Hillary Clinton to undergo surgery on right elbow

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will have to undergo surgery to repair her right elbow, that she broke on Wednesday evening while heading to the White House, the State Department said.

The surgery is scheduled for sometime next week. She canceled her public appointments for today.

President Barack Obama was one of the first well-wishers to call her late last night.

Times Online

Clinton to Have Surgery to Repair Arm Broken in a Fall

New York Times - Mark Landler - ‎4 hours ago‎

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will have to undergo surgery to repair a fractured right elbow, caused when she slipped and fell on her way to a White House meeting on Wednesday evening, the State Department said ...

Video: Sec. Clinton to Have Surgery on Broken Elbow The Associated Press

Doctor: Clinton Elbow Injury Complicated, Recovery Could Take Weeks FOXNews

Clinton rejects Israeli settlement expansion claims

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rejected yesterday Israeli claims that the Bush administration had secretly approved Jewish settlement expansion on the West Bank.

"We have the negotiating record, that is the official record, that was turned over to the Obama administration by the outgoing Bush administration," Clinton told reporters in Washington. "There is no memorialization of any informal and oral agreements."

President Barack Obama has stood firm in his call for Israel to stop expanding settlements, including that caused by population growth, stating that it violates commitments made by Israel in the 2003 "road map" peace plan.

Clinton said any agreements reached with Israel during the Bush administration did not become part of official U.S. policy. "And there are contrary documents that suggest that they were not to be viewed as in any way contradicting the obligations that Israel undertook pursuant to the road map. And those obligations are very clear."

Clinton Rejects Israeli Claims of an Understanding on Settlements

Washington Post - ‎24 minutes ago‎

By Glenn Kessler Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton forcefully rejected yesterday Israeli claims that the Bush administration had secretly agreed to expanding Jewish settlements on the West Bank, deepening the impasse between the two countries.

Video: Obama's Speech Welcomed by Arabs? - Bloomberg

As US presses Israel, EU may join fray Reuters

Clinton ends jaunt in China

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was interviewed on Chinese TV and called on China to continue financing U.S. debt to prevent further sliding of the world economy.

China has the world's largest foreign reserve account at around US $1.7 trillion.

Clinton attended a service at the Haidian Christian Church in Beijing on Sunday, and met with a group of a group of 22 women's-rights advocates. China is the last stop on Clinton's Asia tour, her first foreign jaunt as secretary of state.





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Clinton urges China to sustain US economic support
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chats with a Chinese church official as she leaves the Haidian Christian Church in Beijing. We're all in this together, ...
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Clinton Urges China to Keep Buying US Debt Voice of America

Hillary Clinton takes reins at State Department

New Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took charge at the State Department after confirmation yesterday.

Clinton greeted employees at the State Department on Thursday and is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and National Security Adviser Jim Jones at the State Department Thursday afternoon.

"I believe with all of my heart that this is a new era for America," Clinton told her colleagues. "President Obama set the tone with his inaugural address.... Robust diplomacy and effective development are the best long term tools for securing America's future," said Clinton to an enthusiastic crowd of about 1000 diplomats and employees.

Clinton is America's 67th secretary of state.

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AP Incoming Secretary of State greets Department of State employees as she arrives Thursday for her first day on the job. WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at her new office in the State Department Thursday morning, ...
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Cheers, Crowds Greet Clinton at State Department Voice of America

Barack Obama introduces security team

Barack Obama and Joe Biden are introducing their new security picks. You can watch live on CNN by clicking the link below:

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream2

Barack Obama to nominate Hillary Clinton on Monday

Democratic officials said that Barack Obama will announce his new security team including Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

Obama is also expected to announce that he is keeping Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a move that is angering his more progressive supporters. He will reportedly appoint General James L. Jones, a retired Marine commandant and NATO supreme commander, as his national security adviser; with Eric H. Holder Jr. a former deputy attorney general, as his choice for attorney general and Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona as secretary of homeland security, the sources said.

Susan E. Rice, a campaign adviser and former assistant secretary of state , will be nominated as ambassador to the United Nations, a position that will be elevated to cabinet level.





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The president-elect, no-drama Barack Obama, is expected to name his new secretary of State, all-drama Hillary Clinton, as early as tomorrow as part of the ...

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Bill Clinton Is Said to Agree to Release Names of Donors New York Times

Clinton to be named Secretary of State after Thanksgiving

According to an anonymous Obama transition aide, the president-elect will nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton for secretary of state after the Nov. 27 Thanksgiving holiday.

Such leaks from the Obama team were rare during the campaign process, but are now common with the transition probably as a means of airing out possible Obama choices.

Should Clinton accept, which seems likely for a number of reasons including husband Bill's willingness to be vetted, she would become the third woman to hold the post. Madeline Albright, who served under Bill Clinton, and current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, are the first two women to serve as secretaries of state.

Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State?

Looks like Sen. Hillary Clinton will be strongly considered for the position of secretary of state based on unusual leaks from the Obama transition team, and a meeting between Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama.

Should Clinton accept it might indicate that she is keeping open the possibility of running for president again in 2016 when she will be 67 years old. In comparison, Sen. John McCain would have been 72 if had won the election.

By becoming secretary of state, Clinton could rack up some executive branch experience and would be better positioned to compete for an Obama endorsement and for his social networking support.

Obama, Clinton meet to talk about her future
CNN International - 47 minutes ago
(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama met with his former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton to see if she would be interested in a role in his administration, two sources told CNN Friday.

Hillary Clinton mum on political future Reuters