Photo gallery: US Secretary of State Clinton visits Singapore

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  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) is greeted by Director General, America's Debt. Foo Chi Hsia and US Ambassador to Singapore David Adelman upon arrival at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) is greeted by Director General, America's Debt. Foo Chi Hsia and US Ambassador to Singapore David Adelman upon arrival at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (left), sits with former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew prior to a meeting at Istana, Nov. 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (left), sits with former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew prior to a meeting at Istana, Nov. 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for photographs with former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew at the Istana in Singapore Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for photographs with former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew at the Istana in Singapore Nov 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) at a dinner hosted by Minister for Foreign !   Affairs a!   nd Minister for Law K Shanmugam (right). -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (left) at a dinner hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam (right). -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam (right). -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K Shanmugam (right). -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) meets with US embassy employes and their families in Singapore on Nov 17, 2012.-- PHOTO: AFP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (right) meets with US embassy employes and their families in Singapore on Nov 17, 2012.-- PHOTO: AFP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a major speech on US economic engagement strategy at Singapore Management University, on Nov 17, 2012, outlining the Obama Administration's plans for expanded economic and trade engagement in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a major speech on US economic engagement strategy at Singapore Management University, on Nov 17, 2012, outlining the Obama Administration's plans for expanded economic and trade engagement in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a major speech on US economic engagement strategy at Singapore Management Univer!   sity, on !   Nov 17, 2012, outlining the Obama Administration's plans for expanded economic and trade engagement in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a major speech on US economic engagement strategy at Singapore Management University, on Nov 17, 2012, outlining the Obama Administration's plans for expanded economic and trade engagement in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (second left), accompanied by Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Association of Southeast Asian Nations Stuart Dean, (left), waves to workers as she tours a General Electric aviation facility in Singapore Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (second left), accompanied by Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Association of Southeast Asian Nations Stuart Dean, (left), waves to workers as she tours a General Electric aviation facility in Singapore Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (right), meets with workers during her visit to a General Electric aviation facility, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (right), meets with workers during her visit to a General Electric aviation facility, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tours a General Electric aviation facility, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tours a General Electric aviation facility, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from left) is accompanied by Mr Stuart Dean (extreme left), CEO, GE ASEAN, as she tours GE Aviation's Airfoil Technologies International facility which services high-tech GE jet engines used by airline customers globally and throughout the ASEAN region - on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from left) is accompanied by Mr Stuart Dean (extreme left), CEO, GE ASEAN, as she tours GE Aviation's Airfoil Technologies International facility which services high-tech GE jet engines used by airline customers globally and throughout the ASEAN region - on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from left, in blue suit), accompanied by Mr Stuart Dean (extreme left), CEO, GE ASEAN, tours the Component Inspection section of GE Aviation's Airfoil Technologies International facility, where aircraft engine components are inspected before!    and afte!   r repair, on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from left, in blue suit), accompanied by Mr Stuart Dean (extreme left), CEO, GE ASEAN, tours the Component Inspection section of GE Aviation's Airfoil Technologies International facility, where aircraft engine components are inspected before and after repair, on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (left), talks with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a breakfast at the Istana, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (left), talks with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a breakfast at the Istana, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (centre), arriv!   es at the!    Istana for a meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, (centre), arrives at the Istana for a meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signs a guest book before meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana, Saturday, Nov 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signs a guest book before meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana, Saturday, Nov 17, 2012, in Singapore. -- PHOTO: AP

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM!

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana. --PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana. --PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Singapore on Nov 16, 2012, for the start of a two-day visit. In what may be her final tour of the region in this post, she met Singapores first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at the Istana and attended a dinner hosted by Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam.

Ms Clinton also met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana and gave a speech at Singapore Management University.