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5th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment III March 2013 –

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When March arrived, Hillary continued recuperating out of the public eye while the 2016 speculation continued to spread over the web and media. Polls aboundedand Super PACs sprang up. We knew she would be writing another book, and the topics to be covered aroused much curiousity, as well.

Meanwhile, Hillary’s few actual outings in March were social events. Early in the month she and Bill Clinton were spotted holding hands while strolling in New York City.

The Clintons were rumored to have dined with the Obamas at an unspecified time and place. That story was never verified. The Clintons took in Holland Taylor’s Ann at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, meeting up with Meryl Streep, Gabby Giffords, and Mark Kelly in the process.

She was unable to attend the ten-year anniversary of Grace Bennett’s Inside Chappaqua magazine, but sent Grace her best wishes nonetheless.

On the 18th she released a video in support of marriage equality and made headlines.

March ended with the announcement of her first speaking engagement and of her transition office in Washington, D.C.

The archives for March 2013 can be accessed here.

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5th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment II February 2013

Posted in Appearances, Awards, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Honors, Secretary of State, state department, Uncategorized, Year in Review, tagged Appearances, awards, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Honors, Secretary of State, Speaking Engagements, State Department, Year in Review on December 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »

February began with Hillary bidding farewell to her State Department team in the same jam-packed lobby where they had greeted her four years earlier. Clearly, they loved her.

As was predictable since it had begun years before her departure, a deluge of 2016 speculation, pro and con, was unleashed. We did not expect to be seeing or hearing from Hillary, however, because, first and foremost, she was still recovering and had returned to work in January sooner than her doctors had recommended. Her longtime friend, mentor, and supporter, Ed Koch passed away. At his February 4 funeral, President Clinton represented the family and reminisced about his friendship with Hillary.

Since we were not expecting to see Hillary for awhile or to hear from her, neither did we expect to see her leaping onto the social nets with any immediacy, so when a Twitter account claiming to be hers popped up Still 4 Hillers were wary. we all put on our Nancy Drew Girl Detective caps, located the impersonator, and before long he was removed from Twitter.

Amidst all of this speculation and imitation, suddenly and without notice our girl reemerged on Valentine’s Day to accept the Civilian Service Award at the Pentagon. She looked fantastic, and we accepted her surprise appearance as a Valentine to us!

Shortly afterwards, Hillary-deprived as we were, the great news that she would launch a series of speaking engagements was announced to our great anticipation.

As February was ending, we got to see our girl in the PBS production Makers. The Hillary-drought following her resignation did not bring as bleak a February as we had expected.

The archives for February 2013 can be accessed here.

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5th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment I January 2013

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Hillary Clinton’s final month at the State Department began with her in the hospital being treated for a blood clot that was discovered during tests related to a concussion sustained when she fainted at home the month before. Early January reports stated that she was working from her hospital room, but Mme. Secretary did not want grass growing under her kitten heels. On January 2, she left the hospital for home. For a few days, her public schedule stated that she had no public events, but on January 7, she returned to the office.

By January 9, she was back to a full-day public schedule, meeting with foreign dignitaries and presiding over official events. Republicans at the Tea Party tip of the wing were salivating to have her testify on Benghazi.

In mid-January her long-awaited testimony on Benghazi.was scheduled and announced. “Mr. Hillary Rodham Clinton” made a surprise appearance at the Golden Globe Awards, and Chelsea announced that her mom was “Doing great!.”

Seth Meyers named her to GQ’s 100 Hottest List (we agree) and more recently has said he would like to have her as a guest when he takes over Late Night from Jimmy Fallon. We hope she accepts!

On January 20, she and President Clinton attended the inauguration.

On the 22nd, the retirement of her 2008 campaign debt was announced. Her schedule for the 23rd consisted of testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee followed by a meeting at the White House. The following day, she returned to the same Senate committee to introduce her successor, John Kerry, to the committee he chaired. It went well.

