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Hillary's Powersuits

Hillary Clinton may cut loose with a brilliant blue pantsuit on the road, but at home she blends in with subdued tones. The Daily Beast's new style columnist, Kate Betts, on why the secretary can't mix style with substance like Michelle Obama.

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak accompanied Clinton on a visit to the Korean War Memorial on Monday for a wreath laying to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the start of the war.

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President Obama, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, Clinton, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at a press conference on the new nuclear arms reduction treaty between the U.S. and Russia on March 26, 2010.

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Clinton and Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou arrive to greet reporters at the State Department on March 8, 2010.

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Clinton meets with local business owner Maria Laura Gillen during the Third Ministerial Meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica on March 4, 2010.

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Clinton leaves after meeting with Brazilian Senate President Jose Sarney at the National Congress in Brasilia on March 3, 2010.

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Clinton arrives for the royal gala dinner hosted by the Queen of Denmark, during the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen on Dec. 17, 2009.

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Clinton walks with U.S Ambassador to Afghan Karl Eikenberry after arriving on November 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Clinton arrives for a news conference with Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle at the State Department on November 5, 2009.

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Members of Obama's cabinet listen as he addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on September 9, 2009.

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Clinton reviews an honor guard by U.N. Indian policewomen during a welcoming ceremony at Roberts international airport near Monrovia on Aug. 13, 2009.

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Clinton welcomes Switzerland's Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for talks at the State Department on July 31, 2009.

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Clinton talks with Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi just prior to a bilateral meeting on July 23, 2009 at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Phuket, Thailand.

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Clinton pauses during her meeting with Panama's foreign minister to comment on the fate of journalist Roxana Saberi in Iran at the State Department in Washington on April 8, 2009.

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Clinton arrives at the opening of the NATO summit at the Kurhaus on April 3, 2009 in Baden Baden, Germany.

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Clinton walks with Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht as she arrives for a NATO and EU dinner at the Egmont Palace in Brussels on March 4, 2009.

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