Hillary Clinton gets concussion after fainting

[Bukyanagandi]

The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week
because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting from dehydration.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sustained a concussion after fainting from dehydration at her home early last week, her office disclosed Saturday.

Clinton, 65, has been suffering from a stomach virus and had to cancel a trip to Morocco and the Persian Gulf on Monday.

Philippe Reines, a State Department spokesman, said Clinton became dehydrated because of the virus and fainted, sustaining the concussion. He said she has been under the care of doctors.


"At their recommendation, she will continue to work from home next week, staying in regular contact with department and other officials," Reines said in a statement. "She is looking forward to being back in the office soon."


Because of her illness, she will not testify at congressional hearings on Thursday about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, according to a statement from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
In her place, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Deputy Secretary of State for Management Thomas Nides are scheduled to appear before the House committee and likely its Senate counterpart, the Foreign Relations Committee.


The Obama administration faces lingering questions about the episode, in which U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, including whether Stevens had sufficient security and what U.S. officials knew before they blamed the attack on a protest over an anti-Islam video. Later intelligence showed that there was no protest and that the heavily armed attackers were linked to extremist militias.


The Accountability Review Board appointed by the State Department is expected to complete its report on the Benghazi attacks this week. The board's two leaders, Ambassador Thomas Pickering and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen are scheduled to provide a closed-door, classified briefing for the two congressional committees on Wednesday.


Clinton, who has traveled to more countries than any previous secretary of state, developed a virus after returning from a trip to Europe. Several members of her staff also were ill.


Clinton has said that she will leave the job after the Senate confirms a successor. One of the leading candidates, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, withdrew from consideration on Thursday, saying Republican opposition to her because of statements she made on television talk shows five days after the Benghazi attack would have distracted the president from other objectives.

Obama is expected to nominate Sen. John F. Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat and former presidential candidate, early this week.

 

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[Nonda]

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants.

link Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

 

[Nonda]

LINK Hillary Clinton hospitalized after doctors discover blood clot - CNN.com

 

[Sumasuma]

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been admitted to hospital in New York with a blood clot, officials say.
Mrs Clinton suffered a concussion earlier this month after fainting and falling down.
At the time, she was reported to have had a stomach virus and to have passed out after becoming dehydrated.
Mrs Clinton is due to stand down as secretary of state before US President Barack Obama officially begins his second term in January.
Doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up examination on Sunday, her spokesman Philippe Reines said.
Mrs Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants. She was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where she will remain for the next 48 hours so that doctors can monitor her medication.
She is expected back at her desk on Monday, Mr Reines said.
Mrs Clinton is due to give evidence before a Congressional committee on 10 January in connection with the attack in September on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
The US ambassador to Libya and three American officials were killed in the incident.
Mrs Clinton was appointed secretary of state at the start of Mr Obama's first term, in January 2009.
Her most recent foreign trip was to Dublin earlier this month.

 

[Bantugbro]

I see everyone is busy re-posting similar links but none has started the discussion. IMHO, the madame is faking the disease to escape facing congressional committee over the Benghazi saga. Buying time tactics, given that her term in office will end in the next few weeks... It is important to remember that the saga has already cost the jobs of General Patreus, Rice, and many low ranking officials in the dept of state. Things are not looking good to the prince himself anyways, now the media attention is focused on the so-called fiscal cliff, good timing madame...:confused2:

 

[Mamndenyi]

siyo utani watu wanafanya kazi hadi mwili unakauka maji, haya linganisha na wa kwetu tuone.

 

[Natalia]

I see everyone is busy re-posting similar links but none has started the discussion. IMHO, the madame is faking the disease to escape facing congressional committee over the Benghazi saga. Buying time tactics, given that her term in office will end in the next few weeks... It is important to remember that the saga has already cost the jobs of General Patreus, Rice, and many low ranking officials in the dept of state. Things are not looking good to the prince himself anyways, now the media attention is focused on the so-called fiscal cliff, good timing madame...:confused2:

Hillary too fake