In testimony on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought up the movie Argo last month to help explain the terror attack against Americans in Benghazi, Libya. And now, with the Oscars tonight, the new secretary of state, John Kerry, is again plugging the film.
In a tweet, Kerry wrote, “Good luck @BenAffleck and #Argo at the Oscars. Nice seeing@StateDept & our Foreign Service on the big screen.”
Good luck @BenAffleck and #Argo at the Oscars. Nice seeing @StateDept & our Foreign Service on the big screen.-JK
— Department of State (@StateDept) February 23, 2013
The State Department then tweeted:
Did you know @BenAffleck filmed scenes from #Oscar-nominated #Argo in the @StateDept? See the crew in our lobby: http://t.co/0FlX0lBKPL
— Department of State (@StateDept) February 23, 2013
And then re-tweeted this, from the film’s director, Ben Affleck:
Thanks @StateDept for hosting us during #Argo filming. Grateful for the outstanding service & sacrifice of US diplomats and their families!
— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) February 23, 2013
Argo has been nominated in the “best picture” category.
Kerry is not expected to attend tonight’s Oscars awards ceremony. Instead, he left today on his first trip abroad as secretary of state.
