June was another month bookended by foreign travel starting in Scandinavia.
- Norway's
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, of Norway and US Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton toast during lunch following meetings at
Akershus Castle in Oslo, Norway, Friday June 1, 2012. Clinton is in
Norway to addresses a global health conference on the second leg of a
Scandinavian tour. (AP Photo / Saul Loeb)
- Norway's
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, of Norway and US Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton toast during lunch following meetings at
Akershus Castle in Oslo, Norway, Friday June 1, 2012. Clinton is in
Norway to addresses a global health conference on the second leg of a
Scandinavian tour. (AP Photo / Saul Loeb)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Norway's Minister of Foreign
Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere (R), talk onboard the Arctic Research Vessel
Helmer Hanssen during a boat tour of a fjord off of Troms rway, in the
Arctic Circle, June 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit
should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- Swedish
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. left, greets US Secretary of State Hillary
Rodam Clinton as she disembarks from her airplane upon arrival at
Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday June 2, 2012. Clinton
is on a diplomatic visit that is taking her through Scandinavia, the
Caucuses, and Turkey. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L), Swedish Defense Minister Karin
Enstrom (R) and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (C) walk back to
their boat after greeting locals at Vaxholm Island near Stockholm on
June 3, 2012. Clinton and Bildt took a boat from nearby Stockholm to the
island to pick up Enstrom for a meeting on the boat trip back to the
city. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL
LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- Armenia's
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (L) greets U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton after her arrival at Yerevan International Airport in
Yerevan June 4, 2012. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS)
- Armenian
President Serzh Sarkisian (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton on June 4, 2012 before their meetings at the
presidential palace in Yerevan. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo
credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- Armenian
President Serzh Sarkisian (L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton on June 4, 2012 before their meetings at the
presidential palace in Yerevan. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo
credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- Georgian
Prime Minister Nika Gilauri, front right, and U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, arrive for a meeting in Batumi, Georgia,
on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
- Georgian
Prime Minister Nika Gilauri (R) speaks with US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton on June 5, 2012 during the opening of the US-Georgia
Strategic Partnership Commission in Batumi, Georgia. AFP PHOTO / POOL /
Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) listens to Georgian Prime
Minister Nika Gilauri (R) during the opening of the US-Georgia Strategic
Partnership Commission in Batumi, Georgia, on June 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO /
VANO SHLAMOV (Photo credit should read VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/GettyImages)
Three countries in one day.
- Georgian
President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) speaks with US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton on June 6, 2012 at Batumi International Airport in
Batumi before her departure for Baku.
AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- Azeri
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, left, greets US Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday June 6, 2012 upon her arrival the
Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. Clinton has
embarked on a tour of the South Caucasus in the hope of mediating
progress in territorial disputes in the region. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb,
Pool)
- Azeri
President Ilham Aliyev (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
walk to meetings at the presidential Zagulba residence in Baku on June
6, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL
LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) greets representatives of
US-based oil and related companies as she tours the exhibits at the
Caspian Oil and Gas Show at the Baku Expo Center in Baku, Azerbaijan,
June 6, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read
SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets off her plane as she arrives at
Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on June 6, 2012. US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton will meet her British, French, Turkish and some Arab
counterparts on June 7 to "discuss the situation in Syria," a Turkish
diplomatic source said. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit
should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton(R) speaks with Turkish Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu before their meeting on discuss the situation
in Syria, a Turkish diplomatic source said, on June 6, 2012, in
Istanbul. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT
KILIC/AFP/GettyImages)
- Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shakes hands with US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton before taking part in meetings in Istanbul on June
7, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL
LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
- Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, and U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton arrive for a meeting in Istanbul Thursday, June
7, 2012. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Global
Counterterrorism Forum, Ministeral Level Plenary and 2nd Coordinating
Committee Meeting, at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul on June 7, 2012.
Al-Qaeda is still a serious and imminent threat as it is spreading
geographically, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. "The
threat has spread, becoming more geographically diverse," Clinton said
ahead of a counterterrorism meeting. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo
credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/GettyImages)
The
very next day back in D.C. This woman has put everything she has into
this job. I wish the people who doubt her physical condition right now
would go to hell. I do not usually speak that way, but I feel very
strongly about her and about their nasty accusations. She deserves
recovery time. Everyone who is sick or injured whether on the job or not
deserves that.
- United
States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Arab League Joint Special
Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan walk to the podium in Washington
- WASHINGTON,
DC - JUNE 08: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomes
President of the Republic of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino III, (R),
during a luncheon at the Department of State, on June 8, 2012 in
Washington, DC. Later today President Aquino is scheduled to meet with
U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. (Photo by Mark
Wilson/Getty Images)
Then it was family day in Little
Rock for the opening of an exhibit about Virginia Kelley and Dorothy
Howell Rodham - moms of the two most awesome people I have ever seen.
