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Dec 27, 2012 5:09 PM CST

Hillary Clinton Back to Work Next Week

She's been out 3 weeks after virus, concussion

(Newser) - Conspiracy theorists, take note: Hillary Clinton will be back to work next week, reports Foreign Policy . The secretary of state has been out of commission for about three weeks because of a stomach virus and concussion , though critics accused her of making it all up to avoid testifying before Congress...

Who Gets
John Kerry's
Senate Seat?

Dec 23, 2012 2:10 PM CST

Who Gets John Kerry's Senate Seat?

Scott Brown is a good bet, but Kennedys are dropping hints

(Newser) - John Kerry's confirmation hearings for secretary of State haven't yet started, but that's not stopping quite a crowd from measuring the drapes for his Senate office. According to Massachusetts state law, Gov. Deval Patrick would appoint Kerry's successor—likely a placeholder—then a special election would...

Obama
Nominates
John Kerry
for State

Dec 21, 2012 1:09 PM CST

Obama Nominates John Kerry for State

Barring a confirmation surprise, he will replace Hillary Clinton

(Newser) - The not-so-surprising leaks were right on the money: President Obama today picked John Kerry to be his next secretary of state, reports AP . "I'm very proud to announce my choice," said the president, adding that Kerry's whole life and career "has prepared him for this...

Obama to Nominate
John Kerry Today

source says

Dec 21, 2012 9:35 AM CST

Obama to Nominate John Kerry Today

Has chosen senator as next secretary of state, source says

(Newser) - No big surprise here , but a senior administration official tells the New York Times that President Obama will nominate John Kerry as the next secretary of state, and he's expected to make the announcement today. Kerry has been widely expected as the successor to Hillary Clinton since Susan...

State Defends Clinton From Concussion Conspirators

Dec 18, 2012 4:34 PM CST

State Defends Clinton From Concussion Conspirators

Conservatives think she's faking it

(Newser) - A State Department spokeswoman had to make an unusual statement today: Yes, my boss is really sick. She was referring to a slew of conservatives insisting that Hillary Clinton made up a story about fainting and suffering a concussion to avoid testifying on Capitol Hill this week on the Benghazi...

Obama Picks
John Kerry for
State: Source

Dec 15, 2012 2:25 PM CST

Obama Picks John Kerry for State: Source

Sen. Menendez will replace Kerry on key committee

(Newser) - President Obama has already picked John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times . Kerry's replacement as leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will apparently be Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey. The Sun-Times already reported that Clinton preferred Kerry over...

Why I'm Out
of the Running
for Secretary

susan rice

Dec 14, 2012 4:50 AM CST

Why I'm Out of the Running for Secretary

No room for partisan fights amid national security matters: Susan Rice

(Newser) - Susan Rice has pulled herself out of the running for secretary of state , and she explains the move in a Washington Post op-ed. "As it became clear that my potential nomination would spark an enduring partisan battle," she writes, "I concluded that it would be wrong to...

Susan Rice
Withdraws
Name From
Consideration

Dec 13, 2012 2:56 PM CST

Susan Rice Withdraws Name From Consideration

Controversial ambassador out of running for secretary of state

(Newser) - Paging John Kerry: Susan Rice is withdrawing her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state, reports NBC News . The move makes Senator Kerry the leading candidate to replace Hillary Clinton. Rice, the current US ambassador to the UN, has been on the defensive over her initial comments...

GOP Says No to Rice
but Loves ... Kerry?

Nov 30, 2012 8:42 AM CST

GOP Says No to Rice but Loves ... Kerry?

Perhaps Republicans respect long-time senator ... or just want his seat

(Newser) - The GOP may still be fiercely opposed to Susan Rice as the next secretary of state, but there's another Democrat that many Republicans seem to be solidly behind—John Kerry. The brutal criticisms Kerry faced as the Democratic nominee for president in 2004 have been replaced with talk of...

Susan Rice
Gets More
Bad News on
Capitol Hill

Nov 28, 2012 3:25 PM CST

Susan Rice Gets More Bad News on Capitol Hill

She fails to win over moderate Susan Collins

(Newser) - Susan Rice didn't have much luck yesterday convincing John McCain and others that her initial Benghazi response was an honest recitation of the best information available. So maybe she'd fare better today with the moderate Susan Collins? Not so much, reports Politico and the Washington Post . “I...

