She may have flown home to NY Monday (and I DO think of NY as her home) to be with her only child as she prepares for her wedding, but those of us who follow the SOS know that neither time nor place prevent her from working. If you thought her attention to and attendance at Chelsea's wedding preps excused her from the National Security Team meeting in the Situation Room today, think again. She did not excuse herself. She never does. ⇐ (The reason I so often feel the urge to write notes for her and sign them "Dorothy Rodham," but Hillary would rip them up!)
Obama Meets with Advisers on Afghanistan, Pakistan
Dan Robinson | White House29 July 2010
President Barack Obama (July 27, 2010 file photo)
President Barack Obama met on Thursday with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan. The 7th such regular meeting on the subject came as the government pressed ahead with an investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of classified documents about the war in Afghanistan.
Taking part in the meeting in the White House Situation Room, either in person or by video link, were some 22 civilian and military officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joe Biden and CIA Director Leon Panetta.
Yes, yes, yes. Born on Honest Abe's Birthday, I cannot fib. I cut his picture out. And the emphasis is mine. To please your eyes, here is the SOS who attended the meeting in her own techie, travel-sized way.
