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The Early Word: The Bill Becomes Law
The Caucus — ... against testing long-rangle missiles. The Times’s Mark Landler reports: “North Korea’s saber rattling has cast a shadow over Mrs. Clinton’s inaugural foreign trip, as has Japan’s deteriorating economy, which was reflected Monday when the government reported the country’s deepest quarterly economic contraction since 1974.” In addition to Japan, Mrs. Clinton plans to visit Indonesia, South Korea and China and the Politico notes that she said she plans to discuss human rights issues while in China.

Sam Black: Hillary Was Right to Downplay Human Rights in China
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently concluded her first trip abroad, where she visited Japan, South Korea, China, and Indonesia. Going into the trip, she stated that human rights would be on the agenda with China: ...