Happy Thanksgiving, Madame Secretary!

Dear Madame Secretary,

I wish you a warm, peaceful, restful, and Happy Thanksgiving with your loving family. We are lucky to have you at the helm of State, and that is something for which I am thankful every day of the year. Your hard work is much appreciated. That you go about your business with such humility and good cheer sets a wonderful example for all Americans as well as for people the world over.

Your admirers are equally grateful to your family for so generously sharing you with us and with the world. Your mother has given us an American treasure.

I say this every year, and I shall once again: I am grateful that I have the chance to be on earth at the same time as you are. The accident of birth can separate us by centuries from people in history that we might have wanted to know. That I have the chance to watch you making history in real time is a privilege. Thank you for all you do and have a wonderful holiday.

Best,

Still4Hill

Readers might like to have a glimpse into some of Mme. Secretary's activities for the next few days. This comes, not from some social calendar, though. It is from P.J. Crowley's press briefing today.

Philip J. Crowley

Assistant Secretary
Daily Press Briefing

Washington, DC

November 24, 2010

MR. CROWLEY: First of all, happy Wednesday and, one day early, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Just to kind of set expectations, under current thinking, we will not brief on Friday. We will, through the next four days, keep you updated through various forums, including Twitter. We would expect the Secretary to have a series of calls in the coming days with her counterparts, expect, for the most part, with counterparts discussing the situation in North Korea. I think Mark flagged for you yesterday that we have calls pending with her counterparts from Japan and Korea. I wouldn’t rule out other discussions as well.

We’re mindful that Friday is the anniversary of the attack in Mumbai. I would expect that we’ll have a statement to put out. Maybe we’ll try to put that out sometime tomorrow so that it can be reported for Friday in India. But – not that there’s anything coming up this weekend, but we will be available to you during the weekend as we anticipate an emerging story, shall we say.