Michelle calls Hillary senator – um – president?

Posted By Josh Rogin Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 5:43 PM Share

At today's awards ceremony honoring "international women of courage," First Lady Michelle Obama accidentally demoted, and then later promoted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to the amusement and celebration of the crowd.

"Let me thank my dear friend, Senator -- Secretary Clinton," the first lady started, provoking laughter from the assembled group at the State Department.

Trying to recover, she then admitted, ‘I almost said ‘President Clinton.' The crowd roared with applause.

Awkward!

Check out the video here.

Mrs. Obama went on to recognize the 10 recipients of the award, including Kenyan advocate Ann Njogu, Afghan police officer Col. Shafiqa Quraishi, North Korean defector Lee Ae-ran, and Zimbabwean human rights advocate Jestina Mukoko.

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2:49 AM ET

March 17, 2010

Allangreen.....

Really? In what way? Are you actually so foolishly partisan to think that she would have forstalled economic downturn, won both wars, captured Bin Laden, and personally solved the Israel-Palestine conflict

 

Josh Rogin reports on national security and foreign policy from the Pentagon to Foggy Bottom, the White House to Embassy Row, for The Cable.

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