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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raises her glass for a toast during a State Dinner

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will on Friday step down as America's top diplomat.

Before Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is sworn-in to replace her, rediff.com looks back at some of the candid moments during Hillary's tenure as US Secretary of State.

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Hillary'ious' Clinton at work

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Hillary Clinton responds forcefully to intense questioning on the September attacks on US diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Hillary Clinton reacts during a joint news conference in Kabul on July 7, 2012, during which the United States named Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally -- a move that reinforced Washington's message to Afghans that they will not be abandoned as the war winds down

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Hillary Clinton winks after being handed a pillow for her back while speaking at the Senate Appropriations Committee

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Hillary Clinton confers with Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at a State Department event to discuss international support for increasing women's access to mobile technology, at the State Department in Washington

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Hillary Clinton adjusts her make-up before a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels

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Hillary Clinton calls a time-out during a multiple question from an Indian journalist, as India's former foreign minister S M Krishna smiles during their news conference at the US-India Strategic Dialogue in Washington June 13, 2012

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Hillary Clinton shares a laugh with former Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi after their meeting at the Sate Department in Washington, March 24, 2010

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Hillary trips and falls to the floor while embarking her aircraft after completing a visit to Yemen. She was unhurt

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had just accidentally dropped all of her briefing papers onto the Oval Office rug and she, the President and Vice President all reacted in a way that indicated that surely this photographer wouldn't get a photo of that to embarrass her

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Chelsea Clinton listens as her mother, Senator Hillary Clinton, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Hillary hugs Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they meet at Suu Kyi's house in Yangon December 2

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Hillary reacts as she watches a video highlighting her career at the 2012 Saban Forum on U.S.-Israel Relations gala dinner at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, November 30, 2012

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Hillary Clinton is assisted by a technician in adjusting her translation device during a news conference at the US embassy in Kenya's capital Nairobi

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Hillary winks after addressing an event to discuss leveraging AIDS response during the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, September 26, 2012

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