Hillary Clinton FAINTS and suffers concussion just days after insisting she's not too old to run for President in 2016
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By Ap
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has suffered a concussion after a fainting fit Saturday morning and is now recovering at home, officials said today.
The State Department says Clinton was dehydrated because of the virus and that she fainted, causing the concussion.
An aide, Philippe Reines, says Clinton will work from home next week, where she will be monitored by doctors.
Congressional aides do not expect her to testify as 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.
'Secretary Clinton's team contacted Senator [John] Kerry this morning to inform them of the Secretary's concussion,' Jodi Seth, a Kerry spokesperson, said Saturday.
The aides spoke on condition of anonymity
because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss Clinton's status.
Clinton pulled out of a weeklong trip to North Africa and the Middle East because of a stomach virus this week.
At 67, detractors have claimed Clinton's advancing age and health make her too old to realistically serve as a two-term president were she elected in 2016.
'I am, thankfully, knock on wood, not only healthy, but have incredible stamina and energy,' Clinton told Barbara Walters.
Clinton has a history of fainting, having a brief spell in in 2005 during an appearance before a women's group in Buffalo.
By Ap
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has suffered a concussion after a fainting fit Saturday morning and is now recovering at home, officials said today.
The State Department says Clinton was dehydrated because of the virus and that she fainted, causing the concussion.
An aide, Philippe Reines, says Clinton will work from home next week, where she will be monitored by doctors.
Congressional aides do not expect her to testify as 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.
'Secretary Clinton's team contacted Senator [John] Kerry this morning to inform them of the Secretary's concussion,' Jodi Seth, a Kerry spokesperson, said Saturday.
'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.'
Clinton pulled out of a weeklong trip to North Africa and the Middle East because of a stomach virus this week.
At 67, detractors have claimed Clinton's advancing age and health make her too old to realistically serve as a two-term president were she elected in 2016.
'I am, thankfully, knock on wood, not only healthy, but have incredible stamina and energy,' Clinton told Barbara Walters.
Clinton has a history of fainting, having a brief spell in in 2005 during an appearance before a women's group in Buffalo.
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