Madam Secretary

Hillary is having a turbo-charged week

Wow, Secretary Clinton’s day is yet again packed with bilaterals: 11:30 a.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Ivailo Kalfin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. 12:00 p.m. Remarks to Department of State Spring Interns, Stay-in-School, and Cooperative Education Program Students. 1:15 p.m. Lunch with Energy Secretary Steven Chu. 2:30 ...

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Wow, Secretary Clinton's day is yet again packed with bilaterals:

Wow, Secretary Clinton’s day is yet again packed with bilaterals:

11:30 a.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Ivailo Kalfin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.

12:00 p.m. Remarks to Department of State Spring Interns, Stay-in-School, and Cooperative Education Program Students.

1:15 p.m. Lunch with Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

2:30 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Samuel Lewis Navarro, First Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama.

3:00 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Elias Murr, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Lebanon.

4:00 p.m. Bilateral with The Honorable Stephen Smith, M.P., Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia.

5:00 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Dr. Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco.

 

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