Hillary Clinton Becomes Top U.S. Diplomat

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Hillary Clinton has been sworn in as Secretary of State in President Barack Obama's cabinet.

Clinton was sworn in Monday afternoon by Vice President Joe Biden during a ceremony in Washington D.C.

After the ceremony, which was attended by former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea, the former U.S. senator from New York called the opportunity to serve an "overwhelming honor" and said she would waste no time getting started: "We're hard at work already."

Published 2/2/09 by the Insider