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Hillary sworn in as Secretary of State - takes over Condoleezza Rice Position

Thursday, January 22, 2009

In an inevitable act, Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the 67th Secretary of State early in the afternoon on Wednesday. The nomination was approved by a vote of 94-2. She was sworn in by D.C. appeals court Associate Judge Kathleen Oberly. The bible used belonged to her late father in a ceremony in her Senate Office.
In the vote for her confirmation, the two senators who voted against her were two Republicans, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, and David Vitter of Louisiana. After the ceremony, ex-Senator Hillary Clinton submitted her resignation from the Senate. Governor Paterson of New York wll now appoint a replacement in the Senate. Originally, Hillary Clinton was to be confirmed on Tuesday, but had an objection of Republican John Cornyn of Texas. In a statement, Cornyn said that his decision was made not because of Hillary, but because of her husband Bill Clinton, as he wanted to see more information come to surface about the foundation run by Bill Clinton. Cornyn says,My concern is not whether our colleague Sen. Clinton is qualified to be secretary of state or not. She is," Cornyn said. "But we should not let our respect for Sen. Clinton or our admiration for the many good works of the Clinton Foundation blind us to the danger of perceived conflicts of interest caused by the [foundation's] solicitation of hundreds of millions of dollars from foreign and some domestic sources," he said. "The perception and reality must be that the office of secretary of state is viewed around the world as beyond reproach."
In a supportive role, a competitor of Hillary from the Republican side of the bench, John McCain said, "I think we ought to let Sen. Clinton, who is obviously qualified and obviously will serve, get to work immediately."
It will be interesting as history will inevitabally parallel Hillary Clinton with the successes and failures of Condoleezza Rice, the prior Secretary of State who served under President Bush.

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