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Clinton Leaves to Applause, Mixed Record on Middle East

Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mastered the memes of 21st century diplomacy but her substantive legacy, especially on the Middle East, is thin.
U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down to testify on the September attack on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya during a hearing held by  the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 23, 2013.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES  - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)   - RTR3CUCY

One more day, one more standing ovation. Hillary Clinton received the accolades of the Council on Foreign Relations Thursday in her last major public appearance before leaving office Friday [Feb. 1] as secretary of state.

Clinton asserted that the US was far “stronger at home and more respected in the world” than when she and President Barack Obama took office four years ago.

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