WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that she aims to "renew America's leadership" in a world that has undergone an "extraordinary transformation" since the end of the Cold War and is now facing "great peril." Sen. Hillary Clinton poses for pictures with Sens. John Kerry, right, and Dick Lugar, left. Speaking during her confirmation hearing for the position of secretary of state, she also called the current U.S. engagement in Afghanistan the "greatest priority for the president-elect." Clinton completed her testimony on Tuesday. The committee is expected to vote on her nomination on Thursday.
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Hillary Clinton says protecting U.S. interests would be her "overriding duty"
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Says Afghanistan is President-elect Obama's "greatest priority"
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Withdrawal from Iraq also a prime task, secretary of state nominee says
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Foresees diplomacy and sanctions in dealings with Iran
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