He arrives promptly, led by opera-company guides and trailed by a supportive young aide de camp.
"It was our feeling that Mike's role as mayor-elect is as a supportive role," an aide said.
She doesn't track the issue, though it continues to dominate the news, as it did last week when an openly gay aide supportive of marriage equality quit Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
And although the reorganization would take effect after a power shift in Washington, Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been generally supportive, a Shelby aide said.
Added another supportive Democratic Senate aide: "We are now a more efficient Senate; we'll be able to get on bills without having 60 votes and without having to spend a week to do it.
"When the Senate sees the governor and mayor not clamoring for money, it gives them plenty of excuses not to be supportive," explained one Democratic aide.
Supportive House Democrats and aides to Ms. Pelosi have strongly defended her, saying there is little that can be done short of an expulsion vote to oust a House member who is determined to stay.
Training will be most effective at promoting competent care for sexual assault survivors if coupled with additional facility based interventions including the implementation of proper drug management, treatment protocols, medical history and exam forms, job aides, and supportive supervision.
"She's been supportive all along," said the aide.
Despite the supportive words, the Dalai Lama's aides were deeply frustrated by Mr. Obama's decision, American officials said.
He said Mrs. Clinton and her aides were "very supportive of what we were doing" during the standoff and that her top priority was ensuring that no one was injured.
