Clinton back in Washington!

Secretary Clinton is back in D.C., and Madam Secretary is back in business! Thanks for bearing with me during my two-week hiatus while I was busy focusing on the print edition of Foreign Policy. It was tough not being able to blog about Clinton while she was doing so much amazing diplomacy overseas. After a ...

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SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Secretary Clinton is back in D.C., and Madam Secretary is back in business! Thanks for bearing with me during my two-week hiatus while I was busy focusing on the print edition of Foreign Policy. It was tough not being able to blog about Clinton while she was doing so much amazing diplomacy overseas.

Secretary Clinton is back in D.C., and Madam Secretary is back in business! Thanks for bearing with me during my two-week hiatus while I was busy focusing on the print edition of Foreign Policy. It was tough not being able to blog about Clinton while she was doing so much amazing diplomacy overseas.

After a relatively light day in Washington yesterday (her first day back in town), Clinton today has a full plate of meetings on her schedule (an edited version is pasted below). Cheerful and non-jet-lagged-looking, she already videoconferenced this morning with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, as seen in the photo above. Expect more posts to come!

10:15 a.m. Clinton announces the transfer of budget-assistance funds to the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad participates via videoconference.

11 a.m.
Clinton meets with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House.

1 p.m.
Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.

3:30 p.m. Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova.

5 p.m. Clinton meets with Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

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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