Old home week continued at Wellesley.
- Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright respond to applause as Clinton is introduced to a
gathering of the Women in Public Service Institute at Wellesley College
in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, June 11, 2012. Both women are graduates of
Wellesely. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
- Secretary
of State Hillary Rodhback in D.C.am Clinton, left, and former Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright respond to applause as Clinton is
introduced to a gathering of the Women in Public Service Institute at
Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., Monday, June 11, 2012. Both women
are graduates of Wellesely. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Same day back in D.C.
- Secretary Clinton with Jordan Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.
Busy day on the 12th!
- Secetary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens at right as Ambassador Kenneth
M. Quinn, President of the World Food Prize, speaks at the 2012 World
Food Prize laureate announcement ceremony, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at
the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
And then with Shimon Peres at Brookings.
- WASHINGTON,
DC - JUNE 12: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Israeli
President Shimon Peres (R) participate in a discussion at the Hay Adams
Hotel June 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Clinton-Peres discussion was
part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Saban Center for Middle
East Policy of Brookings Institution. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
- Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indian Foreign Minister S.M.
Krishna walk to a joint news conference, Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at
the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hands with Cambodian
Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, following talks at the State Department in
Washington on June 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should
read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages)
- Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs actor Ben Affleck after speaking
at the USAID Child Survival Forum, Thursday, June 14, 2012, at
Georgetown University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens while South Korean Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan speaks during a plenary
session of a meeting at the US State Department June 14, 2012 in
Washington, DC. Clinton, Panetta, and Kim met during the ministerial
dialogues between the United States and the Republic of South Korea to
discuss regional and international issues. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI
(Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves to the media as she leaves
with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta after a news conference with South
Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan, and
Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin at the State Department in
Washington June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana (UNITED STATES -
Tags: POLITICS)
Family time at Redondo Beach at nephew's graduation.
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives to Los Cabos international
airport to attend the G-20 Summit in Baja California Sur, Mexico,
Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flips her hair standing next to an
unidentified official after she stepped off her official airplane June
17, 2012 at Los Cabos International Airport in San Jose del Cabo, Baja
California, Mexico to attend the G-20 Summit which starts on Monday. AFP
PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J.
RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages)
- Secretary
of State Hilary Rodham Clinton holds up a copy of the 2012 Trafficking
in Persons Report during a ceremony marking the occasion at the State
Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
And she wore Catwoman glasses to swear in Mike Hammer.
Then it was wheels up once again.
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, , Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R.
Caivano)
At the pre-Sandy Jersey shore for Marjory's birthday.
She was back in Scandinavia toward the end of the month.
- US
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Finnish Foreign
Minister Erkki Tuomioja leave on June 27, 2012 after signing a General
Security of Information agreement during their meeting in Helsinki. AFP
PHOTO / LEHTIKUVA / MARTTI KAINULAINEN - FINLAND OUT - (Photo credit
should read MARTTI KAINULAINEN/AFP/GettyImages)
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a gift from Finnish
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the
Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Haraz N.
Ghanbari, Pool)
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles after receiving a
bouquet of flowers from Latvian President Andris Berzins before their
meeting, Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the Riga Castle in Riga, Latvia.
(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks after signing the
Supporting Justice Sector Reform in Moldova and Renewed U.S. - Latvia
Fulbright Academic Exchange Program Agreement with Latvian Foreign
Minister Edgar Rinkevics, Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Riga, Latvia. (AP
Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)
- St, Petersburg arrival
- U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a brief statement on
the Supreme Court's ruling on health care, on June 28, 2012, after
arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia. The US Supreme Court on June 28
upheld historic sweeping health care reforms in a major victory for
Democratic President Barack Obama as he seeks re-election in November
elections. US President Barack Obama hailed the decision by the Supreme
Court to uphold his health care reforms as a "victory" for people across
America and urged opponents to swing behind the law. AFP PHOTO / POOL /
Haraz N. Ghanbari (Photo credit should read HARAZ N.
GHANBARI/AFP/GettyImages)
- A
picture taken in St. Petersburg on June 28, 2012, shows US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton laying flowers at the monument to the Heroic
Defenders of Leningrad, commemorating those who fought against the Nazis
during the 900-day siege of the city in 1941-1944. The city's name was
changed back from Leningrad to St. Petersburg after the 1991 Soviet
collapse. Clinton arrived today in St. Petersburg, for talks with her
Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that are expected to be dominated by
the ongoing crisis in Syria. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit
should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/GettyImages)
I
don't think anyone could be more dedicated and impressive. God be with
you Mme. Secretary in this difficult time. We love you, are praying for
you, and want the best for you. Merry Christmas to you, Mme. Secretary,
and your loving family. We, here at Still 4 Hill love you and want to
see you well again.