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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/23/2009

A celebrity welcome for Hillary Clinton at State Department

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When a new secretary of State arrives for work at The Building in Foggy Bottom -- which looks like a leftover from the Stalinist school of architecture -- there's an elevator waiting to take the new Cabinet officer from the main entrance on C Street to his or her seventh-floor power ...

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youtube.com - 1/22/2009

Hillary Arrives At The State Department (video)

— youtube.com — January 22, 2009 (more) Hillary Arrives At The State Department (video)

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/22/2009

Clinton Welcomed at State Department

— voices.washingtonpost.com — By Glenn Kessler Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a rousing welcome this morning when she arrived... at Foggy Bottom for the first time, as cheering foreign service and civil service employee packed every inch of the C Street lobby, including ... (more) Clinton Welcomed at State Department

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cnn.com - 1/22/2009

Hillary Clinton sworn in as secretary of state

— cnn.com — Senators voted 94-2 in favor of Clinton's new position Wednesday.... (more) Hillary Clinton sworn in as secretary of state

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State Department staffers compare Rice to Wicked Witch of the West.
Think Progress — ... did that make Condoleezza Rice the Wicked Witch of the West? “You’re on to it,” she said. Another person pointed out to me that after Rice’s arrival in 2005 the tone of official State Department publications changed; they began to praise and glorify Rice. “No prior secretary,” said the twenty-year veteran, “did anything like this.” Clinton was given what the LA Times dubbed a “celebrity welcome” this morning at the State Department. ...