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CTR Sunday, August 17, 2014 News Roundup

From:bstrider@americanbridge.org To: ctrfriendsfamily@americanbridge.org Date: 2014-08-17 19:07 Subject: CTR Sunday, August 17, 2014 News Roundup

> Correct The Record Sunday August 17, 2014 Roundup: > > > > Headlines: > > > > BuzzFeed: “The Hamptons Welcomes Hillary Clinton Home For The Summer” > > > > > > Politico: “Hillary Clinton hits up Hamptons book buyers” > > “When Hillary Clinton signed books in Chappaqua, her hometown, it was muted, both inside the library where the event was held and elsewhere in the town. There was little overt buzz about the signing in the hamlet she’s called home for 15 years. In East Hampton, it was another story.” > > > > > > New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton fans flock to East Hampton for 'Hard Choices' book signing” > > “Hundreds of Hillary Clinton fans flocked to East Hampton Saturday for a chance to chat with the former secretary of state. Clinton’s book signing at BookHampton drew a line that stretched five blocks down Main Street.” > > > > > > Las Vegas Review-Journal: “High fashion, expense for Hillary travel” > > “And she doesn’t travel alone, relying on an entourage of a couple of ‘travel aides,’ and a couple of advance staffers who check out her speech site in the days leading up to her appearance, much like a White House trip, according to her contract and supporting documents concerning her Oct. 13 speech at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation fundraiser. The documents were obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through the state public records law.” > > > > > > New York Daily News blog: Daily Politics: “Gov. Cuomo: I 'chat' with Hillary Clinton, but not about whether she's running for President” > > “Appearing by phone on Fox News Channel's ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ to discuss his whirlwind trip last week to Israel, host Maria Bartiromo asked Cuomo whether Clinton has given him any indication she would not run for president, thus opening a potential pathway for him to get into the race.” > > > > > > > > > > Articles: > > > > > > BuzzFeed: “The Hamptons Welcomes Hillary Clinton Home For The Summer” > > > > By Ruby Cramer > > August 16, 2014, 9:44 p.m. EDT > > > > EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — At the independent bookstore on the main drag of this vacation spot for the rich, employees closed down shop hours early, wearing t-shirts custom-printed for the occasion: “Honored to Welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton.” > > > > Down the street, the owner of a monogram shop said she’d ordered napkins to sell during the Clintons’ Hamptons vacation this month. One set read, “Hillary Clinton 2016?” The other bore the names of every likely Republican presidential candidate. > > > > And at Herrick Park, a plot of green just beyond the bookstore, organizers at a charity softball game left two “CLINTON” uniforms waiting on a table, just in case the former first family decided to show up at the annual East Hampton event. > > > > No one at the Artists & Writers game on Saturday afternoon knew whether the Clintons would make an appearance — Bill has attended three times in the past, and they hoped Hillary would stop by before her book signing down the street. Carl Bernstein, the journalist and a player on the “Writers” team, approached the uniform table and joked, “I’m gonna take Hillary’s shirt.” > > > > Programs at the softball game proclaimed, “If you invite him, he will come.” He didn’t (he was said to be golfing), and neither did Hillary, but regulars here waited for the possible guests of honor with familiarity. The reception was just as warm back at the BookHampton shop on Saturday night, where the former secretary of state signed just under 1,000 copies of her memoir, Hard Choices. > > > > In the cramped independent bookstore, Clinton greeted more friends and familiar faces than at her signing two months ago in Chappaqua, the Westchester hamlet where the Clintons have owned a home since 2001. > > > > Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont and a past presidential candidate, came to the signing with his mother and several other family members, who Clinton met in a private enclave in the back of the store before the signing started. