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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/04/staking-out-kissinger-s-90th-birthday-party.html

Staking Out Kissinger’s 90th-Birthday Party
by Nina Strochlic Jun 4, 2013 11:44 AM EDT

#90isthenew30. That was the theme of Henry Kissinger’s 90th-birthday party Monday night in New York City, where a mariachi band played and the former secretary of State was regaled with a slew of speeches. Nina Strochlic reports.

“What’s happening here?” a cab driver yelled from the window. Outside 2 East 55th Street, under two sets of regal awnings of Manhattan’s storied St. Regis hotel, something indeed was happening. NYPD, bellhops, drivers, and a slew of security personnel mingled. Dozens of double-parked black sedans lined the block, and two large suburbans with Maryland license plates idled curbside. Inside, former secretary of State Henry Kissinger was celebrating his 90th birthday with a guest list that included all living former secretaries of state and speakers like Secretary of State John Kerry and former president Bill Clinton.

A severe blonde from a women’s fashion publication and a freelance photographer, both in all black, were the only other journalists there, but the sidewalk was buzzing with what an officer estimated to be 40 security staff in all.

“Kerry,” mouthed the photographer, as a line of security guards formed a pathway under the smaller entryway. Teresa Heinz Kerry, in a white blazer, got out of a black sedan, and her husband, Secretary of State John Kerry, came around from the other side. The two walked in together with a gaggle of security and miscellaneous entourage. Just a little earlier, Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, who once vied for the secretary-of-State gig in her own right, had arrived. Nancy Kissinger had sent the word out through her girlfriends over the weekend, “If you have jewelry, this is the night to get it out of the bank.” And they did. The Alfalfa Club dinner crowd in tiaras was the order of the night.

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