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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is comfortable in her position as President Barack Obama's top diplomat and has been consistently involved in foreign policy decisions despite a fractured elbow that kept her out of the limelight for a month.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took on Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh Sunday, shooting down their accusations that he had abandoned the Republican Party while continuing to dish out advice to the GOP.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was en route to the Hague on Monday, set for her first contact with Iran at an international meeting and seeking support for Washington's new war strategy in Afghanistan.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will pay a visit Wednesday to an unhappy neighbor that blames America for many of its problems.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke in Jakarta about her decision to work for the person who defeated her for the presidential nomination.

Hillary Clinton won U.S. Senate approval as secretary of state on Wednesday despite renewed Republican concerns about potential conflicts of interest created by her husband's foreign fundraising.

The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on whether to confirm Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Hillary Rodham Clinton will not be confirmed as secretary of state Tuesday because of a single senator's objection.

The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of State, endorsing President-elect Barack Obama's promise to take U.S. foreign policy in a new direction.