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, also spent time with Clinton in the back room, along with Martha Stewart, who had been shopping nearby and stumbled on the signing. > > > > Later, after Clinton took her seat at a table in the front of the room, her former colleague, Peter Orszag, the one-time director of the Office of Management and Budget, waited in line with his wife, Yahoo anchor Bianna Golodryga. When the couple approached, Clinton looked up in surprise. “It’s a celebrity drop-by!” > > > > “We’re in vacation mode,” Orszag replied. > > > > “It’s fun,” Golodryga told Clinton. “You should try it sometime.” > > > > A BookHampton staffer said the Clintons have been customers of the shop for years, visiting at least once or twice every summer; the owner of the store, Charlene Spector, contributed to Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008. As fans cycled through the line, Clinton seemed more at ease than at previous book signings, where interaction with attendees was often limited. Here, she took time to speak with most in line and occasionally signed photos and other personal items. > > > > “We’ll see you in town,” one man said as he passed the table. > > > > Another asked Clinton how she was enjoying Amagansett, where she is staying with her husband in a seven-bedroom home overlooking Gardiners Bay, worth a reported $18 million. “We always love it out here,” Clinton said. “It’s just the best.” > > > > As Clinton signed another fan’s book, he asked her to name a favorite restaurant in the Hamptons. “There are so many,” she said. “What’s yours?” The man said his was Almond — a restaurant in Bridgehampton, owned by the brother of Anthony Weiner, who is married to one of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin. > > > > Outside the signing, a woman wearing black clothes, an eyepatch, and a Prada fanny pack held up a white poster bearing the words, “The Worst Sec of State,” written in sloppy lettering. She stayed outside BookHampton, her arms raised, for more than three hours. > > > > But inside, the event had the feeling of a family affair, signaling the extent to which the Clintons have made the tony Hamptons community their summer home in recent years. The Clintons’ Amagansett house this summer is on what people here joke is “the wrong side of the tracks,” north of Route 27 and the railroad line that runs through the Hamptons, and farther from the ocean-front beaches. Their rental is just next door to Harvey Weinstein, the film mogul and Democratic donor. > > > > The signing capped off a difficult week for Clinton. After criticizing a line President Obama’s staff uses to describe his foreign policy doctrine — “Don’t do stupid stuff” — she called her former boss to insist she hadn’t meant to attack him. The episode culminated in a statement released by Clinton’s office that said she looked forward to “hugging it out” with Obama at a party on Martha’s Vineyard later in the week. > > > > Clinton did not take questions at the East Hampton event. Following her vacation this month, Clinton is likely to continue promoting her memoir, an aide said. > > > > > > > > > > Politico: “Hillary Clinton hits up Hamptons book buyers” > > > > By Maggie Haberman > > August 16, 2014, 9:57 p.m. EDT > > > > EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — When Hillary Clinton signed books in Chappaqua, her hometown, it was muted, both inside the library where the event was held and elsewhere in the town. There was little overt buzz about the signing in the hamlet she’s called home for 15 years. > > > > In East Hampton, it was another story. The Clintons have embraced the wealthy vacation enclave on Long Island since she ran for the U.S. Senate from New York in 2000. On Saturday, the whole town embraced Hillary Clinton back. > > > > People in stores along Main Street and on an adjacent main stretch in the middle of the place best known as a haven for the .01 percent were overheard chatting about when her signing at nearby Bookhampton would begin. > > > > There were signs in windows of other stores. Tickets had been handed out over the last few weeks. The couple’s vacations, which have often been paired with fundraisers in the Hamptons, have rarely featured an open-press event with Hillary Clinton. > > > > And for a couple who have grown wealthy in Bill Clinton’s post-presidency, partly through paid speeches and book advances, East Hampton has become a second home. Bookhampton, owned by longtime Hillary Clinton supporter and donor Charline Spektor, is a frequent stop during their summers, according to Spektor’s son. > > > > “Bookhampton honored to welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton. Aug. 16, 2014,” read the writing on royal-blue shirts the store’s employees wore. The shop, which is surrounded by stores like Elie Tahari, Kate Spade and Tory Burch, closed at noon to prepare for the hundreds of people who would start entering the store at 5 p.m. to have a copy of “Hard Choices” signed. > > > > The higher-profile names included home-decorating maven Martha Stewart, former Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, all of whom chatted with Clinton in a private area in the store before the official signing began. “Martha! Martha!” the photographers who had been allowed inside the store called out, hoping for her to look up as she chatted with Clinton. Others, like former Office of Management and Budget head Peter Orszag and his wife, Yahoo News anchor Bianna Golodryga, and former New York City mayoral hopefuls Mark Green and Herman Badillo, waited in line. > > > > “It’s a celebrity