Does Hillary ever suffer from jet lag?

Hillary Clinton with Saad Hariri, April 26, 2009   This weekend, Secretary Clinton flew halfway around the world to Iraq and Lebanon, and now she’s back to business in Washington as her official schedule below shows. Does jet lag ever get to her? Perhaps she gets enough shut-eye in the cozy accommodations of the plane she ...

By , copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009.
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Hillary Clinton with Saad Hariri, April 26, 2009

Hillary Clinton with Saad Hariri, April 26, 2009
 

This weekend, Secretary Clinton flew halfway around the world to Iraq and Lebanon, and now she’s back to business in Washington as her official schedule below shows. Does jet lag ever get to her? Perhaps she gets enough shut-eye in the cozy accommodations of the plane she flies in?

Above, Clinton listens to Lebanese parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri as they visit the tomb of his father, slain former Premier Rafik Hariri (in picture), in Beirut on April 26. Clinton made an unannounced visit to Lebanon as the country readies for June 7 parliamentary elections that could see the militant group Hezbollah and its allies emerge victorious.

9:00 a.m. Opening remarks at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
 
11:00 a.m. Bilateral with His Excellency George Yeo Yong Boon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore.
 
12:25 p.m. Remarks at “Operation Step-it Up” and Career Gear Event hosted by Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management.

Photo: JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images

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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