On the 27th she appeared on 60 Minutes in a joint interview with President Obama setting off a great deal of 2016 speculation. A flurry of media interviews were to follow along with a series of electronic thank you cards from a variety of sources in appreciation of her service as Secretary of State. Among the interviews, was one with Cynthia McFadden when she was asked about her now famous outburst at a question. Here was her response.

QUESTION: Let’s talk for a moment about Benghazi. It seemed as though you lost your temper at the hearing momentarily the other day.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I believe that we should in public life, whether you’re in the Administration or the Congress, de-politicize crises and work together to figure out what happened, what we can do to prevent it, and then put into place both the institutional changes and the budgetary changes that are necessary. And the majority of the panelists in both the House and the Senate I thought were very constructive, asked sensible questions that deserved answers. But when someone tries to put it into a partisan lens, when they focus not on the fact that we had such a terrible event happening with four dead Americans, but instead what did somebody say on a Sunday morning talk show, that to me is not in keeping with the seriousness of the issue and the obligation we all have as public servants.

QUESTION: But do you regret – “What difference at this point does it make?” It has been so analyzed in the moments since you said it.

SECRETARY CLINTON: No, because I think that asking questions about talking points for a Sunday morning talk show, it’s really missing the point. The Accountability Review Board chaired by Ambassador Pickering and Admiral Mullen didn’t pay any attention to that. They looked at what we could have done, what we have to do in order to prevent this in the future. And remember there have only been two of these accountability review boards for the time since 1988 ever made public. All the others have been classified. I believe in transparency. I said let the chips fall where they may, put it all out there. And I don’t want that to be politicized. I want it to serve as a framework for working together between the Administration and the Congress to keep our people safe.

QUESTION: So you stand by what you said?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Absolutely.

Reminder: Links to that unclassified report and the cover letter are in the sidebar on the right.

She conducted her final Town Hall at the State Department on January 30. Her last speech as Secretary of State was delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations on January 31 and addressed American leadership.

She would depart the State Department the following day.

Mme. Secretary, thank you again for your dedicated service to our country. It was a pleasure to record your contributions over your four-year tenure.

The archives for January 2013 can be accessed here.

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4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment VI June 2012

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June was another month bookended by foreign travel starting in Scandinavia.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, of Norway and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toast during lunch following meetings at Akershus Castle in Oslo, Norway, Friday June 1, 2012. Clinton is in Norway to addresses a global health conference on the second leg of a Scandinavian tour. (AP Photo / Saul Loeb)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere (R), talk onboard the Arctic Research Vessel Helmer Hanssen during a boat tour of a fjord off of Troms rway, in the Arctic Circle, June 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. left, greets US Secretary of State Hillary Rodam Clinton as she disembarks from her airplane upon arrival at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday June 2, 2012. Clinton is on a diplomatic visit that is taking her through Scandinavia, the Caucuses, and Turkey. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L), Swedish Defense Minister Karin Enstrom (R) and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (C) walk back to their boat after greeting locals at Vaxholm Island near Stockholm on June 3, 2012. Clinton and Bildt took a boat from nearby Stockholm to the island to pick up Enstrom for a meeting on the boat trip back to the city. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (L) greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after her arrival at Yerevan International Airport in Yerevan June 4, 2012. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (ARMENIA – Tags: POLITICS)

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on June 4, 2012 before their meetings at the presidential palace in Yerevan. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri, front right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, arrive for a meeting in Batumi, Georgia, on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri (R) speaks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on June 5, 2012 during the opening of the US-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission in Batumi, Georgia. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) listens to Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri (R) during the opening of the US-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission in Batumi, Georgia, on June 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO / VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/GettyImages)