drop-by!” Clinton exclaimed to Orszag and Golodryga as they approached the table. > > > > “We’re in vacation mode,” Orszag told Clinton. His wife, in a reference to Clinton’s peripatetic schedule, quipped, “It’s fun — you should try it.” > > > > But Clinton seemed upbeat and comfortable in an environment that was filled with the familiar for her. There were plenty of people who Clinton recognized as they approached the desk, such as Patti Kenner, a donor who has supported the Clintons for years. Clinton flashed a huge smile and reached out her hands for Kenner. > > > > A man used his face time with Clinton to ask her what her favorite Hamptons eatery is. > > > > “There are so many,” Clinton said, declining to answer. “What’s yours?” “Almond,” the man replied, referring to the restaurant owned by the brother of Anthony Weiner, who’s married to Clinton chief of staff Huma Abedin. > > > > The Clintons are renting a reportedly $18 million home in Amagansett, a town near East Hampton, where they have often stayed in the past. Bill Clinton did not join his wife for the book signing and was said to be playing golf for the day after returning from Little Rock, Arkansas, where he had traveled a day earlier. > > > > The signing fell at the close of one of Clinton’s roughest stretches since she re-entered the public eye this year during the book tour. An interview she gave to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, in which she threaded praise of President Barack Obama with her toughest criticism of his foreign policy, dominated headlines for much of last week. > > > > Her last book signing was on Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, four days after that interview was published and hours before she was set to see Obama at a party for a mutual friend. On Saturday, she did not field media questions. > > > > Clinton’s other difficulties came after she described herself in one of the earliest interviews as “dead broke” when she first left the White House, and with attention to her fees for paid speeches, particularly those she gave at public universities. > > > > Clinton never alluded to The Atlantic interview as people streamed through the store, with the former secretary of state seated behind a desk, getting their books signed. > > > > The closest she came to discussing foreign policy was when a family from Russia showed up at the desk. The husband told Clinton he had “loved” her chapter on Russia. Clinton’s response couldn’t be heard, but she ended the discussion by saying, “I tried. I will keep trying.” > > > > Dean, the 2004 presidential candidate and former Vermont governor, milled around outside the bookstore, a small shop with wood bookshelves that was a far cry from the chain stores where she’s held many of her signings. > > > > Outside the store was a chaotic scene, as police tried to keep crowds moving along the narrow sidewalk where the line had started forming hours earlier to see Clinton. There was a lone protester, who arrived wearing a pirate eye patch and a black fanny pack with a Prada logo. She held aloft a sign reading “The Worst Sec of State” in scrawled black writing. She stood outside the town’s Starbucks, as a barista handed out samples of coffee to passersby. > > > > Dozens of people waited in front of the store to catch a glimpse of Clinton, who entered and left through a back door. Just a few hundred feet away and a few hours earlier, people hoped for a sighting of the other Clinton at Herrick Park, where the annual Artists and Writers Charity Softball Game took place. > > > > Bill Clinton has occasionally made an unexpected cameo. Last year, he showed up along the first-base line. > > > > The game’s organizers said they had no idea if he would this year. But just in case, there were two blue T-shirts — the writers team wore blue, the artists wore white — with the name “Clinton” on the back. > > > > Carl Bernstein, the Watergate investigative reporter and author of a biography about Hillary Clinton, inspected the table with the shirts, joking, “I’m gonna take Hillary’s shirt.” > > > > The Clintons never showed, and the shirts remained untouched, but the promise of it hovered over the game, in which Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson, actress Lori Singer and Jon and Jamie Patricof, the sons of Clinton friend and major donor Alan Patricof, were among the players. > > > > The Clintons-as-cottage-industry was in full effect throughout the town. > > > > At The Monogram Shop, a linens store where the owner in 2000 featured a bathrobe mocking the Lincoln Bedroom fundraising scandals in her front window, there had been napkins reading “Hillary 2016?” and a set with Republican 2016 presidential hopefuls ordered for the occasion. > > > > But “they didn’t ship!” the owner said, frustrated. > > > > The notion of Hillary 2016 was broached with Clinton repeatedly by people who bought the book. > > > > “The world is falling apart — you have to do something about it,” one