--- title: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Have Lunch description: The two convened at the White House canonical: https://time.com/138732/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/ author: Giri Nathan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-29T21:39:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:18.365Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Have Lunch og:description: The two convened at the White House og:url: https://time.com/138732/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Have Lunch twitter:description: The two convened at the White House twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Obama and Hillary Clinton Have Lunch by [Giri Nathan](https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/) ## Giri Nathan May 29, 2014 9:39 PM UTC by [Giri Nathan](https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/) ## Giri Nathan May 29, 2014 9:39 PM UTC President Barack Obama had a private lunch with Hillary Clinton on Thursday, a White House official said, breaking bread with his former Secretary of State as his onetime rival mulls a presidential campaign for 2016. “The President enjoyed an informal, private lunch with Secretary Clinton at the White House this afternoon,” the official said. The White House didn’t provide further details of the lunch, which wasn’t on the President’s public schedule. Top Obama allies have signaled they’re ready to support Clinton in 2016 should she decide to wage another campaign. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/138732/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/138732/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/"},"headline":"Obama and Hillary Clinton Have Lunch","datePublished":"2014-05-29T21:39:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:18.365Z","description":"The two convened at the White House","url":"https://time.com/138732/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/","keywords":["White House","TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Giri Nathan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/giri-nathan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/138732/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-lunch/","name":"Obama and Hillary Clinton Have Lunch"}}]}] ```