshi … of course!)
Note: Much was made of her hair. Excuse me? She was there doing the business of State! She always looks gorgeous in that electric blue pantsuit. In the face of the floods in Pakistan, you would think people would have other topics to discuss beyond a hair clip!
The late Richard Holbrooke in the background.
September 20
Secretary Clinton with Bernard Kouchner, then FM of France, and Haitian PM Jean-Max Bellerive signing MOUs on Haitian recovery.
Bilaterals that day:
With Patricia Espinosa of Mexico
EU High Rep Cathy Ashton
Israeli DM Ehud Barak
September 21
The big event of the day was her appearance with Bill at the Clinton Global Initiative.
(Cuteness!!!!!)
She was talking about clean cook stoves.
More cuteness!
Later that day there was a meeting of the Middle East Quartet at the UN: Tony Blair, Mme. Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon, Sergei Lavrov, Catherine Ashton.
An AWESOME speech. Maybe this one is my favorite of the year! “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future”
She co-hosted this event with Irish FM Micheal Martin.
September 22 in NYC: NATO-Russia Council at the Waldorf
Greeting FMs Hague (UK) and Davutoglu (Turkey)
Sergei Lavrov in the background here. Cheekbones in the foreground!
Hmmmm… men might well make passes at this girl in glasses!
With El Salvador’s Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez (L) and Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, Secretary Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding for the Building Remittance Investment for Development Growth and Entrepreneurship (BRIDGE) Initiative with Honduras and El Salvador, at the Helmsley Hotel.
At UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s Millennium Development Goals’ Maternal and Child Health event, at the UN.
Bilaterals
With South Africa”s FM Mashabane
And with Russia’s FM Sergei Lavrov
Friday September 24
With Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, at the Palace Hotel
With Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Monday, September 27, it is evident that being based in NY and spending her weekend there have a marvelous effect on Mme. Secretary who showed up at the Security Council looking like this!
Back in DC on the 28th, she joined Secretaries Gates and Geithner, Administrator Shah and Millenium Challenge Corporation CEO Yohannes participate in a roundtable discussion on the Administration’s new Global Development Policy at the annual U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Conference, at the Grand Hyatt Washington.
September 29
Bilaterals
EU High Representative Cathy Ashton
With German FM Guido Westerwelle
With Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Bonilla
She was speaking at the State Department about the Viet Nam War. This look!
September 30
With Panamanian Vice-President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela (another Hillary-walk)
What a busy month! The Secretary ended September with a beautiful smile, and she should! She managed to pack a great deal into those 30 days! Very impressive!
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With the excitement (and stress) of the wedding behind her, the Secretary got right back on her skateboard and rolled through August in her typical cheerful, energetic fashion.
On August 3 at the State Department she gave an impressive speech to the Young African Leaders who were so happy to receive her. She is always great with a young audience, and it was a very instructive speech.
On August 4, the terrible floods in Pakistan were the subject of a press conference with USAID Administrator Shah. Senator John Kerry dropped in on her at the State Department.
August 5 she had one press availability with Nigerian Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia. The rest of her day was closed to the press.
August 9, appearing with the late Richard Holbrooke at the State Department, she delivered remarks about relief workers killed in Afghanistan. She was visibly upset. I never understand people who say she shows no emotion. I often see joy, and on this day I saw grief that she just barely controlled. One of the things I love so much about her is her humanity – she cannot keep her emotions off her face. Why do other people deny this about her when I see it so clearly? Maybe I am simply watching her more closely.
You can see the pain in her eyes.
She was closed to the press on August 10, but on the 11th she gave a briefing on the status of New START and met with Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman who reminiced about walking into the State Department to request refuge during Argentina’s Dirty War. Mme. Secretary was so happy to receive him and she dressed in the color of the Argentine flag: More Flag Diplomacy!
For some reason, some photographer decided to take a picture of her tootsies! Cute shoes!
On August 16 another huge policy speech that she hit out of the park: “The Global Health Initiative: The Next Phase of American Leadership in Health Around The World,” at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
August 19 she traveled to U.N. Headquarters in NYC to deliver remarks at the Plenary Session on Flood Relief for Pakistan. She looked smashing in aqua.
And, of course, since it was about Pakistan, there was a meeting with FM Qureshi.
August 20, she and George Mitchell gave a briefing at the State Department on the Middle East peace process.
