July Politickin'

Air Force One

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, left, greets Japan's Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Ryoichi Oriki at the Pentagon during an honor cordon, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

An Honor Guard prepares to head outside the Pentagon, Thursday, June 24, 2010, for an honor cordon ceremony to welcome Japan's Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Ryoichi Oriki. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Education Secretary Arne Duncan waits to speak about the federal "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

New York's Democratic Senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 14, 2010, where they discussed asking the State Department to investigate whether oil giant BP played a role in winning last year's release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie airliner bombing. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 14, 2010, to discuss asking the State Department to investigate whether oil giant BP played a role in winning last year's release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie airliner bombing. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. Brown was one of only three Republicans to vote for the bill. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, follows Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., left, to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010, after Congress passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., signs the Financial Reform Bill at a bill enrollment ceremony after the Senate passed the bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010. From left are Rep. Barney Frank, D-.Mass., Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., walks through the halls of the Capitol after at a bill enrollment ceremony after the Senate passed the Financial Reform Bill, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

President Barack Obama waves as he departs Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, June 30, 2010, after a trip to Racine, Wis, where he held town hall meeting on the economy. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

**All photos copyright Drew Angerer and the Associated Press**

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El béisbol

This blog post is dedicated to Cody Duty, who has been shooting tons of baseball in Texas.

I'm on the baseball shift this week, covering the Nationals/Braves and Phillies on Sunday. Here's some so far, with a couple from a few weeks ago...

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Scenes from Arlington

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Secretary Clinton in Eastern Europe

I had the privilege of accompanying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her trip to Eastern Europe, as part of the traveling press pool. I can't thank my editors at AP enough for this opportunity. I had a blast and here is a loose edit of some favorites from the trip.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton boards her plane at John Paul II International Airport in Krakow, Poland, enroute to Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to employees of the US Embassy, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych gives Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flowers upon her arrival in a meeting room at the Presidential Administration Building in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

The Secretary's car waits for her during a downpour outside of the Presidential Administration Building in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

A Diplomatic Security Service agent stands guard in the foyer of the Presidential Administration Building in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tours the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 3, 2010. The enamel and tinware factory owned by Oskar Schindler, the German who saved more than 1,000 Jews from the Holocaust, was transformed into a museum earlier this year. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tours the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen prior to being introduced for her remarks at the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 3, 2010. In her speech, she announced that the United States plans to contribute 15 million dollars over five years to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, subject to Congressional authorization. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadiqov near the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev as they look out his window toward the Caspian Sea at the Presidential Residence in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

(Flipped the camera upside down for this one. A little horizon straightening later, but it's one of my favorites from the trip.)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the Presidential Residence, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at the Mugham Club to participate in a roundtable discussion with Civil Society Youth Leaders, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is presented with an American flag cake in honor of the U.S. Independence Day, during a working dinner with Armenian President Serzh Sargysan, not shown, and Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, left, at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the keynote address on democracy and freedom during the Community of Democracies Program at the Slowacki Theater, in Krakow, Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a town hall style meeting at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Tbilisi International Airport in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, July 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili at the Presidential Palace, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, July 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to embassy employees at the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, July 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a glass of wine with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, at a cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, July 5, 2010. "Next time, I want to show you our nightlife," said Saakashvili. "I think I'm way too old for your nightlife, " said Clinton. The Georgian President replied, "That's the first statement you've said today that I disagree with." (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

****All photos copyright Drew Angerer and the Associated Press****

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