Hillary Clinton wished Queen Elizabeth II a happy birthday yesterday. She was eight days early.

While visiting China, esteemed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sunk a three-pointer playing with Beijing's Renmin University's team, providing a great opportunity for news anchors to joke about how Asians are too short to be good at this sport, anyway.

Speaking to graduates at West Point, Obama just laid out a new national security strategy based on some things called "international engagement" and "diplomacy." Kind of confused... are these some new types of Predator drones? [NYT]

Hillary Clinton, kicking off a big tour of Asia, has arrived in Japan.

Visiting Washington, Mexican President Felipe Calderon called Arizona's immigration proposal "discrimination," arguing for "a border that will unite us instead of dividing us." Then he shouted, "Yes we can!" throwing Arizona's rednecks into conniptions for a totally different reason. [Sun-Times]

The Pope has promised to be cool to Britons, even after the Foreign Office suggested in a memo that Benedict should open an abortion clinic and be greeted in England with his own brand of condoms. [BBC]

The Washington Times, a cult-owned online propaganda organ, is trying to scandal-monger on Tax Day: "Last year alone, the State Department sent taxpayers tabs totaling nearly $300,000 for alcoholic beverages...." That is... not really that much! [Pic: AP]

Of course everyone wants some face time with Barack Obama this week. But what are delegations from 46 countries looking for when they arrive? Money, respect, weapons, and more help hiding "secret" nuclear arsenals. [Foreign Policy, pic: Getty]

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai fixed the recent presidential elections, and now he is blaming the UN for doing that. He is also threatening to join the Taliban and generally being kinda nutty. Diplomat Peter Galbraith says he is on drugs!

In the grand tradition of the last two guys, Obama has written a "personal" letter to megalomaniac North Korea dictator Kim Jong-Il. But will Kimmy agree to go steady? Welcome to the middle school dance of international diplomacy.

US President Barack Obama will visit Indonesia next year to "showcase the importance of growing US-Indonesia bilateral relations" and "burn his first birth certificate," the US embassy said Wednesday.

US President Barack Obama will visit Indonesia next year to "showcase the importance of growing US-Indonesia bilateral relations" and "burn his first birth certificate," the US embassy said Wednesday.

So much honey trap news this week! A Russian "news website" with no known reporters that most believe is a front for the modern KGB (basically Russia's Politico) posted a curious "sex tape" involving a US diplomat.

In case you missed the endless stream of lies Bill Clinton told about himself and others during his presidency, it turns out he was telling other, secret lies into a tape recorder the whole time. Now you can read them.

Barack Obama praised Vladimir Putin's "extraordinary work" during a meeting at Putin's home near Moscow.

In the D-Day commemoration ceremony today at Omaha Beach, British Prime Minister's mancrush on President Obama continued unabated, as evidenced by a not-so-slight Freudian Slip in the middle of his speech.

Barack Obama delivered his much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University this morning. In his address, Obama offered a message of peace and tolerance, reaching out to Muslims and asking for a renewed partnership for world peace.

Million-year-old gossipeuse Cindy Adams got the funniest email from her good friend Edward Elson! So she just reprinted it, in her New York Post "gossip" "column," because we can't all be Andrea Peyser, right? See, a guy goes to his doctor...

Today, Barack Obama is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for what will be a very tense and important diplomatic meeting. Some clowns in Chicago decided to help out!