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LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF HILLARY CLINTON

am deeply grateful for the trust—and keenly aware of the
responsibility—that the president-elect has placed in me
to serve our country and our people at a time of such grave
dangers, and great possibilities. If confirmed, I will accept
the duties of the office with gratitude, humility, and firm
determination to represent the United States as energeti-
cally and faithfully as I can.
At the same time I must confess that sitting across the
table from so many colleagues brings me sadness too. I love
the Senate. And if you confirm me for this new role, it will
be hard to say good-bye to so many members, Republicans
and Democrats, whom I have come to know, admire, and
respect deeply, and to the institution where I have been so
proud to serve on behalf of the people of New York for the
past eight years.
But I assure you that I will be in frequent consultation
and conversation with the members of this committee, with
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the appropriations
committees, and with Congress as a whole. And I look for-
ward to working with my good friend, Vice President–elect
Biden, who has been a valued colleague in the Senate and
valued chairman of this committee.
For me, consultation is not a catch-word. It is a com-
mitment. The president-elect and I believe that we must
return to the time-honored principle of bipartisanship in
our foreign policy—an approach that past presidents of
both parties, as well as members of this committee, have

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