

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is silhouetted by a stage light as she speaks at the University of the Western Cape about the US-South Africa partnership, in Cape Town Aug. 8, 2012. She stepped down from her post Feb. 1, 2013. Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (r.) calls a time-out during a multiple question from an Indian journalist, as India's Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna smiles during their news conference at the US-India Strategic Dialogue in Washington, June 13, 2012. Gary Cameron/Reuters
Actress Meryl Streep uses her iPhone to get a photo of her and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton after the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala at the State Department in Washington, Dec. 1, 2012. Kevin Wolf/AP
President Obama (2nd l.) and Vice President Joe Biden (l.), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Also pictured are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd r.) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates (r.).
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with workers as she visits Partners in Health Cholera Treatment Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 30, 2012. Alex Brandon/AP
Clinton signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation along with others at the end of the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 23, 2010. She urged Asian nations to vigorously enforce the latest United Nations sanctions against North Korea. Hoang Dinh Nam/AP
Secretary Gates (l.) and Clinton participate in a ceremony at the Korean War Memorial. Gates has called upon the State Department to participate more vigorously in duties such as nation-building as a foreign-policy goal. Mark Wilson/AP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (l.) and Clinton (center, right) toured a craft bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan, in mid-July as they attended an international conference. Clinton reaffirmed the US commitment to a stable Afghanistan while Karzai promised to take control of the country’s security forces. Paul J. Richards/AP
Clinton met with Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, at the presidential residence in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 4, 2010. Clinton emphasized the need for democracy in talks with the authoritarian leader. Drew Angerer/AP
Clinton attended a meeting with Ukraine's foreign minister, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, in early July during a tour of former Soviet-bloc countries. Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters
In March, Clinton met with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (l.) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
On her arrival at the airport in Chile after a devastating earthquake, Clinton was greeted by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. She arrived in the capital, Santiago, with communications equipment to help the aid operations as Chilean troops patrolled in the wake of the country’s magnitude-8.8 quake. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
US President Obama and Clinton toured the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo in June 2009. Larry Downing/Reuters