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Hillary’s Friday the 13th

It looks like Secretary Clinton is keeping her schedule light today, this Friday the 13th. 1 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Per Stig Moeller, minister of foreign affairs of Denmark In earlier years, Minister Moeller has met with Clinton’s predecessors, Condoleezza Rice (in March 2005) and Colin Powell. Here he is, left, with Powell in ...

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It looks like Secretary Clinton is keeping her schedule light today, this Friday the 13th.

It looks like Secretary Clinton is keeping her schedule light today, this Friday the 13th.

1 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Per Stig Moeller, minister of foreign affairs of Denmark

In earlier years, Minister Moeller has met with Clinton’s predecessors, Condoleezza Rice (in March 2005) and Colin Powell. Here he is, left, with Powell in Greenland in 2004:

Per Stig Moeller with Colin Powell in Greenland, Aug. 6, 2004

Per Stig Moeller with Colin Powell in Greenland, Aug. 6, 2004

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, right, Greenland Deputy Premier Josef Motzfeldt, center, and Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller, left, sign an agreement in Igaliku, Greenland, on Aug. 6, 2004, to amend and supplement the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement.

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Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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