For the third time in 10 months, President Obama
and Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday had a secret White House meeting that was not on the president’s official schedule and was revealed to reporters only after it concluded.
“President Obama and Secretary Clinton enjoy catching up in person when their schedules permit. This afternoon they met privately for about an hour at the White House and discussed a range of topics,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.
In December, Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, who served as the president’s secretary of state for four years, met in the Oval Office. The hourlong meeting was not part of the president’s daily schedule.
