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Hillary Clinton’s morning filled with humanitarian issues

Hillary Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu, May 18, 2009   After meeting and dining yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shown above, Secretary Clinton devotes herself to humanitarian issues this morning. 9:45 a.m. Meeting with Representatives of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 11:15 a.m. Announcement of Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan, in ...

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Hillary Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu, May 18, 2009

Hillary Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu, May 18, 2009
 

After meeting and dining yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shown above, Secretary Clinton devotes herself to humanitarian issues this morning.

9:45 a.m. Meeting with Representatives of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

11:15 a.m. Announcement of Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan, in the Brady Room at the White House

11:50 a.m. Global Press Conference at Foreign Press Center in Washington, DC
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1:30 p.m. Meeting with former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

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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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