Food/Agriculture

Clinton is going to Germany, and other assorted links

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 3:30pm

Hillary Clinton, Nuri al-Maliki, Oct. 19, 2009 | JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images 

Secretary Clinton will be in Germany next month to attend a "freedom party" to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Giant dominoes will tumble to symbolize the fall.

Clinton met with Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, above, this afternoon in Washington.

A Washington Post editorial commends Clinton for promoting democracy in Russia.

Clinton pens an op-ed on world hunger and food security.

Clinton unveiled the Sudan policy review with Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Scott Gration, the special envoy for Sudan.

In London, The Times reports that Clinton was snubbed by Putin when she was in Russia last week to push sanctions against Iran.

Clinton got a "mixed bag" of diplomatic results in Russia last week, writes FP Shadow Government blogger David J. Kramer.

Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images


Clinton to have delicious dinner today

Tue, 09/15/2009 - 10:14am

Hillary Clinton, March 4, 2009 | DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty ImagesSecretary Clinton's schedule is absolutely packed today, but she'll conclude the day with something delicious and spiritual, the State Department's iftar dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the subject of a recent FP photo essay. With her busy day, though, I doubt she'll be fasting. (At left, Clinton attends a dinner in Brussels on March 4, when she was there to discuss Afghanistan strategy with allies.)

Someone else who has been feasting lately is Clinton's husband Bill, who ate lunch with President Obama while he was in New York yesterday to give a speech to the city's financial sector. The two ate at Il Mulino, a restaurant featuring dishes from Italy's Abruzzo region.

In other news:

Secretary Clinton has "provisionally agreed" to travel to Israel at the end of October or the beginning of November, reports former FP writer Laura Rozen, who's now at Politico.

Clinton most restructure the State Department to make it more efficient, a recent FP article argues.

Photo: DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images