I know I broke this news several days ago when the State Department announced it, but I thought I would disturb the peace of the vacation lull with a reminder of the interruption to the Secretary’s nice vacation. (I know. I know. It was already disturbed by Irene. I hope she gets back for the long Labor Day weekend at the beach.)
From VOA.
August 31, 2011Libya Support Group to Convene in Paris
David Gullust | Washington
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and officials from about 50 other countries are set to convene in Paris on Thursday to discuss Libya’s transition to post-Gadhafi democratic rule. The head of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, is expected to outline the NTC’s immediate needs.
France called the meeting a week ago as NTC forces moved into Tripoli. Now, with Moammar Gadhafi’s rule at an end, the conference will focus on how to help Libya establish stable democratic governance.
And from AFP.
US to sound out Libya rebels on transition needs
By Lachlan Carmichael (AFP) – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to leave Wednesday for international talks in Paris aimed at sounding out Libyan rebels on what US officials call their “enormous” needs in establishing a new government.
What is at stake, US officials say, is how well the rebels bring security to the capital Tripoli and other war-torn areas, restore services like water, deal with fallen but fugitive strongman Moamer Kadhafi, and prepare for democratic rule.
Donc, bon voyage, Mme. La Secretaire… encore!
Can she become an honorary citzen of Paris how many times has she been this year?
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She was there twice in a week in March and another time in May, so this is her fourth this year.
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yeah she should be an honorary citizen.
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I can think of worse places to be sent to four times in one year.
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Beats Pakistan any day. My heart is always in my mouth when she’s there.
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true.
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Madame la Secrétaire d’Etat est la toujours la bienvenue en France… et le sera encore quand elle accèdera à de plus hautes fonctions.
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off topic so your the president of the United States want to give an important jobs speech on sept 7th to congress but uhh oh they say no go do you move your speech to the next day or do you rememer you are the president and give a live address from the oval office or do a press confrence on the day you want to give the speech?
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It’s the first cave of the season everyone!
President Discourse would’ve released a statement saying how shocked I was that the Speaker of the House, who has claimed for months to be all about getting the unemployment rate down while pushing to keep the tax cuts for the wealthy, subsidies for oil companies making record profits, and leading us all through the biggest political crapfest of the modern age because it was time to raise the debt ceiling, would anything but ready to get back to work and start by actually getting some job programs going and some disaster relief to our citizens who need it. That’s what I would do and I would be sure to make sure my statement was in the hands of everyone in the pressroom by the deadline for evening news submissions.
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edit- “… would be anything … “
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It’s a shame really. The whole thing is he wants the american public to see him get applauded and standing ovations which no do doubt the dem congress members would do. Forget the theatrics and give us the jobs plan and if you have to do it in the oval office instead of a joint session of congress so be it. And you are so right discourse it would be very easy to say the republican congress was all up in arms about him not giving a speech on jobs till after his vacation now the want to delay over a republican debate that no one is gong to watch anyway.
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Oh, people are going to watch the Republican debate. It’s
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I don’t kniow anyone who’s gonna watch it and I am surrounded by lots of republicans they all know they can get force feed their talking points from fox and friends they will tell them who won and what was important.
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People actually get their news from Fox and Friends?! What’s next? Jersey Shore?
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Sadly yes
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Of course I mean you’re
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i know this is kinda old but i think its shows how normal the Clinton are. http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/bill-and-hillary-clinton-spend-days-without-power-after-irene-ncxdc-090111
and i love it when she goes to France 😉
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Hmmm, I wonder how they spent their time in all that darkness……..
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haha, we can only imagine
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Well, I’m sure there was candlelight but you can’t do too much by candlelight. They’re a smart pair, so I’m sure they worked out some way to pass the time and have a little fun in the process.
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forgive me if these have been posted, but here are some more vacation pix of the clintons: 🙂
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I love that picture of them.
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