`I believe with all of my heart that this is a new era for America,` she said to loud applause in the main lobby of the department`s headquarters, which President Barack Obama visited later in the day to underscore his administration`s commitment to diplomacy. With Obama at her side in the ornate Ben Franklin Room, Clinton introduced former Senate Majority Leader George J Mitchell, D-Maine, as a special envoy for the Middle East. Former UN ambassador Richard Holbrooke was announced as a special adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Image: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton applauds as President Barack Obama congratulates Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, on January 22, at the State Department in Washington.
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