Hillary Clinton to dine with Palestinian president

Posted By P.J. Aroon Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 2:42 PM Share

Hillary Clinton, Mahmoud Abbas, March 4, 2009 

In March, Secretary Clinton met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (above) in Ramallah, West Bank. Today, she'll be meeting with him over dinner. She'll also be meeting with Roxana Saberi, the American journalist who was recently freed after being arrested in Iran earlier this year. The official schedule: 

12:00 p.m. Host working lunch for His Excellency Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt

2:00 p.m. Meeting with Roxana Saberi, American Journalist

7:00 p.m. Host working dinner for His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority

Photo: Bernat Armangue-pool/Getty Images

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