Secretary Clinton Travels to South Korea(photos)

 

Republic of Korea Minister of Defense Kim Tae-Young, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yu, Myung-hwan (L-R) pose with grandchildren of veterans of the Korean War at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, July 21.

 

 In Seoul, Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will join their respective Republic of Korea counterparts, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Minister of National Defense Kim Tae-young, for a 2+2 meeting to commemorate the 60^th anniversary of the Korean War. Secretary Clinton and Secretary Gates will also meet with President Lee Myung-bak.

 

 

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yu, Myung-hwan, and Republic of Korea Minister of Defense Kim Tae-Young (L-R) observe a moment of silence in honor of the veterans from all nations who lost their lives in the Korean War at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, July 21

 

U.S. Secretary Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pause before a wreath in honor of the 46 sailors of the Korean Navy corvette Cheonan who lost their lives March 26 after their ship was sunk by an underwater explosion caused by a North Korean torpedo at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, July 21.

 

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yu, Myung-hwan, and Minister of Defense Kim, Tae-young show solidarity in the inaugural 2+2 Meetings between the United States and the Republic of Korea held in Seoul, South Korea, July 21.

 

U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

 

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to a briefing as a curious North Korean soldier looks through the window to see what is going on inside the building at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

 

 

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates look at the North Korea using binoculars at a guard post in Camp Oulette neat the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

 

 

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