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Remarks at State Luncheon in Honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao
Remarks
Secretary of State
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon and welcome to the State Department. Please be seated. We are delighted and honored to host such a distinguished gathering. Vice President Biden, Dr. Biden, and I welcome our special guests, especially President Hu Jintao and the distinguished members of the Chinese delegation. I am delighted to have this opportunity to welcome so many members of Congress and members of the President’s cabinet, including Secretary of Defense Gates, Attorney General Holder, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack, Secretary of Commerce Locke, Secretary of Energy Chu, Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano, and U.S. Trade Representative Kirk.
As you can tell, we are eating lunch a little late – (laughter) – so we are anxious to provide some nourishment to our guests who have traveled so far to be with us. And it is my pleasure now to introduce my friend and our Vice President, Vice President Biden. (Applause.)
LOL! She does not look too impressed with the wine choice.
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haha. even from the pictures the wine does look to dark for good white wine
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Could’ve been a sherry.
Maybe Madame Secretary prefers red wine?
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Not champagne?
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sherry is red and champagne is not that dark either. it looks like apple juice! hence the face?
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Getting apple juice instead of wine would sure make me pout. 🙂
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I mean, wouldn’t a toast for an occasion like this normally BE champagne?
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I guess the recession is hitting everyone.
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Could be that, or could be they served something from the wine region of China and Hillary spotted flecks of plastic in it.
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ahahahahahaha 😀
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LOL! Whatever the cause, the lady is not amused. This is now one of my favorite photos
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I think I know what she’s thinking! As I would be, she’s thinking to herself “I’m going to need something much stronger than this to get me through the day!”
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LOL! I love it.
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Yes!
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LOL!!!! (I left the link because I couldn’t resize it.)
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Speaking of resizing, someone needs to take that jacket in. It’s almost like she’s trying to make herself look fluffier than she is.
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Yes, it’s too big. But I think she likes her winter jackets a little big so she can put a sweater underneath if she needs to.
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Only one??? It´s so big that she can wear her winter coat underneath it!
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That jacket fit better last winter.
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Oh….even Secretary of State of United States is not allowed to drink what she likes during an occasion like this? Then who???
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… and it’s her party! Well she’s co-host with Joe and Jill. Maybe Joe chose the wine.
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The last photo leads me to be that might be the case. “Did this stuff come from a box? Doesn’t somebody around here own a winery.”
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LOL!!!!
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Just heard that a certain Squire of State is at the party tonight. Now we know there will be no photos of the Secretary of State. She can be seen with her husband at Obama’s party. 😉
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♥
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Yay!!!!!!!! Finally he gets to escort her to one of these functions. I DO want pics!
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At least she gets to spend time with Bill tonight.
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I hope the wine is better tonight and I hope she wears something special. No boring pantsuit, please.
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Me, too. Pretty gown, please!
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I hope Bill talked her into wearing a beautiful and sexy. Maybe he can sneak in some wine for her.
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Wine + a sexy dress + very limited HBT … I don’t know. That could be trouble.
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Hahahaha!!!! She could do with a little trouble.
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Not with the press around.
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haha i see rosy (wine/love induced) cheeks, adoring looks his way, and probably hands under the table 😉 haha
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I want a pic!
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He’d better not get too frisky. She has to be able to focus and we know how she feels about his skilled hands.
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😉
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Yes, we want beautiful and sexy!
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Supposed to say beautiful and sexy dress.
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We knew what you meant. 🙂
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WOW! Just saw Hillary on C-Span from the State Dinner. SPEECHLESS!!!! Her hair=perfect!!!! ♥ I think that her gown is pink.
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OMG! Yes, her HAIR!!!! It could be the pink gown from her Kennedy Center dinner.
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I´m not so sure that I saw it on her before. It´s too shiny to be the one from Kennedy Center dinner. Chinese FM is sitting between her and Bill! 😦
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Keeping them separated is probably best.
