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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participate in a joint briefing at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Open Government Partnership high-level meeting at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Attending a State Department dinner on Monday, July 11, 2011, in Washington after talks by the Quartet of Mideast peacekeepers are (from left) U.N. Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Quartet's representative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Harold Koh, a State Department lawyer, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Libya and the War Powers Resolution on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Harold Koh, the U.S. State Department legal adviser, speaks in Geneva in November 2010. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a joint news conference with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzberg (not shown) at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, June 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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President Obama delivers a speech on the Middle East at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seated at right, and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is seen at left. (Associated Press)
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President Obama delivers a policy address on events in the Middle East at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb (not shown) on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned Sunday from the post he'd held since May 2009, after causing a stir by describing the Army's treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker as "ridiculous" and "stupid." (Associated Press)
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives for a luncheon for Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Chinese President Hu Jintao shares a toast with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a luncheon in Mr. Hu's honor at the State Department on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about China on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about China, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (left), Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan observe a moment of silence for the victims of the latest attacks in South Korea by North Korea before the start of their trilateral meeting at the State Department on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Kennedy Center honoree Oprah Winfrey and her longtime beau, Stedman Graham, pose on the red carpet on arrival at the State Department in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Kennedy Center honorees (from second from left) Jerry Herman, Merle Haggard, Bill T. Jones and Paul McCartney while waiting for Oprah Whitney to arrive for a group photo after a dinner at the State Department in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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STATE SECRETS: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a statement at the State Department on Monday on the release of classified documents on the WikiLeaks website. (AP Photo)
