Hillary Rodham Clinton

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong meet at the Prime Minister's Office in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendon Smialowski, Pool)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh pose for a photo at the Government Guest House in Hanoi on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens July 7, 2012, during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Clinton announced that President Obama had designated Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally shortly after arriving in the country for talks with Karzai. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on July 8, 2012, before the start of an international conference in Tokyo on Afghan civilian assistance. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar poses July 8, 2012, before a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Tokyo. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, walks with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Saturday, July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, greets troops before departing Kabul International Airport Saturday July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend the "Friends of Syria" conference in Paris on July 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

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"What we have done here is to strip away the fiction that ... those with blood on their hands can stay in power," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. (Associated Press)