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==Secretary of State==
==Secretary of State==
After [[Barack Obama]] won the election, Hillary was widely speculated to be offered a role in the upcoming Obama Administration. On 1 December 2008 Obama announced that he was nominating Hilary to become his [[Secretary of State]], succeeding [[Condoleezza Rice]] in January 2009.
After [[Barack Obama]] won the election, Hillary was widely speculated to be offered a role in the upcoming Obama Administration. On 1 December 2008 Obama announced that he was nominating Hilary to become his [[Secretary of State]], succeeding [[Condoleezza Rice]] in January 2009.
In August 2009, Clinton took extreme umbrage at a Congolese questioner whom she took to be asking her husband's opinion about US-Congo relations. It later surfaced that the question had been mistranslated; the questioner had actually been asking about Obama's opinion. The incident raised serious questions about her diplomatic skills and fitness for her position. <ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_clinton_i_m_secretary</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==