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😉
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for sure! especially with all the wine, she’s probably feeling extra amorous tonight 😉 the press would have an anxiety attack at the thought of what they could be doing under the table
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😀 Bill has long legs.
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ahahahahaha
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There’s an explanation for that photo you posted of her toast.
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Bill and Hillary should be sitting together. I am so happy she is wearing a dress, Bill must have used his charm. The inivation for the state dinner listed them separate because they did not know who to put as the pluse one.
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LOL! Anyway, she looks like a queen! Just superb! Thanks, Lilly! I had switched off of CSPAN! Glad I got to see!
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I was like “Okay, I´m gonna give a chance to it, though they didn´t include her in previous live-streaming from state dinners.” Then suddenly I looked better and Bill´s white head was in the middle of my screen!!! 😀
So my next mission was to find Hillary. Afterwards I was speechless!!! 🙂
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She looks absolutely STUNNING tonight!
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She might have blushed a little when the President referred to her as “my outstanding Secretary of State” during his toast.
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I think it’s the inaugural ball gown! Looks like the neckline has been lowered a little. (Good – it was too high and made her look short and stumpy.)
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Now I definitely want to see pictures!!! 😉
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Me too!!!!!
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Still was right! Inaugural Ball:
http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/108179653.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892102A727B1636DE2E650E79B6C05047497AF05A5D4A74746973D16F36999E348AFE30A760B0D811297
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What a cute picture! Thank you!
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Bill looks more robust and healthy than he has in recent months. I think I’ve said that before, but I’m glad. Hillary needs her Squire of State.
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As tonight attests. It’s wrong to send a beautiful woman all dressed up to an event like that without her escort. Just wrong!
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As much as I don’t like that dress, I’m glad she decided against a pantsuit. Maybe Bill persuaded her and, who knows, he might like her inauguration dress. That was the day she officially became “his Secretary of State”.
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Ugh! Why does she insist upon wearing upholstry?
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Love Hillary in this picture! Even the lighting is perfect! http://www.profimedia.cz/image/detail/0089705840
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Hillary looks beautiful!
I wonder what she is thinking in the 2nd picture.
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She was toasting. Bill was right across from her. I think she’s looking at him.
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With a little Photoshop, the second picture could be amazing.
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It’s already pretty amazing!
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Well they could’ve given a sixty-something year old woman a break and softened the focus a bit to de-emphasize the wrinkles and such.
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I don’t know. To me, she looks wonderful just as she is.
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I’m not surprised. 🙂
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I did do that once to the picture of her from the campaign in the white jacket with the high collar where she is looking off to her right. It’s a great picture, but when I did the blur it looked phony … not like her. She is beautiful just the way she is.
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i told you! rosy cheeks (wine/love induced), adoring looks and Bill close to her!
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Yes, you did! She’s glowing! Those eyes!
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she’s just beautiful and adorable, I just wish she could live forever!
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Breathtaking tonight!
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This is a large photo, but I like it. Ok, everyone, find the Hillary!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/19/china-state-dinner-arrivals-photos_n_811361.html#226608
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That was the wrong link. Sorry. This is the right one.
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/16317/slide_16317_226641_huge.jpg?1295498034505
And this is a bonus because I think it’s cute.
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/3726/slide_3726_52863_large.jpg?1295498949113
Bill looks pretty happy back there.
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I wondered where Hillary was supposed to be….
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Anohter picture from the State Dinner. She looks amazing!
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total new fave!!!!! she looks so pretty and radiant! see how much happier she is when her Squire is in the room!
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It does seem to make a difference.
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huge difference! she literally glows when he’s around! she’s even mentioned that a few times, how she still lights up when he walks into a room.
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this really could be from her FLOTUS days!
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Poor Chinese foreign minister. Hillary has her eyes only for one guy at that moment! 😉
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Wow! How beautiful! Thank you!
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She was so beautiful at the state dinner. She was glowing.
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Nice article on Hillary http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2043290,00.html
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Thank you, Rachel!
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