This picture has been all over the interwebs, so I trust Mme. Secretary will not mind me sharing it here. The pooches are Seamus (Buddy’s replacement whose name actually means replacement) and little Tally who fulfilled mommy’s wish for a little dog. So we see our Clintons are having a fun vacation with their pups and family. That’s a million dollar smile on her face. But it’s never a total vacation for the secretary of state. In today’s press briefing, Victoria Nuland provided a readout of phone calls Mme. Secretary is making while en vacances.
We are still hearing buzz about a trip next week to the Cook Islands (cutting the vacation to a mere 10 days). Here is Toria on Hillary running the world from the East Hampton White House State Department.
Victoria NulandSpokespersonDaily Press Briefing
Washington, DCAugust 23, 2012MS. NULAND: Afternoon, everybody. Happy Thursday. I have three Secretarial phone calls to read out at the top here. The Secretary yesterday made phone calls to Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari, Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, and the new Libyan National Congress President Magariaf.
With regard to the call to Foreign Minister Zebari of Iraq, they discussed a variety of issues of mutual interest in our bilateral relationship, including the Iraqi political situation, recent regional developments, and our shared interest in ending the violence in Syria. They both affirmed that the long-term strategic partnership between the U.S. and Iraq is a source of important stability in the region.
With regard to the Secretary’s call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr, they obviously talked about the situation in Sinai and the ongoing Egyptian security operations. They talked about the visit of the IMF to Cairo and under the – with Christine Lagarde there as well, and the United States’ ongoing interest in support Egypt’s recovery as well. And they obviously talked about the situation in Syria.
And with regard to her call with Libyan National Congress President Magariaf, this was a congratulatory call welcoming him to his new position and reiterating our interest in supporting the Libyan Government as it goes forward and to working well with them on a broad cross-section of their needs as they strengthen and build their new democracy.
In addition to these phone calls she issued greetings to the following countries on their national days: Uruguay, Ukraine, and Moldova.
Please stretch out on the chaise now, Mme. Secretary. I have an El Presidente with a twist of lime with your name on it.
This made me giggle. I’m sorry. It just sounded naughty in my head.
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LOL! Chomsky would say: “one surface structure with two deep meanings.”
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Mme. Secretary, I love you so much!!
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Poor thing, never a day without business to attend. They look so happy in the pic. Bless them both (and the pooches too).
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In the other topic the fact that Tally is Hillary’s dog and got it and why, is exactly the kind of thinks what is interesting and I am glad to be answered.
Hope they made those phone calls short!
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I wonder if Tally is a handful. This is from someone’s blog, he encountered Bill walking the dogs in the Hamptons.
http://danshamptons.com/2012/08/20/randomly-running-into-bill-clinton-in-the-hamptons/
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In more ways than one. Hillary says she teases Seamus because she wants to play and run and he is older and more -um – sedate. But also, as I mentioned elsewhere, she is a literal “handful” since, when Hillary is not home and Bill takes the dogs out alone, he walks Seamus, but he carries Tally.
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Well, Tally couldn’t be any different than her owner. Some consider Hillary a handful too. LOL!!!
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Thanks,
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Bea, loved the story. The writer was truly amazed at seeing Bill, Tally, then Chelsea and spouse on the beach. cute.
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I love the trainer who couldn’t resist taking the picture. He restrained himself as long as he could.
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Yeah, isn’t it cool? I too would have taken some discrete pics.
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I know you would have! 😀
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