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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the release of diplomatic documents on WikiLeaks on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses during a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta listens during a meeting between U.S. and Afghan delegations at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, talks about human rights abuses in Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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India's defense minister, Arackaparambil Kurian Antony, will meet with U.S. defense, State Department and national security officials Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell (center) arrives to update reporters on the peace talks among Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States as negotiations continued at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts the relaunch of peace talks at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Former British Prime Minister and Middle East quartet envoy Tony Blair looks to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, not seen, as they meet, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee exchange documents after signing the U.S.-India Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, during a ceremony at the State Department, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee clasp hands after signing the U.S.-India Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy during a ceremony at the State Department, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Robert Einhorn (right), the State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, and Daniel Glaser, the Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, appear at a press conference in Seoul on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a joint press availability with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, not shown, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates listen to a question during a news conference at the State Department in Washington in 2009. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** State Department legal adviser Harold Koh speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in December 2005. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)