The Secretary worked behind closed doors for the next week with no public appointments until August 31 on the eve of her Middle East peace initiative. That day, we saw her with Mahmoud Abbas.
Jordanian FM Judeh.
Israeli PM Netanyahu.
And Quartet Representative Tony Blair.
The next day this monumental initiative got underway at the White House. Mme. Secretary worked very hard to get the parties together. We have reviewed eight months of 2010 so far, and the sustained level of energy we have seen her apply to her tasks is breathtaking. I simply have to snort at the recent talk of Bill Richardson replacing her at State. She is an impossible act for the BEST to follow, and he, quite simply, would be the worst. That is my opinion, for what it is worth.
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July 2010 was a very busy and significant month for Mme. Secretary. She began with a tour of Eastern European countries, and as everyone in the world knows, ended July in Rhinebeck, New York celebrating her daughter’s wedding.
On July 2, she arrived in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. Clinton told Ukrainian leaders Friday that the door to membership in the NATO alliance remains open. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a town hall style meeting at Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. Clinton is in Ukraine, the first leg of a trip which is due to take her also to Poland and the Caucasus. AFP PHOTO / Drew Angerer (Photo credit should read Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko take part in a wreath laying ceremony at a monument to Holodomor victims in Kiev, July 2, 2010. Clinton said on Friday that forcing Ukraine to choose between Russia and the West offered a "false choice" and she urged Kiev to forge good relations with both sides. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) shakes hands with former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as they meet in Kiev, July 2, 2010. Clinton told Ukraine on Friday that the door to entering NATO remained open and she backed the ex-Soviet republic's efforts to secure a new deal with the International Monetary Fund. REUTERS/Alexander Prokopenko/Pool (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS)
July 3, in Krakow, Poland.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shakes hands prior to holding a joint press availability, at City Hall in Krakow, Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, Pool)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the keynote address on democracy and freedom during the Community of Democracies Program at the Slowacki Theater, in Krakow, Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, Pool)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laid a wreath of flowers at the monument of Polish officers murdered by Soviet secret security services in Katyn in 1940, during her visit in Krakow on July 3,2010. Earlier, Hillary Clinton met with family members of victims who died in Smolensk plane crash on April 10,2010. She is in Poland to attend a conference honoring a pro-democracy group. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tours the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, Pool)
I wonder whether this was authorized while the Democrats held the majority.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signs the guest book at the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 3, 2010. In a speech after her tour, Clinton announced that the United States plans to contribute $15 million over the next five years to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, subject to Congressional authorization. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with the sons and widow Maria of Andrzej Kremer, Polish deputy Foreign Minister who died in Smolensk plane crash on April 10,2010, in Warsaw on July.3,2010. Mrs Clinton met with the family after laying a wreath at the monument of Polish officers murdered by Soviet secret security services in Katyn in 1940. She is in Poland to attend a conference honoring a pro-democracy group. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (Photo credit should read JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
She spent the Fourth of July looking beautiful in Azerbaijan and Armenia.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev during their meeting in Baku, July 4, 2010. Azerbaijan pressed the United States on Sunday to help solve the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute as Clinton visited the oil-rich country in a bid to ease strains over the territory. REUTERS/Stringer (AZERBAIJAN - Tags: POLITICS)
US Secretary of State Clinton listens to Armenian President Sargsyan during their meeting in Yerevan
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a roundtable discussion with Civil Society Youth Leaders at the Mugham Club in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, Pool)
She attended a baseball game in Azerbaijan!
She arrived in Georgia on July 5. How pretty!
US Secretary State Hillary Clinton gestures while exiting her airplane upon arrival to Tbilisi on July 5, 2010. Clinton was to wrap up a tour of eastern Europe and the Caucasus with a visit to Georgia, where she is expected to reassure President Mikheil Saakashvili of continued US support. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)
It seemed the eastern states were competing to see who could present her with the largest bouquet.
