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Clinton has big day, dining with Karzai tonight

Clinton is meeting with some big names today (above, she greets Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai before their 11 a.m. bilateral) and will conclude her Monday by hosting a dinner with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Her public schedule: 9:15 a.m.:  Meeting with assistant secretaries. 10:30 a.m.:  Meeting with U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry. 11:00 ...

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Clinton is meeting with some big names today (above, she greets Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai before their 11 a.m. bilateral) and will conclude her Monday by hosting a dinner with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Her public schedule:

Clinton is meeting with some big names today (above, she greets Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai before their 11 a.m. bilateral) and will conclude her Monday by hosting a dinner with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Her public schedule:

9:15 a.m.:  Meeting with assistant secretaries.
10:30 a.m.:  Meeting with U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry.
11:00 a.m.: Bilateral meeting with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
12:30 p.m.:  Meets with special envoy for Middle East peace, George Mitchell.
7:00 p.m.:  Clinton hosts a dinner in honor of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, at Blair House.

 

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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