Saturday, December 22, 2012

4th Annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Year in Review: Installment III March 2012

Mme. Secretary spent the first half of Women's History Month in D.C. hosting the annual Women of  Courage Awards with First Lady Michelle Obama,  addressing the 2012 U.S. Institute of Peace’s U.S.-China Conference,  presenting  the Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, and attending to her usual bilateral duties and  meetings before participating mid-month in the Women In the World event in New York City.  Also in New York she participated in a U.N. Security Counsel meeting and a Quartet meeting.  Upon her return to D.C. she hosted the second annual Chiefs of Mission conference at which John Kerry, named her successor yesterday, gave the keynote speech to the luncheon. (That was the day I knew she wanted him to succeed her). 
There were receptions and a dinner  in honor of U.K.  Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to D.C. on the 14th.  Then she chaired the President's task force  on trafficking in persons.  St. Patrick's Day was the deadline  I had set for her to resign and challenge for 2012, but she did not.  Ed Koch, however, well before 2012 resolved,  started the 2016 ball rolling by mentioning Hillary.  I have never seen anything like that in my life!  Four-and-a-half years before an election suggesting the next nominee was phenomenal.
On the 19th she welcomed Northern Ireland officials Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson.  She celebrated Amelia Earhardt, saw Little Rock International Airport renamed for her and her husband.  She addressed water issues and received an  award,  and ended the month wheels up  for Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Here are the archives for March 2012.

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