Georgia's Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze (R) presents a bunch of flowers to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton upon her arrival at Tbilisi airport July 5, 2010. REUTERS/Georgian Foreign Ministry/Pool (GEORGIA - Tags: POLITICS)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a glass of Georgian wine as she takes a walk with Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi, July 5, 2010. Clinton on Monday condemned Russia for building bases in two Georgian rebel regions on Monday and underlined U.S. backing for the West-leaning nation two years after its war with Moscow. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool (GEORGIA - Tags: POLITICS)
Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) toasts with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they take a walk during their meeting in Tbilisi, July 5, 2010. Clinton on Monday condemned Russia for building bases in two Georgian rebel regions on Monday and underlined U.S. backing for the West-leaning nation two years after its war with Moscow. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool (GEORGIA - Tags: POLITICS)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, listens to a question during a meeting with the Georgian Women Leader Association members at the Georgian National Library in Tbilisi on Monday, July 5, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday pledged U.S. support for this former Soviet state, which is recovering from an August 2008 Russian military invasion and seeking to consolidate its democracy.(AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)
Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stand next to a model of the Georgian parliament building, which is under construction in the city of Kutaisi, during their meeting in Tbilisi July 5, 2010. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/Pool (GEORGIA - Tags: POLITICS)
Back in DC on the sixth, she met with Israeli Prome Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I love the color of this suit on her.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Blair house in Washington, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
On the eighth at the State Department she met with Jordanian FM Judeh and signed an MOU with Angolan FM dos Anjos. She was very impressed with Angola when she visited in August, 2009, but the media covered that visit very poorly preferring to concentrate their coverage of her African trip on a brief snap at a student in Nigeria and some cute dancing in Nairobi. That day she also met with Dr.Hanan Ashrawi whom I have long admired.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, after speaking to the media at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, July 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Mr. dos Anjos was clearly delighted with this achievement.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Angolan Foreign Minister Assuncao Afonso dos Anjos, sign documents during a ceremony for a memorandum of understanding establishing the U.S.-Angola Strategic Partnership Dialogue, Thursday, July 8, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
On July 13 at the State Department.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands after a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari(L), at the Department of State, July 13, 2010, in Washington, DC. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Laos Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith(L) shake hands on July 13, 2010, inside the US Department of State in Washington, DC. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez(L) deliver remarks July 13, 2010, inside the US Department of State in Washington, DC. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
On July 18 she arrived in Pakistan. We see her here with the late Richard Holbrooke.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) watches as Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) meets her delegation, including Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke (L), after arriving at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad July 18, 2010. Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Sunday, hoping to buttress a shaky partnership that U.S. officials say is key to the escalating war in neighbouring Afghanistan. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
No review of a trip to Pakistan would be complete without a photo of FM Qureshi. She’s gorgeous here! No wonder he has that look on his face!
One day I should make a slideshow of guys shaking hands in front of her.
Afghanistan Minister of Trade Anwar Ul Haq Ahadi (L) and Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani (R) shake hands as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) looks on, after signing a new trade treaty between the two countries, in Islamabad, on July 18, 2010. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
😀 FM Qureshi
On the 19th, still in Pakistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi look towards each other while holding talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 19, 2010. Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist militants by announcing a raft of new aid projects worth $500 million. (AP Photo/Adrees Latif, Pool)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) looks on as she attends a television interview with Dr. Moeed Pirzada (R) on Pakistani TV, in Islamabad on July 19 , 2010. Clinton described as "very good" her two-day visit to Pakistan ahead of her arrival for an international conference in Afghan capital Kaon the 20th bul. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
Then on the 20th in to Afghanistan.
Afgan President Hamid Karzai (C), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R), UN chief Ban Ki-moon (L), Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L, second row) and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (top R) pose for a group photo following the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul on July 20, 2010. A major international conference in Kabul ended on July 20 calling for at least 50 percent of development aid for the country to be channelled through the Afghan government's budget within two years. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) walk with security officials on their way to tour a crafts baazar in a nearby courtyard in Kabul on July 20, 2010, as they attend the International Conference on Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a major international conference in Kabul July 20 that there was still "much more work" for the Afghan government to do to stabilise the country. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. RICHARDS/POOL (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) greets women attending a Women's Empowerment event at the US Embassy in Kabul on July 20, 2010. Afghan women have long been excluded from public education, healthcare, employment opportunities, and participating in public life. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a major international conference in Kabul July 20 that there was still "much more work" for the Afghan government to do to stabilise the country. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. RICHARDS/POOL (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, listens to speeches as Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul, left, and Britain Foreign Secretary William Hague sit next to her at the Kabul International Conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
And this picture just because…. Could she be any prettier?
