Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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


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.