Three countries in one day.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) speaks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on June 6, 2012 at Batumi International Airport in Batumi before her departure for Baku.
AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, left, greets US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday June 6, 2012 upon her arrival the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. Clinton has embarked on a tour of the South Caucasus in the hope of mediating progress in territorial disputes in the region. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walk to meetings at the presidential Zagulba residence in Baku on June 6, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) greets representatives of US-based oil and related companies as she tours the exhibits at the Caspian Oil and Gas Show at the Baku Expo Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 6, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets off her plane as she arrives at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on June 6, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet her British, French, Turkish and some Arab counterparts on June 7 to “discuss the situation in Syria,” a Turkish diplomatic source said. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton(R) speaks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu before their meeting on discuss the situation in Syria, a Turkish diplomatic source said, on June 6, 2012, in Istanbul. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages)

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before taking part in meetings in Istanbul on June 7, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrive for a meeting in Istanbul Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Global Counterterrorism Forum, Ministeral Level Plenary and 2nd Coordinating Committee Meeting, at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul on June 7, 2012. Al-Qaeda is still a serious and imminent threat as it is spreading geographically, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. “The threat has spread, becoming more geographically diverse,” Clinton said ahead of a counterterrorism meeting. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages)

The very next day back in D.C. This woman has put everything she has into this job. I wish the people who doubt her physical condition right now would go to hell. I do not usually speak that way, but I feel very strongly about her and about their nasty accusations. She deserves recovery time. Everyone who is sick or injured whether on the job or not deserves that.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan walk to the podium in Washington

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 08: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes President of the Republic of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino III, (R), during a luncheon at the Department of State, on June 8, 2012 in Washington, DC. Later today President Aquino is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Then it was family day in Little Rock for the opening of an exhibit about Virginia Kelley and Dorothy Howell Rodham – moms of the two most awesome people I have ever seen.

Old home week continued at Wellesley.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright respond to applause as Clinton is introduced to a gathering of the Women in Public Service Institute at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, June 11, 2012. Both women are graduates of Wellesely. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodhback in D.C.am Clinton, left, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright respond to applause as Clinton is introduced to a gathering of the Women in Public Service Institute at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, June 11, 2012. Both women are graduates of Wellesely. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Same day back in D.C.

Secretary Clinton with Jordan Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.

Busy day on the 12th!

Secetary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens at right as Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, President of the World Food Prize, speaks at the 2012 World Food Prize laureate announcement ceremony, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

And then with Shimon Peres at Brookings.

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 12: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) participate in a discussion at the Hay Adams Hotel June 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Clinton-Peres discussion was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy of Brookings Institution. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna walk to a joint news conference, Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, following talks at the State Department in Washington on June 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs actor Ben Affleck after speaking at the USAID Child Survival Forum, Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Georgetown University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens while South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan speaks during a plenary session of a meeting at the US State Department June 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Clinton, Panetta, and Kim met during the ministerial dialogues between the United States and the Republic of South Korea to discuss regional and international issues. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves to the media as she leaves with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta after a news conference with South Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan, and Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin at the State Department in Washington June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS)

Family time at Redondo Beach at nephew’s graduation.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives to Los Cabos international airport to attend the G-20 Summit in Baja California Sur, Mexico, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flips her hair standing next to an unidentified official after she stepped off her official airplane June 17, 2012 at Los Cabos International Airport in San Jose del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico to attend the G-20 Summit which starts on Monday. AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages)

Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton holds up a copy of the 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report during a ceremony marking the occasion at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

And she wore Catwoman glasses to swear in Mike Hammer.

Then it was wheels up once again.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, , Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

At the pre-Sandy Jersey shore for Marjory’s birthday.

She was back in Scandinavia toward the end of the month.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja leave on June 27, 2012 after signing a General Security of Information agreement during their meeting in Helsinki. AFP PHOTO / LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN – FINLAND OUT – (Photo credit should read MARTTI KAINULAINEN/AFP/GettyImages)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a gift from Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles after receiving a bouquet of flowers from Latvian President Andris Berzins before their meeting, Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the Riga Castle in Riga, Latvia. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks after signing the Supporting Justice Sector Reform in Moldova and Renewed U.S. – Latvia Fulbright Academic Exchange Program Agreement with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics, Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Riga, Latvia. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

