Anthony Weiner Engaged to Huma Abedin

Pareene — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:10:48 EDT

Anthony Weiner, the annoying whiz-kid congressman who didn't run for mayor this year because he didn't think he'd be able to beat Bloomberg, decided to get married, instead. Sorry, ladies! Huma Abedin is about to become Mrs. Weiner.

Weiner, who knows she is way outside his league, confirmed the engagement on Sunday. Abedin is Hillary Clinton's longtime aide and currently works at the State Department. He proposed last May, just days before he published his editorial about why he would not run for mayor. There were hints! Like: "I believe I have a contribution to make in Congress fighting for New Yorkers. (I'd also like to build a family.)" See, the first bit there is the meaningless spin, and the parenthetical bit is the grain of actual truth.

Good luck to the happy couple! Also, Mr. "Amnesty International and the New York Times hate Israel so much" is marrying a Muslim! Maybe he will be less of an asshole, now?

Just How "Close" Were Hillary's Right Hand Lady And John Cusack?

Doree Shafrir — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:30:45 EDT

This month's Vogue—the one with not-so-reformed shoplifter Winona Ryder on the cover—profiles Hillary Clinton's traveling chief-of-staff Huma Abedin, in an article that both reveals more and says less about Abedin than the Observer's April profile of her. (The Observer piece, as Vogue helpfully points out, was done without Abedin's cooperation.) Abedin comes across as an incredibly effective, stylish, attractive, über-woman without whom her boss would be lost. (This is accurate!) And also a control freak. There's this telling bit when the writer, Rebecca Johnson, is allowed to look at Abedin's BlackBerry—but only if she agrees not to write who's in it. ("Some of the most famous names in America." Mmkay!) But then, why the non sequitur about John Cusack and Lance Armstrong?

Looking through Abedin's closet, you can see the progression from a young college graduate who wore Ann Taylor suits, thrilled to land a job as an intern in the White House, to, eleven years later, a Chanel-wearing, deeply confident 32-year-old woman whose BlackBerry contains some of the most famous names in America—she lets me look only if I agree not to say who. (I do manage to learn she has been close with actor John Cusack and Lance Armstrong.)

Uh, ok! Is "has been close" the new euphemism for, at least in Cusack's case, "dated for two years"? We're going with... yes.

Hillary's Secret Weapon [Vogue, not online]
Hillary's Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma? [NYO]

Gawker: huma+abedin

Anthony Weiner Engaged to Huma Abedin

Just How "Close" Were Hillary's Right Hand Lady And John Cusack?