President Obama and I at the State Department Yesterday...

Compelling title for today's blog entry, no? Did it peak your interest? While the sentence is technically true, one might get the wrong impression...

You see, while it is true that President Obama and I were at the State Department yesterday, he was there to visit the new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while i was standing on the sidewalk with several of my colleagues and Dept. of State staff trying to catch a glimpse of him as he arrived for his meeting.

Fortunately we were all able to catch a glimpse of President Obama! And of course, it was thrilling!! His second day on the job and his first meeting with the Secretary of State on her first day on the job at the State Department. Too cool! 

It may sound corny, but small things like that make living and working in the D.C. area worth it!