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Hillary Clinton bilaterals with Morgan Tsvangirai

Morgan Tsvangirai, Hillary Clinton, June 11, 2009   This morning, Secretary Clinton had a bilateral with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (above). Last month, FP got an exclusive interview with Tsvangirai, who now shares power with the man (Robert Mugabe) who allegedly once tried to have him killed. Clinton’s schedule for today: 10:00 a.m. Bilateral with ...

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Morgan Tsvangirai, Hillary Clinton, June 11, 2009

Morgan Tsvangirai, Hillary Clinton, June 11, 2009
 

This morning, Secretary Clinton had a bilateral with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (above). Last month, FP got an exclusive interview with Tsvangirai, who now shares power with the man (Robert Mugabe) who allegedly once tried to have him killed.

Clinton’s schedule for today:

10:00 a.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe

11:45 a.m. Keynote address at 2009 World Food Prize Announcement Ceremony, in the Benjamin Franklin Room

3:15 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal

Photo: KAREN BLEIER/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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