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Sept. 27, 2012 / 9:14 AM / Updated Sept. 27, 2012 at 11:01 AM

Hillary Clinton doodles at the United Nations [PHOTOS]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Security Council meeting convened during the 67th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 26, 2012 in New York City. UPI/Monika Graff

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Photographers caught Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, noted lover of dancing, texting and whimsical accessorizing, doodling on her prepared remarks during a U.N. Security Council session on peace in the Middle East in New York Wednesday.

While the above photos show a series of spirals, other images capture what appear to be a cluster of grapes and a star.

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With all those speeches, who can blame her?

Clinton is not the first political figure to kill time and curb boredom with a little harmless doodling. As the Atlantic pointed out in 2006, plenty of American presidents -- including Bill Clinton -- loved to doodle. John F. Kennedy preferred geometric figures while Ronald Reagan liked cute cartoons.

Here's Andrew Jackson's alligator doodle from 1833:

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