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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.