UPDATE: 12/16/12 10:20 A.M. EST
After suffering from a concussion it has been announced that Hillary Clinton will no longer testify before Congress about the investigation into the deaths of four Americans in the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack.
The Hill reports:
Clinton will not testify as scheduled before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Jodi Seth, a spokeswoman for Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.).
The State Department told Kerry of Clinton’s concussion on Saturday morning, and, when he heard, Kerry insisted that she not attend the hearing.
“Senator Kerry was relieved to hear that the secretary is on the mend, but he insisted that given her condition, she could not and should not appear on Thursday as previously planned, and that the nation’s best interests are served by the report and hearings proceeding as scheduled with senior officials appearing in her place,” Seth said.
Two of Clinton’s deputies Tom Nides and Bill Burns are said to testify in her place.
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The Associated Press reports this morning that Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has suffered a concussion after fainting as is now recovering at home.
It is being reported that she fainted from dehydration after suffering from a type of stomach flu.
The AP reports:
The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting.
She’s now recovering at home and being monitored by doctors.
An aide, Philippe Reines, says Clinton will work from home next week, at the recommendation of doctors.
It appears the Secretary of the State is scheduled at congressional hearings on Thursday into the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador but Congressional aides do not expect her to testify.
The site also reports:
The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to publicly discuss Clinton’s status. Clinton backed out of a trip to North Africa and the Persian Gulf on Monday because she was sick. She caught the virus during a recent visit to Europe.
SOURCE: AP
