Hillary Clinton has been endorsed as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state by the US Senate's foreign relations committee.
The final vote on her appointment will be taken in the Senate after the inauguration of Mr Obama on 20 January.
In a farewell speech, Mrs Clinton said she was upbeat about the future and said "this could be one of the golden eras of the Senate".
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