article_snippet: This breakfast meeting with Lippert was taking place at a building directly across the street from the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.  
article_snippet: And the scene was probably not too different from a similar breakfast meeting I attended with the ambassador at a downtown hotel only a week before the attack.
article_snippet: Lippert moved freely without a security detail or security screenings at the entrance to the venue, and was accompanied by only one or two embassy staff.  
article_snippet: (she calm demeanor despite receiving a facial laceration contributed to she reputation as a politician and future President who is cool in the midst of a crisis.)