Well, THIS is interesting! And, no, this is NOT turning into a Bill Clinton blog. However, after year one of watching Madame Secretary circle the globe and host events disguised as a nun, or at best as Mademoiselle Secretary, in year two it seems we are all growing up enough to see her attend events with her country squire, co-chair a conference with him, and even have a little meet-up with him in Bogota, Colombia. So here is his latest incursion into State Department events. Oddly, though, while this event is co-hosted by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campbell and Ambassador of Vietnam, Le Cong Phung, nowhere is the Secretary of State herself mentioned. What? There's a State Department reception he will attend and she will not? She is not listed as a speaker. I cannot imagine that she would attend and not be making a few remarks. Well, that does not mean I cannot put her picture up anyway since it have been a long closed-Hillary day! Here she is in my favorite gown with her beau.
U.S.-Vietnam 15th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Reception
Office of the SpokesmanWashington, DCJuly 12, 2010
On July 14, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campbell and Ambassador of Vietnam, Le Cong Phung, will co-host a reception in celebration of fifteen years of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations. Assistant Secretary Campbell and Ambassador Phung will provide remarks followed by brief remarks from former President Bill Clinton, Senator John Kerry, Senator John McCain, and Congressman Eni Faleomavaega.
Remarks are open to the press and will begin at 7:00 pm at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. Following opening remarks, the reception will be closed to the press.
