Sunday, May 8, 2011

This Week: On Hillary Clinton's Agenda

Well, for this one time in my career as a Hillary blogger, I have a schedule of her week ahead! (Not that I actually receive a week ahead schedule. I am apparently too frivolous, or unpredictable, or otherwise untrustworthy for that.) This schedule is pasted together from various press releases. I'll take it!

2011 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue


Washington, DC
May 5, 2011



Hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, the third joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue will be held in Washington, D.C. from May 9-10, 2011.


Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at the 41st Conference on the Americas on May 11


Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 5, 2011


Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks at the 41st Washington Conference on the Americas, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and Council of the Americas, at approximately 9:20 a.m. on May 11, 2011, at the U.S. Department of State.

This year’s conference, “Opportunities in a Changing Americas,” will also feature remarks by President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa of Mexico, President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador, Minister of Finance Juan Carlos Echeverry of Colombia, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senator John McCain of Arizona and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela. The full program can be found here.

Morning Session with Remarks by Secretary Clinton: 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Luncheon Session with Remarks by Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.


Secretary Clinton Travels to Nuuk, Greenland for Arctic Council Ministerial


Press Statement
Mark C. Toner
Acting Deputy SpokesmanOffice of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 6, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Nuuk, Greenland May 11-12 with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to participate in the Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council.

The Arctic Council is composed of the eight Arctic states, with involvement of Arctic indigenous groups, and is the pre-eminent intergovernmental forum for cooperation in the Arctic. At this meeting, Secretary Clinton will sign an Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement, the first binding international agreement among the eight Arctic States and an important step in saving lives in the region.