This schedule completely obliterates any chance
that she will be in D.C. for hearings
on the Hill next week.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel to Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia
Press Statement
Victoria Nuland
Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
November 9, 2012
Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Perth and Adelaide,
Australia; Singapore; Bangkok, Thailand; Rangoon, Burma; and Phnom Penh,
Cambodia November 11-20, 2012.
On November 11, Secretary Clinton will travel to Perth, Australia
to join U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Australian Foreign
Minister Bob Carr, and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith for the
annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) to
discuss security cooperation and other regional and global issues. In
Perth, Secretary Clinton will meet with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and
Foreign Minister Bob Carr. She will also visit the new Western
Australia – United States & Asia Centre (USAC). She will then travel
to Adelaide where she will meet with Australian business leaders as
well as visit Techport Australia, Australia’s largest and most advanced
shipbuilding facility.
Secretary Clinton will travel to Singapore on November 16-17
to meet with senior government officials, including Singapore Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Foreign Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam,
on a wide range of issues.
On November 17, Secretary Clinton will travel to Bangkok, Thailand. She will join President Obama and his delegation on November 18 for
meetings with Prime Minister Yingluck and other senior Thai officials
to underscore our strong alliance and discuss shared priorities and
regional issues in advance of the ASEAN East Asia Summit.
Secretary
Clinton will accompany President Obama to Burma on November 19, and
join his meetings with Burmese President Thein Sein and Chair of the
National League for Democracy and Member of Parliament Aung San Suu Kyi.
Secretary Clinton will also accompany President Obama on his travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 19-20 to attend the U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting and the East Asia Summit.
