Jet-setting Hillary Clinton breaks travel record

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Source: AP



WASHINGTON (AP) — If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history.

While historians will debate and eventually rate her tenure as America's top diplomat, Clinton is already assured of a place in the State Department record book.

When her plane touches down at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington early Tuesday morning, the former first lady will have completed an epic 13-day journey of 27,000 miles — about 2,000 miles more than the circumference of the Earth — through and over Europe to Asia and then doubling back to the Middle East.

One well-traveled Clinton staffer described the France-Afghanistan-Japan-Mongolia-Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia-Egypt-Israel itinerary as "especially absurd, even for us."

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[trumad]

1. Hard working Woman...

I love me some Hillary.

[FarPoint]

6. Hillary is taking this position serious.

I'm very impressed....

[customerserviceguy]

2. Hmmm, "jet set"

There's a word that I thought disappeared with "stewardess", when it came to air travel.

I thought that no Secretary of State would top Henry Kissinger, that guy really racked up the miles during his tenure in the office.

[Earth_First]

3. All the while sabre rattling support for the Iran mission...

What a shame.

[madokie]

4. I like Hillary as SOS

She is a strong woman in control of her surroundings as much as a SOS can be in a foreign country. When she's home I'm sure she is BOSS. Love the big dawg too

[Remmah2]

9. +1

As SOS Hillary was a good appointment.

[JNelson6563]

5. My gawd she must be tired!

If and when she ever retires she will surely have earned it!

Julie

[Remmah2]

8. Jet lag is brutal.

One has tom imagine her staff is pretty well run down too.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. The term 'jet setting' sure does not fit as a description of work related travel....

That's a dated term for those who travel for the sake of a global social circuit.

[Beacool]

10. Love the woman.

Wish she was president.