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Starbucks gets a star guest at APEC, Hillary Clinton drops in, takes a seat
SINGAPORE - The Starbucks nook at Singapore's cavernous Suntec convention centre received a star guest Wednesday, but didn't make a sale.
Manager David Lim doesn't mind. Just the fact that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sat in his restaurant for about 30 minutes was enough to make his day. "She's a very powerful woman," Lim told The Associated Press, adding that she is the most famous customer he has received in the six years that the branch has existed there.
Clinton took a break from her meetings of the Asia-Pacific-Economic Cooperation forum and descended down an escalator from Level 2 with a few aides and bodyguards.
Without fanfare, America's top diplomat, dressed in a dark blue business suit and sunglasses, settled at one of the tables outside the coffee shop and was joined minutes later by U.S. Congressman Sander Levin, a Democrat from Michigan.
While they chatted, four Diplomatic Security agents took up positions on four sides some distance away. Clinton did not order anything but three of the agents got lattes and cappuccinos for themselves.
"They came by very quietly," said the 33-year-old Lim. "Suddenly, this branch has become historic, an icon. I feel lucky."
He did not take any pictures but two female customers approached Clinton and asked to take a photo with her. Clinton agreed.
Lim said he hopes President Barack Obama will also stop by when he attends the APEC summit on Sunday.
Unlikely. He will be in Singapore for less than 24 hours and the summit will be at the presidential palace, a few miles (kilometres) from the Starbucks.
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