woman told her somberly. > > > > Another man said, “Good luck in 2016.” Clinton, who has not yet said definitively whether she’ll run but who is widely seen as a likely candidate, quickly responded, “Thank you!” > > > > Clinton’s book tour has been intermittent and primarily conducted with signings in major cities as opposed to places that are significant on the political chessboard. > > > > The tour has been going on since June 10 and is now well into its third month. It is not likely to be the last — aides said to expect more in the fall. > > > > > > > > > > New York Daily News: “Hillary Clinton fans flock to East Hampton for 'Hard Choices' book signing” > > > > By Debbie Tuma > > August 17, 2014, 12:44 a.m. EDT > > > > [Subtitle:] Clinton’s book signing at BookHampton drew a line that stretched five blocks down Main Street. > > > > Hundreds of Hillary Clinton fans flocked to East Hampton Saturday for a chance to chat with the former secretary of state. > > > > Clinton’s book signing at BookHampton drew a line that stretched five blocks down Main Street. > > > > “I can’t wait to call her Madame President,” gushed Angelina Martorano, 84, of Port Jefferson. > > > > Clinton’s memoir, “Hard Choices,” was released two months ago. > > > > > > > > > > Las Vegas Review-Journal: “High fashion, expense for Hillary travel” > > > > By Laura Myers > > August 16, 2014, 3:22 p.m. EDT > > > > Hillary Rodham Clinton likes to travel in style. > > > > She insists on staying in the “presidential suite” of luxury hotels that she chooses anywhere in the world, including Las Vegas. > > > > She usually requires those who pay her six-figure fees for speeches to also provide a private jet for transportation — only a $39 million, 16-passenger Gulfstream G450 or larger will do. > > > > And she doesn’t travel alone, relying on an entourage of a couple of “travel aides,” and a couple of advance staffers who check out her speech site in the days leading up to her appearance, much like a White House trip, according to her contract and supporting documents concerning her Oct. 13 speech at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation fundraiser. The documents were obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through the state public records law. > > > > CENTER OF ATTENTION > > > > Clinton, a former first lady, U.S. senator from New York and U.S. secretary of state, is expected to run for president in 2016. Her lifestyles of the rich and famous ways and comments that she made about her wealth during a recent book tour have fueled criticism that she’s out of touch with average Americans. > > > > The Democratic contender said she pays taxes, unlike some people who are “truly well off.” She also said she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, were “dead broke” when they left the White House in 2001. In the past eight years alone, the couple has earned more than $100 million, much of it from speaking fees, according to Politico. > > > > In fact, the former president spoke at the 2012 UNLV Foundation dinner, taking home a $250,000 fee. His spouse will get $225,000 to speak at the annual dinner. The size of Hillary Clinton’s fee has come under fire from critics who question the large expense in an era when students are hard-pressed to cover tuition and leave school saddled with massive debt. > > > > But Clinton’s $225,000 is something of a cut-rate. Documents obtained by the newspaper show that she initially asked for $300,000 and reveal that she insists on controlling every detail of the private event, large and small, to ensure that she will be the center of attention. > > > > “It is agreed that Speaker will be the only person on the stage during her remarks,” according to the May 13 contract the Harry Walker Agency signed for Clinton’s keynote address at the Bellagio. > > > > According to her standard speaking contract, Clinton will remain at the event no longer than 90 minutes; will pose for no more than 50 photos with no more than 100 people; and won’t allow any press coverage or video- or audio-taping of her speech. > > > > The only record allowed will be made by a stenographer whose transcription will be given only to Clinton. The stenographer’s $1,250 bill, however, will go to the UNLV Foundation. > > > > The foundation, meanwhile, is prohibited from advertising the event on radio, TV or billboards. Mail and website ads are allowed, although Clinton staffers must approve in writing any promotional material. One unhappy UNLV Foundation official in an email complained of “meddling” after Clinton’s agency edited a description of the annual dinner to “dumb it down.” > > > > And Clinton’s demand for approval of all website material before it hits the Internet prompted a UNLV Web designer to grouse in an email that it seems “assbackwards in my mind.” > > > > The foundation complied with Clinton’s wishes, however. > > > > POLITICS IN PLAY > > > > While big-name speakers such as the Clintons have been proven moneymakers, the