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"Inaugural chic" is percolating at Isabelle’s Okyo Salon, home of the trusted hairdresser for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. John F. Kerry, among others. (Art Soiree)

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After Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raced to Israel on Tuesday in an attempt to de-escalate violence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would be a “willing partner” to implement a cease-fire with the Islamic militant group Hamas. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) holds a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

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U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice is not fit to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state because she misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, according to a letter sent by 97 House Republicans. (Associated Press)

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President Obama is given flowers as he and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) arrive on Air Force One at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012, to attend the East Asia Summit. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left in foreground) and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sit together before President Obama speaks Nov. 19, 2012, at University of Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar. (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra toast during a official dinner as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on from right at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, rear, tour the Viharn of the Reclining Buddha with Chaokun Suthee Thammanuwat, the Dean, Faculty of Buddhism Assistant to the Abbot of Wat Phra Chetuphon at the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with South Australia Gov. Kevin Scarce and other officials at Government House in Adelaide, Australia Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)

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**FILE** United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) speaks Jan. 31, 2012, to Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, at United Nations headquarters as British Foreign Secretary William Hague listens to Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari address to a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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The shadow of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen as she speaks Nov. 13, 2012, at University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s listing of an operative of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a “specially designated global terrorist” is the first such listing since September. (Associated Press)

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associated press U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Pristina, Kosovo, after meeting Wednesday with ethnic Serbs, who want independence or incorporation into an expanded Serbia. The U.S. and EU say that is not possible.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Zagreb international airport, Croatia, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Clinton is currently touring northern Africa and southeast Europe. (AP Photo/Damir Sencar, Pool)