By Osagie Alonge
Hillary Rodham Clinton has formally resigned as America’s 67th secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited.
Clinton resigned on Friday, February 1, 2013, stating that it was an honour working with Barrack Obama.
In a letter sent to President Barack Obama shortly before she was to leave the State Department for the last time in her official capacity, Clinton thanked her former foe for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination for the opportunity to serve in his administration.
‘I am more convinced than ever in the strength and staying power of America’s global leadership and our capacity to be a force for good in the world’, she said in the letter.
Her resignation will be effective on the swearing-in of her successor, John Kerry, who was to take the oath of office in a private ceremony later Friday.
