Washington DC Adult Entertainment: State Department tweets announcement of Clinton trip to Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Written on February 10, 2010 – 4:13 am | by larrylibido
WASHINGTON – In a first for U.S. diplomacy, the State Department has used the social network tool Twitter to announce an upcoming overseas trip by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.Followers of the department’s “Dipnote” Twitter feed were the first to get official word of Clinton’s Feb. 13-16 trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. That was well before the formal announcement, which was not expected until later in the day.Aides to Clinton said it was the first time the State Department has announced a secretary of state’s travel plans through Twitter.
Democratic NY gov. battles rumours of womanizing and drug use
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York Gov. David Paterson, who got the job after his predecessor resigned in a prostitution scandal, is fighting unconfirmed rumours and news reports of womanizing and drug use.