Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, as Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, watches before the start of a hearing on the FY2009 war supplemental on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, right, as Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, watches before the start of a hearing on the FY2009 war supplemental on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2009.

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