Hillary gets a day off from the public

Hillary Clinton with Australians, April 9, 2009 Yesterday at the State Department in Washington, Secretary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (third from left), and other members of the U.S. delegation met across the table from Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (center right), Australian Minister for Defense Joel Fitzgibbon (fourth from right), and the ...

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Hillary Clinton with Australians, April 9, 2009

Hillary Clinton with Australians, April 9, 2009

Yesterday at the State Department in Washington, Secretary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (third from left), and other members of the U.S. delegation met across the table from Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (center right), Australian Minister for Defense Joel Fitzgibbon (fourth from right), and the rest of the Australian delegation.

The meeting was the 24th-anniversary Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). Global and regional security issues were discussed, leading to the issuance of a joint communiqué.

With such a packed week following a trip to Europe, Clinton must be relieved that she gets a day off from the public today. Her official schedule:

NO PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS

Photo: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

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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