Clinton in Canada for Haiti Meeting

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Secretary Clinton is in Montreal today for a preliminary meeting about earthquake relief in Haiti. The meeting is expected to lead to a larger donors conference in the next 30 to 60 days. Clinton's remarks about the meeting and relief efforts in Haiti, made while she was en route to Canda earlier today, are here. (Above, Clinton on Jan. 20 gives an update on the Haiti situation and announces she's going to Montreal for a meeting on providing relief.)

Here at FP, five experts weigh in on how best to help devastated Port-au-Prince. And, photos on our site show the devastation.

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Clinton and Internet freedom

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For reactions to Secretary Clinton's speech on Internet freedom yesterday, check out:

"Is Hillary Clinton launching a cyber Cold War?", by Evgeny Morozov over at FP's Net Effect blog

"Clinton on Internet freedom," by Josh Keating over at FP's Passport blog

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Today in her speech on Internet freedom, Secretary Clinton declared:

I hope that refusal to support politically motivated censorship will become a trademark characteristic of American technology companies. … It should be part of our national brand." 

She had some tough talk, saying:

Countries or individuals that engage in cyberattacks should face consequences and international condemnation."

She also said:

In an interconnected world, an attack on one nation's networks can be an attack on all."

Clinton took a tough stance, as she ought to have. So many of us rely so much on the Internet, and cyberattackers thousands of miles away can wreak so much havoc with just a few clicks.

Meanwhile, the Chinese government isn't too happy 

Referencing Google's donations to Obama's campaigns, an editorial in the Chinese government-controlled Global Times yesterday labeled the U.S. administration as "Government Google" and stated:

The world's top search engine, once hailed by many Chinese as a flagship of global innovation, is now on the brink of being made a political football played by the White House, and has aroused strong, hostile reactions from some Chinese users."

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A few Clinton updates

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Just a quick post today because I'm busy with some other stuff:

Clinton will have been U.S. secretary of state for one year as of tomorrow!

At 1:30 p.m. today, Clinton will make some brief remarks about the situation in Haiti. (In the photo above, she is greeted by Haitian Foreign Minister Marie-Michelle Rey on arrival at Port-au-Prince's airport on Jan. 16.)

Clinton will be on Capitol Hill tomorrow to brief senators about Haiti.

Clinton will go to a conference in Montreal, sponsored by the Canadian government, on Jan. 25. It's expected to lead to an eventual donors conference on Haiti.

Clinton will be delivering a speech on Internet freedom tomorrow, on the heels of the cyberattacks against Google in China. My colleague Josh over at FP's Passport is planning to attend and write up a dispatch.

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Photo Summary: Clinton's Interrupted Pacific Trip

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What a crazy week it was for Secretary Clinton last week. She was supposed to complete a Pacific trip that included Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Australia -- a trip that was supposed to have ended today. Instead, she ended up having to cut her trip short in Hawaii and return to Washington to deal with relief for Haiti in the aftermath of its devastating earthquake. Here, though, is a photo summary of her interrupted trip.

Above, Clinton steps out of her vehicle before boarding her plane on Jan. 11 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Heading to the Pacific, Haiti was probably far from her mind.

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With a lei around her neck, Clinton chats with base personnel on Jan. 11 after arriving at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu.

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Clinton greets Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada as he arrives for a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Honolulu on Jan. 12.

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Clinton, with a fruity-looking beverage, sits across from Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada during their bilateral meeting.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a joint news conference with Clinton following their meeting. They made these remarks.

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Clinton visits the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu on Jan. 12. The memorial marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 men killed on the USS Arizona when Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Clinton lays a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial and quietly reflects on those who perished during the Pearl Harbor attack.

MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Clinton greets Pearl Harbor survivors at the USS Arizona Memorial.

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Clinton speaks on the U.S. vision for Asia-Pacific multilateral engagement at the East-West Center in Honolulu on Jan. 12. Before beginning her speech, she made these remarks about the earthquake in Haiti. The full text of her speech is here.

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In Honolulu on Jan. 13, a very concerned Clinton speaks on a cell phone in a hotel lobby before briefing reporters on the earthquake in Haiti. She was on the phone all morning long.

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Clinton speaks about the Haitian earthquake during a news conference at U.S. Pacific Command on Jan. 13 in Honolulu. Clinton announced that she was canceling the rest of her Pacific trip and returning to Washington that afternoon.

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After leaving warm Hawaii for chilly Washington, Clinton alights from her plane upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland early in the morning on Jan. 14.

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At the White House on Jan. 14, President Barack Obama speaks about relief efforts in Haiti while  surrounded by, from left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice President Joseph Biden, Secretary Clinton, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

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Haiti Relief Is a Family Affair for the Clintons

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Wow! Everyone in the Clinton family, including daughter Chelsea, has been to Haiti! Due to the family's strong emotional ties to Haiti, Hillary Clinton once said her family is a "Haiti-obsessed family." Bill Clinton told the Washington Post recently that when Hillary learned about the damage from the earthquake, she became "physically sick."

Above, Chelsea helps unload water from a U.N. truck yesterday at the Port-au-Prince General Hospital. Below, Bill Clinton takes bottled water out of his plane yesterday.

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Clinton visits Haiti

Posted By Preeti Aroon

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! I hope on this holiday we can all take the time to reflect on the values King promoted and do what we can to support those in need, especially in Haiti.

As many of you know, Secretary Clinton flew into Haiti on Saturday. The cargo plane she was in carried soap, bottled water, and other supplies, along with relief workers. "We are here at the invitation of your government to help you," she told Haitian journalists, perhaps to make it clear this isn't an imperialism-inspired intervention.

"I know of the great resilience and strength of the Haitian people," she also said. "You have been severely tested, but I believe that Haiti can come back even stronger and better in the future."

Due to Clinton's emotional connection to Haiti, where she honeymooned with Bill Clinton (the U.N. envoy to Haiti), I'm sure she'll give the relief efforts there extra consideration and support. As Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum wrote today, "I am very, very glad that [Bill Clinton] and his wife spent their honeymoon in Haiti: How fortunate, at this moment, that the country has such powerful friends."

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Concerned Clinton arrives back in Washington

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A concerned Secretary Clinton returned from warm Hawaii to chilly Washington this morning (as seen above at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland) after canceling the rest of her Pacific trip to deal with the devastation from the Haiti earthquake. Before leaving Hawaii, she said:

[W]e are facing a disaster of as yet unknown magnitude. And the problems that we're going to confront over the next days in particular as we try to launch successful search-and-rescue missions, followed up by the immediate pressing need for food and water in particular, are just of unimaginable extent. Therefore, I've decided to cancel the remainder of my trip and return to Washington this afternoon."

This morning on CNN, Clinton encouraged Americans to  text "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 for Red Cross relief efforts (the donation will automatically be added to your cell-phone bill).

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