Clinton and Obama have a picnic-table meeting

Clinton with Obama, thumbnail from The Root Secretary Clinton and President Obama decided to take things outside — quite literally — last Thursday, April 9. The two held their 4:15 p.m. meeting outdoors at a picnic table next to the Obama daughters’ swing set, installed in March. The full-size image of the encounter is over ...

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Secretary Clinton and President Obama decided to take things outside -- quite literally -- last Thursday, April 9. The two held their 4:15 p.m. meeting outdoors at a picnic table next to the Obama daughters' swing set, installed in March. The full-size image of the encounter is over at The Root.

Clinton with Obama, thumbnail from The Root

Clinton with Obama, thumbnail from The Root
Secretary Clinton and President Obama decided to take things outside — quite literally — last Thursday, April 9. The two held their 4:15 p.m. meeting outdoors at a picnic table next to the Obama daughters’ swing set, installed in March. The full-size image of the encounter is over at The Root.

Meanwhile, though it’s not foreign-policy-related at all, I couldn’t resist posting a photo of Malia and Sasha’s swing set, with picnic table at left, seen here March 4.

Obamas' swing set, March 4, 2009

Obamas' swing set, March 4, 2009

Photos, top to bottom: thumbnail image from Dayo Olopade/ TheRoot.com, Dennis Brack-Pool/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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