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Clinton nomination passes Senate hurdle (AFP)

 
AFP - Secretary of state-designate Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to clear up the "fog" of the past eight years' US diplomacy after her nomination cleared a key hurdle in the Senate. (link)

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