Hillary Clinton Emerges From State Department As Dogged Diplomat

As Clinton Departs State Post, Complex Portrait Emerges
Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on 'American leadership' on January 31, 2013 at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. The address was scheduled to be her last public address as secretary of state. She will be stepping down on February 1 to be replaced by John Kerry. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on 'American leadership' on January 31, 2013 at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. The address was scheduled to be her last public address as secretary of state. She will be stepping down on February 1 to be replaced by John Kerry. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Last summer, as the fighting in Syria raged and questions about the United States’ inaction grew, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conferred privately with David H. Petraeus, the director of the C.I.A. The two officials were joining forces on a plan to arm the Syrian resistance.

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