The class picture.
Afgan President Hamid Karzai (C), flanked by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (centre R) and UN chief Ban Ki-moon and other deletages pose for a group photo following the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul on July 20, 2010. A major international conference in Kabul ended on July 20 calling for at least 50 percent of development aid for the country to be channelled through the Afghan government's budget within two years. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
She arrived in Seoul the next day wearing the colors of the South Korean flag: Flag Diplomacy!
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at a military airport in Seongnam, near Seoul July 21, 2010. The United States and South Korea announced on Tuesday they will start large-scale joint military drills on July 25 that aim to deter North Korea from any future attack after the sinking of a South Korean warship. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 21: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L), listens to South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan (R) speak during a joint news conference on July 21, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Secretary Gates and Secretary Clinton are participating in talks with their Korean counter parts and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. (Photo by Mark Wilson - Pool/Getty Images)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 21: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) at the South Korea's foreign ministry on July 21, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Hillary, will join Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. (Photo by Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty Images)
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 21: (L-R) South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young, U.S. Scretay of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and South Korea Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan pose with students after a welcoming ceremony held at the Korean War Memorial on July 21, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. Hillary, will join Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. (Photo by Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty Images)
Secretaries Clinton and Gates visited the DMZ on the 21st. I love the way Gates is looking at her in this photo.
On the 22nd she left Seoul and flew to Hanoi. She was given quite a send-off and it always touches my heart when I see officers saluting her and/or her plane.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles as she poses for photographs with an unidentified person before her departure at a military airport in Seongnam, near Seoul, July 22, 2010. The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions against North Korea, targeted against its leadership, and warned of serious consequences if it again attacked the Navy soldiers. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
Kathleen Stephens (L), U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Han Duck-soo (2nd L), South Korean ambassador to the U.S., and other officials wave and salute to an airplane carrying U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her departure at a military airport in Seongnam, near Seoul, July 22, 2010. The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions against North Korea, targeted against its leadership, and warned of serious consequences if it again attacked the Navy soldiers. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
Later that day in Hanoi….
Delegations from left.,Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Laos Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith pose for a photo during the 2nd Lower Mekong-US Ministerial Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Na Son-Nguyen, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem, right, shake hands following their joint press conference at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)
I love this picture with all my heart!
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets children at the Ngoc Lam Pagoda orphanage that assists AIDS-affected children in Hanoi, Vietnam, on July 22, 2010. Clinton signed a framework agreement for additional funds to the US Presidents Emergency Plan for Aids Relief with Vietnamese Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong at the orphanage after meeting the children. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signs a memorandum of understanding for US support of HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam, at Ngoc Lam Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meet late July 22, 2010 for a private meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister in Hanoi, Vietnam. A statue of the former leader of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, is on the wall. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the 17th ASEAN Regional forum Retreat meeting in hanoi on July 23, 2010. Asia-Pacific's biggest security dialogue convenes in Vietnam with ructions over North Korea and friction between the United States and China likely to dominate proceedings. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to reporter's questions as she conducts a press conference at the end of the ASEAN conference July 23, 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam. The Secretary spent the week traveling across Asia. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation along with other foreign ministers and heads of delegation from participating countries at the end of the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Hanoi July 23, 2010. REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (not shown) attends repatriation ceremonies as the remains of one of three unidentified American servicemen, recently discovered in Vietnam and determined by US and Vietnamese forensic experts to be Americans, are loaded into a transfer case by fellow service members Friday, July 23, 2010, on to a C-17 aircraft in Hanoi, Vietnam. The remains of three separate servicemen will be flown to Hickam AFP in Hawaii for final determination of identities. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to bid farewell before boarding for departure home following the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) at the airport in Hanoi, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)
On July 26, she met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the State Department.
And then (finally!) caught a commuter flight to Westchester to prepare for Chelsea’s wedding.
The following day in NYC arriving for a fitting she looked cute in this blue jacket.
The night before the wedding she arrived with her Country Squire at a reception in their honor looking absolutely gorgeous and glamorous in a beautiful green caftan.
(Seriously, this is one exquisite-looking world leader!)
The following day, a few official pictures of the July 31 wedding were released.
Whew! What a month for our Secretary of State! After such a taxing month she ended up looking just smashing. I think she was the prettiest MOTB I have ever seen!
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