Will Hillary be dining on tacos tonight?

Posted By P.J. Aroon Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 3:35 PM Share

Secretary Clinton will begin her day with the president of the Pacific island country of Palau, which -- if you've been paying attention to the FP quizzes --is one of seven countries that uses the U.S. dollar as its official currency and is one of 24 countries that does not have a standing army.

She wraps up her day with a Mexico-themed dinner. As you may be aware, the State Department recently issued a travel alert for U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico. The drug-related violence there is spinning out of control. It might even have some American college students thinking twice about their spring break plans, as described in my most recent FP photo essay, "Spring Break Gone Wrong?"

11 a.m. Courtesy call by His Excellency Johnson Toribiong, president of the Republic of Palau
 
11:30 a.m. Remarks and Q&A at Women's History Month celebration
 
2:30 p.m. Attend the president's bilateral with His Excellency Yang Jiechi, minister of foreign affairs of the People's Republic of China, at the White House

5:15 p.m. Meeting with President Obama at the White House

6 p.m. Policy dinner: Mexico

EXPLORE:MEXICO
 

STILL4HILL

4:11 PM ET

March 12, 2009

Maybe ceviche

As long as she eats and keeps up her strength, she should have whatever she chooses. Actually, Mexican food is a lot more complex that what's at Taco Bell. She should definitely have a margarita!

 

CAROLYN-RODHAM

11:12 PM ET

March 12, 2009

One of the many great things

One of the many great things about having Hillary as SOS...

I'm learning about places (Republic of Palau) I never knew existed before.

 

DCFAN

3:16 AM ET

March 13, 2009

Meeting with President Obama and the Chinese Foreign Minister

The schedule says Secretary Clinton was in the bilateral meeting at the White House, but the White House website makes it sound like she wasn't in the meeting. Which is right?

 

CAROLYN-RODHAM

3:59 AM ET

March 13, 2009

"Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

"Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi spent two hours at the White House, meeting first with the national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones, and then with Mr. Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr." (NY Times)

 

ANNE

1:08 AM ET

March 17, 2009

holy shit. yo, f--k the

holy shit. yo, f--k the nytimes. seriously. Nice catch Carolyn. I put it on my blog.

and in that same NYT article they write this:

And while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently said disputes over human rights “can’t interfere” with work on other issues with China, Mr. Obama said “the promotion of human rights is an essential aspect of U.S. global foreign policy” and urged Beijing to make progress in a dialogue with representatives of the Dalai Lama.

ohhhh, i see NYT, Hillary doesn't care about Human Rights but obama says it's important. The NYT is the most disgusting rag I've ever read, because they actually try to sell as true journalism. Disgusting.

Here is the email form for the slanted pig who wrote the article: http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html

 

ANNE

11:48 PM ET

March 16, 2009

What an odd title. ?

? I'm hoping the editor didn't know what taco is slang for.

 

SAKEL

3:07 AM ET

March 17, 2009

Carolyn Rodham....

Where is the Republic of Palau.....Pray tell us where!

 

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