The very next morning, back in D.C. she attended a North American Leaders' Summit at the White House and hosted a luncheon for the foreign ministers at the State Department. The next day it was off to Virginia to accept VMI's Distinguished Diplomat Award and to visit NATO headquarters in Norfolk.
Toward the end of the first week her rock star personna emerged in the glossies with discussions of scrunchies and the explosion of the Hillary-meme "Texts' from Hillary." The next week she hosted the 2012 G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, delivered the Forrestal Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, participated in the U.S./Brazil Partnership for the 21st Century, and previewed a film about Aung San Suu Kyi. She welcomed the Japanese foreign minister as well as Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe - originators of "Texts from Hillary" - to the State Department, exchanged hockey jerseys with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and participated in the White House Conference on Connecting the Americas. Then she was off to Colombia, Brazil, and Belgium
In Cartagena, she spoke to civil society at the Summit of the Americas, launched the “Connect 2022″ Initiative at a CEO Summit, and danced at a nightclub named Havana. Then it was on to Brasilia where she met with business leaders, participated in the Open Government Partnership, and conferred with her Brazilian counterpart Antonio de Aguiar Patriota who honored her at a dinner. Then she was wheels up for the long trip to Brussels.
Late in the month, Mme. Secretary was once again named one of Time's "Most Influential." In Brussels, accompanied by Defense Secretary Panetta, she attended the Ad Hoc Minsterial on Syria and was asked about 2016 (which Panetta supported full-throatedly). By the 23rd she was home and headed for Syracuse University where she engaged in a policy conversation with Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg.
Back in D.C. it was more bilaterals with the foreign ministers Carr of Australia and Martinez of El Salvador and a little hop to NYC to appear at Lincoln Center to speak at the Time 100 Gala. Then she hopped right back to D.C. where she met with Albanian PM Sali Berisha, celebrated Poland's National Day, and picked up the Woodrow Wilson Award.
As April drew to a close she delivered remarks at the Global Impact Economy Forum, commemorated the Holocaust, kicked-off the Seventh Annual Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership, participated with Secretary Panetta in a 2+2 ministerial with Philippine FM Albert del Rosario and DM Voltaire Gazmin, and honored Japanese PM Noda at a dinner.
Here is the archive for April 2012.