foundation took a pass on a Hillary appearance in 2013 because Bill had appeared the previous year and the organization didn’t want to come off as favoring Democrats. > > > > “We need to be careful not to appear partisan,” said a Feb. 18, 2013, email from the UNLV Foundation to the Harry Walker Agency. > > > > Later, in a Jan. 31, 2014, email, UNLV suggested that Hillary Clinton might want to be interviewed by former TV broadcaster Tom Brokaw, who was supposed to speak in 2013 but fell ill and had to be replaced by talk show host Charlie Rose. > > > > “It would temper any criticism by uber conservative donors that we’re giving her a campaign stop, particularly in light of the fact the BC was here 2 years prior,” reads an email from Tori Klein of the UNLV Foundation to Beth Gargano, a Harry Walker Agency representative. > > > > But Clinton, who has had a rocky relationship with the press, had already vetoed media interviews. > > > > Ironically, uber-conservative donor Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. who donated an estimated $150 million to GOP campaigns and causes in 2012, will be honored at the UNLV Foundation dinner. His company helped UNLV raise millions of dollars this year and committed $7 million toward construction of a hotel college building and a proposed Center for Professional and Leadership Studies, the foundation said. > > > > BIG NAMES > > > > The annual dinner, one of Las Vegas’ biggest fundraising events, attracts powerful donors. The top givers this year, who purchased the most expensive $20,000 tables, are a who’s who of Nevada business and politics. They include: > > > > Bank of America; Barnes & Noble College; Barrick Gold; the Bennett Family Foundation; Cashman Equipment Co.; the Engelstad Family; Kell and Nancy Houssels; Konami Gaming Inc.; Dana and Gregory Lee; Mr. and Mrs. Hae Un Lee of Lee’s Discount Liquor; Joyce Mack; The Mendenhall Family; MGM Resorts International; NV Energy; PR Partners; the Wells Fargo Foundation; and Michael and Renee Yackira. > > > > Clinton’s contract allows her to invite up to 20 guests, including her staff, and have them sit together to be able to join the photo line. > > > > None of the photos can be made public. > > > > “The Sponsor is also required to communicate to the photo line attendees that the photo is for private, personal use only and that the photo cannot be used in any way to imply any kind of endorsement of an entity, individual, product or service,” the contract says. > > > > “Any use of the photo that suggests or implies any such endorsement is forbidden.” > > > > UNLV did win one major concession in contract talks that stretched more than a year: The Harry Walker Agency Inc. agreed to a $225,000 fee, down from Clinton’s standard $300,000. > > > > Clinton’s fee usually includes expenses such as travel by private jet, other transportation, hotel rooms, phone charges, a TelePrompter, if needed, and all meals and “incidentals” for her and her staff. > > > > “We can bring the fee down (because of the fact that a major portion of the $300K is for the jet),” an agency representative wrote in a May 23, 2013, email to a UNLV Foundation official. > > > > “I believe the $225,000 ALL INCLUSIVE plus stenographer fee should do it,” the agency said in a follow-up May 31, 2013, email after the university negotiated the discount and asked for confirmation. > > > > Presumably, Clinton will have to pay for her own jet to Las Vegas, presidential suite and other costs she normally charges to events, unless some private donor picks up the tab. > > > > According to a May 31, 2013 email, Clinton’s standard contract usually includes: > > > > ■ Round-trip transportation on a chartered private jet “e.g., a Gulfstream 450 or larger jet,” plus round-trip business class travel for two advance staffers who will arrive up to three days in advance. > > > > ■ Hotel accommodations selected by Clinton’s staff and including “a presidential suite for Secretary Clinton and up to three (3) adjoining or contiguous single rooms for her travel aides and up to two (2) additional single rooms for the advance staff.” > > > > ■ A $500 travel stipend to cover out-of-pocket costs for Clinton’s lead travel aide. > > > > ■ Meals and incidentals for Clinton, her travel aides and advance staff, as well as all phone charges. > > > > ■ Final approval of all moderators or introducers. > > > > BIG MONEYMAKER > > > > The UNLV Foundation expects up to 1,000 people for the dinner, which is expected to turn a healthy profit. By early July, the organization had already sold out its top $20,000 tables with the $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000 tables going fast. > > > > Individual tickets also are on sale for $200 each. > > > > UNLV student leaders have sent a letter to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which collects the $225,000 fee, asking that Hillary Clinton donate all or part of the money back to the university. They’ve received no reply. > > > > UNLV