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By CBS News State Department reporter Charles Wolfson
It was standing room only for the confirmation hearing of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, President-elect Barack Obama’s expected secretary of state.
More than a hundred spectators lined up early and many had to wait their turn to enter the hearing room in the Senate’s Hart Office Building.
Inside it was clear this was no ordinary hearing. Seats were reserved for diplomats from a number of interested countries including Egypt and Iraq. The French Ambassador, Pierre Vimont, arrived early and chatted with journalists and committee staff members.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
More than a hundred spectators lined up early and many had to wait their turn to enter the hearing room in the Senate’s Hart Office Building.
Inside it was clear this was no ordinary hearing. Seats were reserved for diplomats from a number of interested countries including Egypt and Iraq. The French Ambassador, Pierre Vimont, arrived early and chatted with journalists and committee staff members.
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