Clinton sets record for travel
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June 29, 2012, Friday
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HILLARY Rodham Clinton made history yesterday.
She set a frequent-flier record for US secretaries of state when she touched down in her 100th country. She then promptly commemorated the strong stand that one of her predecessors had taken against Soviet expansion.
The globe-trotting Clinton hit the century mark when she stepped off her Air Force Boeing 757 plane in Latvia's capital, Riga. No other secretary of state has visited more than 96 countries while in office, according to the US State Department.
The previous record-holder was Madeleine Albright, the top US diplomat during President Bill Clinton's second term.
In Riga, Hillary Clinton met Latvian officials and dedicated a street in honor of former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. In 1940, he set out Washington's refusal to recognize the Soviet Union's takeover of the Baltic States -- Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
She set a frequent-flier record for US secretaries of state when she touched down in her 100th country. She then promptly commemorated the strong stand that one of her predecessors had taken against Soviet expansion.
The globe-trotting Clinton hit the century mark when she stepped off her Air Force Boeing 757 plane in Latvia's capital, Riga. No other secretary of state has visited more than 96 countries while in office, according to the US State Department.
The previous record-holder was Madeleine Albright, the top US diplomat during President Bill Clinton's second term.
In Riga, Hillary Clinton met Latvian officials and dedicated a street in honor of former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. In 1940, he set out Washington's refusal to recognize the Soviet Union's takeover of the Baltic States -- Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
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