US State Department officials say Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
is recuperating at home after sustaining a stroke of dehydration on
Saturday.
Clinton fell ill due to a stomach virus last week. She was forced to
cancel a planned trip to Morocco to attend an international conference
on Syria.
She was expected to testify before Congress this week on the attack
on the US consulate in Libya in September that killed the US ambassador
and 3 other Americans. But she will be unable to appear for the
congressional hearings.
Clinton has already made clear her intention to step down. During her
4 years in office, she visited 112 countries, the most as a US
secretary of state.
US media have reported that President Barack Obama has picked Senator
John Kerry to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has
decided to leave office.
They say Obama is expected to make the announcement in a few days.
69-year-old Kerry, currently serving as chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, was the Democratic nominee for president in 2004.
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