Clinton Won't Travel to Russia

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: Hillary Clinton

(White House Photo/Pete Souza)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is recovering from surgery on a broken elbow, will not travel to Moscow with President Obama next week to meet with Russian officials.

Clinton had successful surgery on the elbow June 19th, two days after she injured it in a fall while on her way to the White House. But a senior White House official told CNN that Clinton's intense physical therapy sessions to rehabilitate the elbow were deemed too difficult to replicate during the trip.

Clinton earlier cancelled a trip to Italy and Greece because of the injury.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters yesterday that "She's in some pain," as the Washington Post reports.

"She had a very serious break in her elbow.... She's energetic, she's fully engaged, but we need to make sure that she heals and then can get back to a full schedule where she can come in every day," Kelly said. Clinton has largely been working from home since her injury.

The Post notes that Clinton did participate in the swearing in of Daniel Rooney, the new ambassador to Ireland and the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, today.

Joked the secretary of state: "I came off the injured reserve list."