Secretary Clinton at the Cabinet Meeting

All Hillary-watchers know that Mme. Secretary is never satisfied with the way her pages are arranged whenever anybody hands her a folder. In the run-up to this morning's Cabinet meeting, we see her rearranging her papers ... again! I don't know why, but I find it so entertaining. keatsian comment of the day: I love this jacket on her - the cut, the color, and the texture. Very pretty!

Slideshow: Hillary Clinton at the White House Today

Mme. Secretary spent a good deal of her day at the White House today, as readers here know from the public schedule posted earlier.

These photos are from the Cabinet meeting. It is a little odd because pictures of Cabinet meetings do not show up regularly at Daylife. The impression you get is that the photo press was asked in today to observe and report the jocular, light mood despite the now common knowledge that factions in the Democratic Party are very displeased with "compromises" President Obama made on the Bush tax cuts. To me, a two-year extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest does not trade evenly with a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits, but that's just me. Isn't it? It is not exactly what I would call an equation. Anyway, here is the Secretary looking quite adorable while the POTUS seems quite happy, unlike fellow Democrats who disagree with the "compromises" and disliked being reprimanded yesterday when the POTUS spoke to the press.

The Secretary also made what has been billed a surprise appearance at the TEDWomen conference (but that did not surprise readers here who saw that on the schedule as well). There are no photos or videos available right now, and no remarks have been posted by DOS as yet, but there is this nice article from Forbes.

The Busy Monday Continues

Even as we are blogging (or reading) the Secretary's day is not over. This afternoon she attended the Cabinet meeting, as we see in these photos. (This first picture just grabs my heartstrings.)







At this moment she is a key player in the President's War Council meeting on Afghanistan in the Situation Room.

Tomorrow she will be taking part in formalities and festivities surrounding the visit of Prime Minister Singh of India.

On another note, Richard Holbrooke gave an extensive briefing today on Secretary Clinton's trips to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Read it here....

Hillary Clinton Attending Cabinet Meeting Today

Attending the Cabinet meeting today, our Secretary of State looked gorgeous in green. I don't mean to seem shallow. She's pleasing to the eye. Aesthetics is as important as anything else in life.