Hillary Clinton's Press Conference in Indonesia (some cute moments at the airport too)

[Turborama]

Run time: 05:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2dm3XS6f-4   Posted on YouTube: February 18, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 18, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1008

 
Unlike in Japan, this is all in English...

Part 2 (Hillary): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWC7ZNnWrN4

Part 3 (Hillary & Indonesia's Foreign Minister): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7-QTP2hlfo


Thought I'd add this as well as it's quite cute, kids from the school President Obama went to singing her a song can be heard at 3 minutes in (quite bad picture quality) - some cute comments on there too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPxrtje748

Part 2 of Hillary at the airport - 1st minute is quite cute (better picture): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ExUNWLzbQ

If I can find better quality versions I'll add them later...

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Thanks for posting !!

Such a different type of greeting than Condi used to get.

[biopowertoday]

4. no comparison at all (hard to believe the sex gene is the same!!)

[Turborama]

8. Here's a better quality version of some of those clips...

From AP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROXgX4Mdcls



(edited to fix typo)

[biopowertoday]

2. Lovely. thank you.

[biopowertoday]

3. Pround day for the US. Needs one more Rec please.

[HopeHoops]

5. Someone with video editing skills - can you put the Chinese temper tantrum woman in the background?

Sorry, that just sounds like it would be funny.

[Turborama]

6. Who's she?

Sounds hilarious...

[ronnykmarshall]

7. Shut the fuck up.

[mucifer]

9. Thank you! Really nice to hear the things Hillary said about the meeting and issues discussed.

[Turborama]

10. From the Jakarta Post: "Warm, flowery welcome for Clinton"

Abdul Khalik

Local journalists held their breath as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exited a room at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry with her Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda accompanying her.

Wearing a blue blouse, she looked fresh, and her smile never left her face despite the seven-hour nonstop flight from Tokyo.

“She looks more beautiful than on TV,” one female journalist said.

As she began to talk, all minds snapped to what she said.

“I bring greetings from President Obama, who has himself said and written about the importance of his time here as a young boy,” Clinton said. “It gave him an insight into not only this diverse and vibrant culture, but also the capacity for people with different backgrounds to live harmoniously together.”

While a group of protesters outside the US Embassy screamed out “Go home Hillary", her friendly gestures and sweet smile never faded during Wednesday's, putting a more humane face on the US.

A Foreign Ministry official said that as soon as she had arrived at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport in East Jakarta earlier in the afternoon, she shook hands with “almost everyone at the airport, down to the cleaning service staff”.

Among those who welcomed her at the airport were 44 children from Obama's former primary school, singing traditional folk songs and waving Indonesian and US flags. She smiled, stopped and talked to them.

But the merriest welcome she got was at the ASEAN Secretariat, where dozens of employees shouted “Hillary! Hillary!” from the moment she stepped in to meet with ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan.

She was welcomed like a heroine, complete with a flower garland given to her before entering the building. Clinton then shook hands with the employees.

Later in the evening, Clinton hosted a dinner with the country's civil society leaders.

From: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/19/warm-flowery-welcome-clinton.html


Mending US ties: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center)
waves as she poses for photos with students from the elementary
school where US President Barack Obama studied in his youth, upon
her arrival at Halim airport in Jakarta on Wednesday. Clinton arrived
in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, on a mission
to start mending US ties with the Islamic world.