Publication Date:
Tue, 2010-02-16 23:56
That's what happened to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday, when mechanical trouble grounded her and her traveling party in Saudi Arabia.
Fortunately, if you are the top US diplomat, you can hitch a pretty sweet ride. Gen. David Petraeus happened to be in the neighborhood, and he's stopping to pick her up.
Petraeus oversees US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and was in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Clinton was a couple hours away in Jeddah.
Clinton told reporters that the government jet she uses has developed a fuel valve problem and could not be repaired quickly. She is leaving most of her traveling party behind.
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