Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright to Attend Havel's Funeral Friday **UPDATED**

I have not seen this confirmed by the State Department, but thought I would pass it along nonetheless.

Clinton, Albright, Cameron to attend Havel's funeral in Prague

Prague - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her predecessor Madeleine Albright and British Prime Minister David Cameron will attend the funeral of former Czech president Vaclav Havel on Friday, Havel's secretary Sabina Tancevova confirmed to CTK today.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton may come, too, Tancevova said.
The U.S. presidential delegation will probably consist of four persons, including U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton greet Vaclav Havel at the White House, 1998. (Stephen Jaffe/AFP )

Hillary Clinton will lead the official U.S. delegation to the funeral of Václav Havel, the White House announced Thursday. The secretary of state will be joined by Bill Clinton — they hosted the late former president of the Czech Republic at a 1998 state dinner — as well as Madeleine Albright and Ambassador Norman Eisen, the U.S. envoy in Prague.

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