St, Petersburg arrival

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a brief statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling on health care, on June 28, 2012, after arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia. The US Supreme Court on June 28 upheld historic sweeping health care reforms in a major victory for Democratic President Barack Obama as he seeks re-election in November elections. US President Barack Obama hailed the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold his health care reforms as a “victory” for people across America and urged opponents to swing behind the law. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Haraz N. Ghanbari (Photo credit should read HARAZ N. GHANBARI/AFP/GettyImages)

A picture taken in St. Petersburg on June 28, 2012, shows US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laying flowers at the monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, commemorating those who fought against the Nazis during the 900-day siege of the city in 1941-1944. The city’s name was changed back from Leningrad to St. Petersburg after the 1991 Soviet collapse. Clinton arrived today in St. Petersburg, for talks with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that are expected to be dominated by the ongoing crisis in Syria. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/GettyImages)

I don’t think anyone could be more dedicated and impressive. God be with you Mme. Secretary in this difficult time. We love you, are praying for you, and want the best for you. Merry Christmas to you, Mme. Secretary, and your loving family. We, here at Still 4 Hill love you and want to see you well again.

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4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment V May 2012

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Secretary Clinton began and ended May on foreign travel. May second through fourth found her in China accompanied by Treasury Secretary Geithner.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, enters a dinner with State Councilo rDai Bingguo, left, in Beijing, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Shannon Stapleton, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks at Chinese President Hu Jintao smile during the opening ceremony of the U.S.- China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Shannon Stapleton, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) looks on as China’s President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 4, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA – Tags: POLITICS)

She spent the seventh and eighth in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina (C), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Bangladesh Foreign Minster Dipu Moni (R) pose for a photo after signin an agreement in Dhaka on May 5, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived May 5 for a difficult mission in Bangladesh where violence and a crackdown on the opposition threaten new instability. Clinton, coming from a row in China over a Chinese dissident, was set to sign a new partnership agreement with the impoverished South Asian nation. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/GettyImages)

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) with Grameen Bank founder and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus pose in Dhaka on May 6, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threw her support May 6 behind microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus on a visit to Bangladesh, calling the embattled Nobel laureate a global inspiration. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)

Then she visited India for what would be her final official stop there as Secretary of State.

Chief of India’s ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shake hands before their meeting in New Delhi May 7, 2012. Clinton leaned harder on India on Monday to deepen cuts of Iranian oil imports, saying Washington may not make a decision on whether to exempt New Delhi from financial sanctions for another two months. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA – Tags: POLITICS)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) looks on with India’s West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers’ Building, which houses the state secretariat, in Kolkata on May 7, 2012. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India May 7 to further cut its imports of Iranian oil, saying New Delhi should use its growing clout to help isolate the Islamic republic. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/GettyImages)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with India’s Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna before a news conference in New Delhi on May 8, 2012. Clinton has been pressing India to buy less from Iran as a way to pressure the Islamic regime over its contested nuclear programme. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wraps up a tour of Asia dominated by thorny disputes, as she sees signs of progress in working through problems with emerging powers China and India. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/GettyImages)

Back in D.C. on the ninth, she continued her at-home duties with bilaterals, addresses, and meetings.

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 09: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, walk up to speak o the media before a meeting at the State Department, on May 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. Secretary Clinton and the Crown Prince participated in a bilateral meeting on reginal issues.
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

On the 10th she was in New York City to receive another award.

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 10: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) holds up the New York Women’s Foundation Century Award with Abigail Disney (R) during The New York Women’s Foundation 2012 Celebrating Women Breakfast on May 10, 2012 in New York City. Secretary Clinton delivered the keynote address at the New York Women’s Foundation Celebrating Women Breakfast and was honored with their 2012 Century Award. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

In D.C. from the 16th.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak face reporters before their meeting at the State Department in Washington May 17, 2012. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS)

French President Francois Hollande, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius leave the White House in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Then to Chicago for the G8.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

She took Catherine Ashton and others to a Cubs game and sang during the seventh inning stretch. (Yes, she did!)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) talks to NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow before a Foreign Ministers meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro and Macedonia at the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

In D.C. on the 23rd she, Joint Chiefs Chair Dempsey, and Defense Secretary Panetta testified on the Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (R), and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey (L) wait to testify at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington May 23, 2012.
REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Posing with her successor when only he, she, and I thought he would be her successor.

US Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) stands alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta prior to testifying before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Law of the Sea Convention, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 23, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Releasing the 2011 Human Rights Report and causing a stir because ever since she has been SOS she has insisted the U.S. be included in the report.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2012, to discuss the State Department’s annual report on human rights. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Back home in Chappaqua she marched in the Memorial Day parade which she never misses.

By the 31st she was on the water in Copenhagen starting off another foreign trip.

Denmark’s Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal (L) speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they take a boat tour down a canal through central Copenhagen May 31, 2012. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (DENMARK – Tags: POLITICS)

Here is the archive for May 2012.

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4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment IV April 2012

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Secretary Clinton literally hit the tarmac rolling in April putting wheels down in Istanbul on the first. She spent the day meeting with officials and representatives of the Syrian opposition and was wheels up again for home. The very next morning, back in D.C. she attended a North American Leaders’ Summit at the White House and hosted a luncheon for the foreign ministers at the State Department.

The next day it was off to Virginia to accept VMI’s Distinguished Diplomat Award and to visit NATO headquarters in Norfolk. Toward the end of the first week her rock star personna emerged in the glossies with discussions of scrunchies and the explosion of the Hillary-meme “Texts’ from Hillary.”

The next week she hosted the 2012 G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, delivered the Forrestal Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, participated in the U.S./Brazil Partnership for the 21^st Century, and previewed a film about Aung San Suu Kyi. She welcomed the Japanese foreign minister as well as Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe – originators of “Texts from Hillary” – to the State Department, exchanged hockey jerseys with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and participated in the White House Conference on Connecting the Americas. Then she was off to Colombia, Brazil, and Belgium.

In Cartagena, she spoke to civil society at the Summit of the Americas, launched the “Connect 2022″ Initiative at a CEO Summit, and danced at a nightclub named Havana. Then it was on to Brasilia where she met with business leaders, participated in the Open Government Partnership, and conferred with her Brazilian counterpart Antonio de Aguiar Patriota who honored her at a dinner. Then she was wheels up for the long trip to Brussels.

Late in the month, Mme. Secretary was once again named one of Time’s “Most Influential.” In Brussels, accompanied by Defense Secretary Panetta, she attended the Ad Hoc Minsterial on Syria and was asked about 2016 (which Panetta supported full-throatedly). By the 23rd she was home and headed for Syracuse University where she engaged in a policy conversation with Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg.

Back in D.C. it was more bilaterals with the foreign ministers Carr of Australia and Martinez of El Salvador and a little hop to NYC to appear at Lincoln Center to speak at the Time 100 Gala. Then she hopped right back to D.C. where she met with Albanian PM Sali Berisha, celebrated Poland’s National Day, and picked up the Woodrow Wilson Award. As April drew to a close she delivered remarks at the Global Impact Economy Forum, commemorated the Holocaust, kicked-off the Seventh Annual Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership, participated with Secretary Panetta in a 2+2 ministerial with Philippine FM Albert del Rosario and DM Voltaire Gazmin, and honored Japanese PM Noda at a dinner.

Here is the archive for April 2012.

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4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment III March 2012

Posted in Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, state department, U.S. Department of State, Uncategorized, Women's History Month, Year in Review, tagged Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, State Department, U.S. Department of State, Year in Review on December 22, 2012| 5 Comments »

Mme. Secretary spent the first half of Women’s History Month in D.C. hosting the annual Women of Courage Awards with First Lady Michelle Obama, addressing the 2012 U.S. Institute of Peace’s U.S.-China Conference, presenting the Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, and attending to her usual bilateral duties and meetings before participating mid-month in the Women In the World event in New York City. Also in New York she participated in a U.N. Security Counsel meeting and a Quartet meeting. Upon her return to D.C. she hosted the second annual Chiefs of Mission conference at which John Kerry, named her successor yesterday, gave the keynote speech to the luncheon. (That was the day I knew she wanted him to succeed her).

