Sunday, January 30, 2011

Slideshow: Hillary Clinton in Haiti

The Secretary of State had a very long busy day today. She began by appearing on five Sunday morning talk shows then flew to Port-Au-Prince. In these photos we see her with Cheryl Mills, who accompanied her, the Ambassador to Haiti, Ken Merten, and Clinton Foundation CEO, Laura Graham. She visited a cholera clinic, and we see her sanitizing hands and feet (good since we do not want to see our Mme. Secretary getting sick). The placards were carried by a small group of protesters who met her at the airport. They clearly are not in agreement with the election results. She met with three candidates, Mirlande Manigat (the woman), Michel Martelly (the bald guy), and Jude Celestin (with the mustache). The last is the one who really has not qualified for the run-off election. In her press briefing she mentioned convincing him to remove his name from the ballot. It seems he was the candidate hand-picked by current President Preval whom she was also scheduled to meet. We also see her preparing for yet another interview on this very busy day, this one at an unidentified Haitian radio station. She still looks beautiful enough to be on TV during this grueling schedule! I was going to wait to post these until after we had some remarks about her day, but I decided to go ahead now. Later I will post any remarks and press releases that come through. I have not seen a picture of her with President Preval yet today, either. Perhaps there will be a joint statement. Check back later for additional posts. Meanwhile, enjoy these. The SOS looked spectacular today!