Wednesday: Hillary Clinton on Foreign Travel *UPDATED*
Please see updated schedule below.
Secretary of State Clinton will travel to London and Paris from January 26 to 29, 2010.
In London, Secretary Clinton will attend a ministerial meeting on Yemen on January 27 and the International Conference on Afghanistan on January 28. The goal of the Yemen meeting is to consolidate international support for Yemen, coordinate assistance efforts, and reach agreement on assisting Yemen in its political and economic reform efforts. The objective of the London Conference on Afghanistan is to demonstrate the international community’s support for Afghanistan’s future and the agenda outlined by President Karzai in his November 19 inauguration speech. The meetings will focus on the implementation of our strategy in support of Afghanistan’s security, governance and development, and improved international civilian coordination.The Secretary will end her trip in Paris, where she will give a speech on European security, in addition to meeting with President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner to discuss the international Haiti relief effort, developments in Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and an array of other issues of mutual concern.
DON’T FORGET: Tonight is the first episode of Tavis Smiley Reports and he has an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the work Secretary Clinton is doing at state. The website is here and you can check times and local listings on the site.
UPDATE:
Here is some more specific info. on her schedule today:
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a Bilateral Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, in London.
1:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a Bilateral Meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa, in London.
3:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a Bilateral Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu, in London.
4:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends a Meeting on Yemen Hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom, in London.
6:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in a Joint Press Availability following the Meeting on Yemen,
6:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends a Reception Hosted by the Prince of Wales in Honor of Participants in the International Conference on Afghanistan, in London.
7:40 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends a Dinner hosted by British Foreign Secretary Miliband, in London.
8:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a Bilateral Meeting with His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, in London.













got the DVR set.
Thanks Stacy! It´s unbelievable that you can get her schedule even when she travels. Because the State Deparment always only discloses that she is on the foreign travel. They don´t say any specific items of her schedule in the country, where she is currently.
The Tavis Smiley special is set for 10:00 p.m. here in northern California but the television schedule seems a bit jumbled with all the commentary about the State of the Union speech and the republican response which follows just afterwards. The speech is at 6:00 p.m. here.
I shall miss Hillary striding into the House in front of the other cabinet members but we shall have other opportunities for that over the next few years. She is doing important work in London and Paris and she even gets to rub shoulders with the Prince of Wales. How nice she is getting a dinner from David Milliband.
As for the townhall at the state department, I think it a credit to Hillary that disgruntled employees feel they can approach her and speak candidly about their problems.
Stacy,
you can find more information about The Tavis Smiley Special with Madame Secretary here
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/reports/style-humility-and-a-lot-of-baggage.html