Clinton In Haiti and the DR

Secretary Clinton arrived in Haiti today and met with Haitian President Rene Preval prior to traveling to the Dominican Republic:

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Commodore Robert Lineberry, Mission Commander for Continuing Promise 2009 tour the Dental Area at the Comfort Clinic in Cite Soleil, Haiti April 16, 2009. Behind the two is U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Janet A. Sanderson. [State Department photo]

Enhanced security measures are in place for her arrival in the Dominican Republic:

Security has been heightened in all restricted areas in the Las Americas International Airport, to await U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s arrival and reception by a delegation headed by the Dominican Foreign Relations minister Carlos Morales and U.S. Embassy commercial attaché Roland W. Bullen, in the terminal’s Ambassadors Salon.

Security positions were increased in the area of Clinton’s scheduled 6 p.m. arrival aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft, as the deployment of more Police and military agents is expected in the next few hours.

The U.S. diplomat’s security detail arrived in the country yesterday and work with Dominican security agencies to control access to the terminal’s areas, including the special accreditation for the journalists who’ll cover the visit.

UPDATE: The major topic of conversation once Secretary Clinton arrived in the Dominican Republic, was drug trafficking.

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