Foundation leaders have defended paying such a high fee to Clinton, arguing that the dinner will make a profit and that her presence is both a big draw and an honor. > > > > The foundation has raised more than $1 billion for the university over the years. > > > > Contact Laura Myers at lmyers@reviewjournal.com or 702 387-2919. Find her on Twitter: @lmyerslvrj > > > > [COPY OF CONTRACT] > > > > > > > > New York Daily News blog: Daily Politics: “Gov. Cuomo: I 'chat' with Hillary Clinton, but not about whether she's running for President” > > > > By Ken Lovett > > August 17, 2014, 11:04 a.m. EDT > > > > Gov. Cuomo during a rare Sunday morning national television appearance said he chats with Hillary Clinton, but not about whether the former secretary of state is running for President. > > > > Appearing by phone on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures" to discuss his whirlwind trip last week to Israel, host Maria Bartiromo asked Cuomo whether Clinton has given him any indication she would not run for president, thus opening a potential pathway for him to get into the race. > > > > "I have not had any conversation like that with Secretary Clinton," he said. "I chat with her, but not about that." > > > > Cuomo laughed off a question that the trip foreshadowed his plans for 2016, the next presidential year. Bartiromo contrasted Cuomo's visit to Irael and meetings with key leaders to President Obama playing golf on Martha's Vineyard at the same time. He did not defend Obama. > > > > “I thought it was gubernatorial of me, Maria, more than presidential of me," Cuomo said. "I've been to Israel many times before. I was in the Cilnton administration and I worked with Israel." > > > > "As you know being a New Yorker, we have special connections with Israel," he continued. "Being a New Yorker who went through 9-11 we have special sensitivity to terrorist attacks and the real of pain and suffering that's caused. That was the tone that we brought.." > > > > But there's no doubt Cuomo, who is running for election this year, was seeking maximum attention for this Israeli trip. His Sunday interview was a rare appearance on a national Sunday show, though he did appear on Bartiromo's show earlier this year. She also emceeded for Cuomo an economic development grant announcement earlier in his term. > > > > Whether his Israeli trip was meant to show solidarity with the country, cement support among New York's Jewish voters in a re-election year, dip his toe in the presidential waters, divert attention from the recent controversy surrounding his handling of his anti-corruption commission, or all of the above is unclear. > > > > But what is clear is that Cuomo, who since taking office has focused almost solely on New York issues, has been wiling the past week to engage in international discussions as it pertains to the Middle East in a way he had previously avoided. > > > > "Hamas is a real opponent and their tactics are highly problematic," he said. > > > > "And you put that in the scope of the region with this whole rise of this extremism and ISIS and Muslim Brotherhood, the United States needs Israel more than ever as a strategic ally because the region has real issues." > > > > Cuomo was on the ground in Israel for about 28 hours. He traveled with a New York delegation that included Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate co-Leaders Jeffrey Klein and Dean Skelos, Daily News Publisher Mortimer B. Zuckerman, and two of his brother-in-laws, including fashion designer Kenneth Cole. > > > > "It was really a united New York front," Cuomo said. "Politically, culturally, saying to Israel that we understand you're situation and we stand with you." > > > > Cuomo while in Israel met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, and former President Shimon Peres. He also toured a tunnel that ran from Gaza more than a mile toward a kibbutz in Israel and was briefed on Israel's successful "iron dome" anti-missile defense system. > > > > In addition, Cuomo toured Jerusalem, including the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He skipped visiting the Dome of the Rock, a sacred Muslim site, and also turned down an invitation from Palestinian officials to visit Gaza. > > > > > > Calendar: > > > > Sec. Clinton's upcoming appearances as reported online. Not an official schedule. > > > > · August 28 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes Nexenta’s OpenSDx Summit (BusinessWire) > > · September 4 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit (Solar Novis Today) > > · October 2 – Miami Beach, FL: Sec. Clinton keynotes the CREW Network Convention & Marketplace (CREW Network) > > · October 13 – Las Vegas, NV: Sec. Clinton keynotes the UNLV Foundation Annual Dinner (UNLV) > > · ~ October 13-16 – San Francisco, CA: Sec. Clinton keynotes salesforce.com Dreamforce conference (salesforce.com) > > · December 4 – Boston, MA: Sec. Clinton speaks at the Massachusetts Conference for Women (MCFW) > >