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| Hillary Clinton 'in hospital' with blood clot | Hillary Clinton 'in hospital' with blood clot |
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| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been admitted to hospital in New York with a blood clot, officials say. | |
| Mrs Clinton suffered a concussion earlier this month after fainting and falling down. | Mrs Clinton suffered a concussion earlier this month after fainting and falling down. |
| At the time, she was reported to have had a stomach virus and to have passed out after becoming dehydrated. | At the time, she was reported to have had a stomach virus and to have passed out after becoming dehydrated. |
| Mrs Clinton is due to stand down as secretary of state before US President Barack Obama officially begins his second term in January. | Mrs Clinton is due to stand down as secretary of state before US President Barack Obama officially begins his second term in January. |
| Doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up examination on Sunday, her spokesman Philippe Reines said. | |
| Mrs Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants. She was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where she will remain for the next 48 hours so that doctors can monitor her medication. | |
| She is expected back at her desk on Monday, Mr Reines said. | |
| Mrs Clinton is due to give evidence before a Congressional committee on 10 January in connection with the attack in September on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi. | |
| The US ambassador to Libya and three American officials were killed in the incident. | |
| Mrs Clinton was appointed secretary of state at the start of Mr Obama's first term, in January 2009. | |
| Her most recent foreign trip was to Dublin earlier this month. |