Back On The Job, Clinton Presented With Football Helmet After Concussion

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 11:52am

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was presented with a gift from her staff: protective head gear -- a football helmet with the State Department logo on the side as well as a football jersey with the number 112 on it, for the number of countries the secretary visited during her four-year tenure.

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