adminto US lawmakers about the findings of the investigation into September’s militant attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
The normally indefatigable Clinton, who in her four years as the top US diplomat has travelled, almost a million miles visiting 112 countries, was “recovering” but plans to stay away from the office this week, her top aide Philippe Reines said.
“While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion,” he added in a statement, without giving further details of what happened.
Her doctors said Clinton had experienced “extreme dehydration, and subsequently fainted. Over the course of this week, we evaluated her and ultimately determined she had also sustained a concussion.”
Her doctors said they had recommended “she continue to rest and avoid any strenuous activity, and strongly advised her to cancel all work events for the coming week.”
They added that they would continue to monitor her progress.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama has chosen Senator John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as US secretary of state, news networks CNN and ABC reported Saturday. Asked for comment, the White House did not immediately confirm the reports, but Kerry is seen as a frontrunner for the role.
Last Thursday, Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, withdrew her name from consideration for the secretary of state post, effectively elevating Kerry to the prohibitive favourite.
Rice had come under fire over controversial statements about the deadly September 11 attack on a US mission in Libya, and some Republican lawmakers had vowed to block her path to becoming top diplomat. — AFP.
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