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Secretary of state returns to work after health scare
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- Date Jan 8, 2013
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-- are the only suspect in custody in connection with the September 11 attack on the US consulate and -- Ghazi.
Has been released according to the Asia ordering the release of -- hard side.
Do the lack of evidence for Americans were killed including the US ambassador to Libya Cris Stevens.
Meantime we could be hearing testimony soon from secretary of state Hillary Clinton on the big Ghazi attack Clinton returning to work after a month of battling health issues.
Molly Henneberg is live in Washington.
War on all of this good morning Molly.
Good morning Ainsley and -- -- -- and she'll testify we don't know but the State Department says she -- And congress is in recess until January 21 so presumably sometime shortly after that.
She will testify she will testify while she is still sitting secretary of state she is prepared to do it in open session if that's what -- the committees with life.
My understanding is that that's what they would like but obviously we're still talking to them.
Secretary Clinton returned to work yesterday after a rough December where she dealt with a bad stomach virus severe dehydration.
A concussion and a blood clot near her skull.
And to welcome her back -- staff showed a bit of humor after all of Clinton's medical troubles.
Giving her a helmet and a Jersey and telling her that quote Washington is a contact sport.
The State Department says while the secretary was recovering she was working by phone including phone conversations with her likely replacement democratic Senator John Kerry.
President Obama has nominated him to be the next secretary of state after Clinton steps down after four years on the job.
She has been talking to him virtually non -- she's had apparently had.
Considered daily phone calls a number of phone calls.
He is -- in the building today that as I said last week she is.
A 100% committed to having the smoothest possible transition to helping him as much as possible and should be available as much as he needs -- Secretary Clinton has said that she and Senator Kerry are working on ways to implement the recommendations of the independent review board.
Studying the -- got the attack which criticized leadership and management in parts of the State Department.
That's you -- in New York are right thank you Molly and it is --