Thomas Friedman's
Unusual Pick for
Secretary of State

OPINION

Nov 28, 2012 12:28 PM CST

Thomas Friedman's Unusual Pick for Secretary of State

He thinks education chief Arne Duncan should replace Hillary

(Newser) - The top contenders to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state look to be John Kerry and Susan Rice. But if Thomas Friedman had his way, President Obama would shift education secretary Arne Duncan into Clinton's job. Yes, Friedman knows the chances of that happening are just about non-existent,...

Susan Rice
Is Frontrunner
for Secretary
of State

Nov 26, 2012 7:56 PM CST

Susan Rice Is Frontrunner for Secretary of State

She'll visit her 3 biggest Benghazi critics

(Newser) - Looks like Susan Rice's star is on the rise. After handling a barrage of Republican criticism over Benghazi, Rice has become the frontrunner to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, the AP reports. Rice will visit key lawmakers this week and sit down with three of her biggest...

97 House Republicans Sign Anti-Rice Letter to Obama

Nov 20, 2012 11:38 AM CST

97 House Republicans Sign Anti-Rice Letter to Obama

But Rep. Clyburn sees 'code words' in letter

(Newser) - Nearly one-quarter of the House of Representatives is opposed to Susan Rice replacing Hillary Clinton as the secretary of state. In a letter to President Obama yesterday, 97 House Republicans said Rice's "misleading statements" in the wake of the Benghazi attack "caused irreparable damage to her credibility,...

McCain Wants
Watergate-Style
Libya Probe

Nov 14, 2012 12:58 PM CST

McCain Wants Watergate-Style Libya Probe

And says he'll do everything in his power to block Susan Rice as secretary of state

(Newser) - John McCain is still fighting mad about the Obama administration's inconsistent statements about the Benghazi attack, and is calling for a Watergate-style congressional investigation into them. "We need a special committee, a select committee, like we did in Watergate, like we did in Iran-Contra … to get to...

What Is Hillary
Going to
Do Next?

GAIL COLLINS

Nov 11, 2012 1:48 PM CST

What Is Hillary Going to Do Next?

Gail Collins catches up with everybody's fave 2016 frontrunner

(Newser) - Gail Collins is suddenly and tragically out of a full-time job name-dropping Seamus Romney, so she's turning her attention to America's soon-to-be-out-of-work secretary of State, one Hillary Rodham Clinton. Writing in the New York Times , Collins joins the hordes of Hillary fans wondering if she'll spend her...

Hillary:
No, No,
I'm Still
Planning
to Leave

Oct 26, 2012 5:40 PM CDT

Hillary: No, No, I'm Still Planning to Leave

Clinton squashes rumor that she might stay on

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton today rebuffed the notion that she might stay on for some or all of a second term as secretary of state if President Obama wins re-election, the Washington Post reports. "It’s really still my same time frame," she said. "I’m aiming to leave...

Clinton May Not Step Down

Oct 25, 2012 9:55 AM CDT

Clinton May Not Step Down

She hints as much in 'Wall Street Journal' profile

(Newser) - With the end of her tenure at the State Department seemingly consumed by the controversy over Libya, Hillary Clinton is considering staying on a bit longer, she tells the Wall Street Journal . "A lot of people have talked to me about staying," Clinton says. Until now, Clinton has...

Badass Hillary
Never ... Sweats?

Aug 14, 2012 2:51 PM CDT

Badass Hillary Never ... Sweats?

'No matter how high the heat,' writes traveling reporter

(Newser) - Just when you thought she couldn't get any cooler , it turns out Hillary Clinton apparently isn't even subject to normal bodily functions. The secretary of state doesn't sweat, according to a reporter from Condé Nast Traveler who went to Asia with her. "No matter how high...

Clinton Makes
Historic Visit
to Laos

Jul 11, 2012 12:39 PM CDT

Clinton Makes Historic Visit to Laos

She's the first US secretary of state there in five decades

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton just keeps racking up the miles , today becoming the first US secretary of state to visit Laos in more than five decades, in a test of whether a place the United States pummeled with bombs during the Vietnam War could evolve into a new foothold of American...

Clinton Breaks Travel Record

Jun 28, 2012 6:00 AM CDT

Clinton Breaks Travel Record

Secretary of state chalks up 100 countries with visit to Latvia

(Newser) - Four years after telling staffers that she would "not in a million years" consider becoming secretary of state, Hillary Clinton is setting a record: She visits Latvia today, the 100th country she has visited in the role. Clinton is now the best-traveled secretary of state in American history, having...