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                   Clinton Steps Down as Secy of State Friday

   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is stepping down Friday as her
   replacement, Senator John Kerry, is to be sworn in to replace her.
   Clinton plans to address State Department employees at mid-afternoon
   before leaving her post. In a private ceremony, Kerry will be sworn in
   as the second secretary of state of the Obama administration.
   At his confirmation hearing, the soon-to-be-former Massachusetts
   senator told his colleagues he believes Clinton has set a high mark for
   "tireless efforts." For her part, Clinton has said she is looking
   forward to the next chapter in her life.
   Although she has not confirmed her intention to run again for
   president, there is widespread speculation that she will be a candidate
   in 2016, just as she was in 2008, when she eventually lost the
   Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.
   Kerry will be the 68th U.S. secretary of state since the nation`s first
   president, George Washington, named Thomas Jefferson to the post in
   1789. Jefferson took office as president eight years later.
   Kerry officially starts work on Monday.
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