September is always a super-busy month because the UN General Assembly meets in New York toward the end of the month at the same time that the Clinton Global Initiative is held. This year it was even busier than usual since it began with theenormous Mid-East Peace Initiative.
September 1
The White House Rose Garden was the setting for the peace process to get underway. We see the President flanked by Mme. Secretary and Special Envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell.
September 2
The talks are underway at the State Department.
More "guys shaking hands in front of Mme. Secretary."
September 7
The Secretary's annual Iftar at the State Department
September 8
A foreign policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations
September 10
The 2010 Democracy Video Challenge Awards
September 13
Andrews Air Force Base
Departing for the Middle East.
September 14
The Multi-country Mid-East Peace talks begin in Sharm el-Sheikh
What a cute face looking at Egyptian President Mubarak.
Guys shaking hands in front of Mme. Secretary
September 15
Leg two of the talks in Jerusalem and she met her old friend President Shimon Peres who is always happy to see her as is evident. They are adorable together.
Special Envoy Mitchell behind her here.
With Palestinian PM Fayyad
With her Israeli counterpart FM Avidor Leiberman - a rare meeting. She is with Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and Peres more often.
Here, very cordial with DM Barak.
And with Bibi
Here with Netanyahu and Abbas
September 16 Leg three in Ramallah
With Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat (just smashing in that orange pantsuit)
With Abbas
The Hillary-walk! Very Smart Power!
More Hillary-walk
September 17
Back in DC with Austalia's Kevin Rudd who HAD been PM but at this point had become FM. He seemed to enjoy his visit despite the demotion. Who can blame him? She's stunning!
Those eyes!
With Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa at the US-Indonesian Joint Commission
Sunday, September 19
NYC Pakistan Flood Meeting prior to UNGA starting. (With Pakistan's FM Qureshi ... of course!)
Note: Much was made of her hair. Excuse me? She was there doing the business of State! She always looks gorgeous in that electric blue pantsuit. In the face of the floods in Pakistan, you would think people would have other topics to discuss beyond a hair clip!
The late Richard Holbrooke in the background.
September 20
Secretary Clinton with Bernard Kouchner, then FM of France, and Haitian PM Jean-Max Bellerive signing MOUs on Haitian recovery.
Bilaterals that day:
With Patricia Espinosa of Mexico
EU High Rep Cathy Ashton
Israeli DM Ehud Barak
September 21
The big event of the day was her appearance with Bill at the Clinton Global Initiative.
(Cuteness!!!!!)
She was talking about clean cook stoves.
More cuteness!
Later that day there was a meeting of the Middle East Quartet at the UN: Tony Blair, Mme. Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon, Sergei Lavrov, Catherine Ashton.
An AWESOME speech. Maybe this one is my favorite of the year! “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future”
She co-hosted this event with Irish FM Micheal Martin.
September 22 in NYC: NATO-Russia Council at the Waldorf
Greeting FMs Hague (UK) and Davutoglu (Turkey)
Sergei Lavrov in the background here. Cheekbones in the foreground!
Hmmmm... men might well make passes at this girl in glasses!
With El Salvador's Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez (L) and Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, Secretary Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding for the Building Remittance Investment for Development Growth and Entrepreneurship (BRIDGE) Initiative with Honduras and El Salvador, at the Helmsley Hotel.
At UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s Millennium Development Goals’ Maternal and Child Health event, at the UN.
Bilaterals
With South Africa"s FM Mashabane
And with Russia's FM Sergei Lavrov
Friday September 24
With Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, at the Palace Hotel
With Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Monday, September 27, it is evident that being based in NY and spending her weekend there have a marvelous effect on Mme. Secretary who showed up at the Security Council looking like this!
Back in DC on the 28th, she joined Secretaries Gates and Geithner, Administrator Shah and Millenium Challenge Corporation CEO Yohannes participate in a roundtable discussion on the Administration’s new Global Development Policy at the annual U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Conference, at the Grand Hyatt Washington.
September 29
Bilaterals
EU High Representative Cathy Ashton
With German FM Guido Westerwelle
With Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Bonilla
She was speaking at the State Department about the Viet Nam War. This look!
September 30
With Panamanian Vice-President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela (another Hillary-walk)
