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雅思阅读素材:希拉里.克林顿因血栓住院

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2012年12月31日雅思阅读精选:希拉里.克林顿因血栓住院(From:BBC News)

Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clotafter fall

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasbeen admitted to hospital in New York with ablood clot, officials say.

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 afterbecoming dehydrated.

Mrs Clinton is due to stand down as secretary of state bore US President Barack Obamaofficially begins his second term in January.

Doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up examination on Sunday, her spokesmanPhilippe Reines said.

"She is being treated with anti-coagulants and is at New York-Presbyterian Hospital so thatthey can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours," he said.

"They will determine if any further action is required."

Mrs Clinton is due to give evidence bore a Congressional committee in January inconnection 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, inJanuary 2009.

Her most recent foreign trip was to Dublin earlier this month.

Mrs Clinton, 65, is known for her gruelling travel schedule.

She is the most travelled secretary of state in history, having visited 112 countries while inthe job, the Associated Press says.

Earlier this month, President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry—the MassachusettsDemocrat who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—to replace Mrs Clinton assecretary of state.

She has repeatedly said that she only intended to serve one term in the post.

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