There were receptions and a dinner in honor of U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to D.C. on the 14th. Then she chaired the President’s task force on trafficking in persons. St. Patrick’s Day was the deadline I had set for her to resign and challenge for 2012, but she did not. Ed Koch, however, well before 2012 resolved, started the 2016 ball rolling by mentioning Hillary. I have never seen anything like that in my life! Four-and-a-half years before an election suggesting the next nominee was phenomenal.

On the 19th she welcomed Northern Ireland officials Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson. She celebrated Amelia Earhardt, saw Little Rock International Airport renamed for her and her husband. She addressed water issues and received an award, and ended the month wheels up for Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Here are the archives for March 2012.

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4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment II February 2012

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This leap year contained 29 days and several ironies. Having begun the month with a visit to the Foreign Service Institute, a series of bilaterals in D.C., and attendance at the National Prayer Breakfast, Mme. Secretary was wheels up for Germany and Bulgaria by the third.

There her schedule was, as is typical, packed with bilaterals, speeches, and interviews. She met with young Roma professionals in Bulgaria. The topic at the Munich Security Conference was the upheaval in Syria.

Back in D.C. on the sixth she spoke out against female genital mutilation and met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Of awe have seen with whom ll the Israeli officials she has met with over her years as SOS, Lieberman is the one with whom we have seen her the least. Irony number one: He resigned recently in the wake of an indictment on fraud charges. I always sensed negative electricity between them, and perhaps fraud was the reason.

She welcomed a new Haitian foreign minister, Italian FM Terzi di Sant Agata, Turkish FM Davutoglu and a Burmese civil delegation. On Valentine’s Day she attended a dinner in honor of Chinese VP Xi Jinping. She spoke at a clean air initiative and had a town hall at USAID about her QDDR – a significant aspect of her legacy at DOS.

Next she was off to Los Cabos, Mexico for a G-20 meeting. Immediately after that she left on a trip first to the U.K. and then north Africa that was almost a mirror of the trip she had to cancel almost two weeks ago when she fell ill with a mean stomach virus and consequently fainted suffering a concussion. Irony number two. The topic, of course, was Syria as it was when Deputy Secretary Burns traveled in her place last week.

Final ironies of last February: Upon her return to D.C., Mme. Secretary spent the remainder of the month before the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees. The topic? Big Irony number three: Defending her budget request for diplomatic security – the very issue for which Republicans on those committees who did not grant her requested budget now want to fault her. Originally scheduled to testify on the Hill yesterday, she was replaced by her deputies Burns and Nides.

Fourth and final irony: Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry, her staunch supporter will be nominated Hillary Clinton’s successor as secretary of state within the hour.

Here is the archive for February 2012.

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3rd Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment I January 2011

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For the third time, we will count down to the new year with a review of each month the the year past beginning, as always, with January 2011.

Travel: Brasilia for the inauguration of Dilma Rouseff; UAE; a surprise visit to Yemen; Oman; Qatar; Mexico; Haiti.
Speeches: Her now famous Doha speech at Forum for the Future; a tribute to the late Richard Holbrooke; in the advent of President Hu’s visit, an address on the future of U.S.-Chinese relations.
Events: Hosted a day each of bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of China and Japan; attended the arrival of President Hu at the White House as well as the state dinner (escorted by a handsome white-haired gent.); attended the State of the Union address.

The year/month began with the New Year’s Day inauguration of Rouseff in Brazil and ended with a phenomenal Sunday where she made the rounds of five morning talk shows, hopped on her plane for Haiti, and spent a whilrwind day there touring a cholera clinic and meeting all the presidential candidates.

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