by
Tony Lee
This comment says it all:
After Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye (D), who was third in the line of succession as president pro tempore of the Senate, died on Monday, concerns about the health of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is fourth in the line of succession, became even more important -- and relevant.
On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden
swore in Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) as president pro tempore of the Senate
and he now, as the Senate’s most senior member, is third in the line of
succession to the presidency.
Clinton, who is fourth in line, is recovering from a concussion she
suffered last week when she fell after a stomach virus left her
dehydrated.
The State Department revealed Clinton's
medical condition on Saturday. As a result of her ill health and
concussion, Clinton will not be testifying this week, as she had been
scheduled to, when the House and Senate hold hearings about Benghazi and
Clinton's actions -- or lack thereof -- in the months leading up to the
terrorists attacks that killed four Americans, including U.S.
Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
Clinton told
Barbara Walters in an interview taped before she suffered her
concussion that she was “not only healthy” but had “incredible stamina
and energy.”
A State Department official on Monday, though, said Clinton
suffered the concussion early last week when she fell after being
dehydrated due to a stomach virus, but the concussion was diagnosed on
Thursday.
When reporters asked State Department spokesperson
Philippe Reines on that Thursday to provide more details about Clinton's
medical condition after she had cancelled a pre-planned trip to Morocco
earlier in the week, Reines simply told reporters that “she had seen her doctors and was home," without providing additional details.
A neurologist told ABC News that the “most important thing is for” Clinton “to get rest. No e-mails. No working.”
However, State Department Spokesperson
Victoria Nuland on Monday said Clinton has the completed Independent
Advisory Review Board’s Benghazi review and report.
"She now has it," Nuland told reporters on Monday of the report that will be released to members of Congress this week.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), who defeated Republican Christine
O'Donnell in 2010, had been, as the Senate's presiding officer, third
in the line of succession until Biden had sworn in Leahy, since the
Senate had not adjourned when Inouye died. This comment says it all:
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