March 2009 was when our lovely new Secretary of State traveled to Mexico and the Middle East. My favorite highlights from March.
- The Middle East:
- She visited an EFL class on the West Bank and taught (lucky kids, lucky teacher!).
- Video of Shimon Peres giving flowers to our flower. She was adorable - both of them were.
- St. Patrick's Day: The Irish Foreign Minister visited her at the State Department. Hillary always does something special on St. Patrick's Day. She was in the Scranton parade the year before, and Scranton will never forget.
- Mexico: She spontaneously decided to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the monsignor who is the rector was clearly delighted. He gave her a rose and I changed the name of this blog.
Something else interesting: That Rainbow entry. Well, not long ago, I think in September, we DID, as Hillary put it, "go into the arena" and rejoin the UN Human Rights Council. If it was not her idea, she certainly did a yeoman's job of making it
sound like her idea. Also, in the interim, Hillary and Susan Rice appear to be marching in lockstep and getting along just fine regardless of predictions to the contrary. I do not know how she is getting along with Samantha Powers. It seems from what I wrote there that this was the beginning of the "Hillary in the Shadows" meme that survived for
months and I combated frequently at
The Department of Homegirl Security through Spring and into the Summer.
March, I'm gonna march you down the aisle. (Neil Sedaka)
A Rose for Hillary Archive for March 2009
