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ABC's Martha Raddatz and NBC's Andrea Mitchell both filed from the State Department as Hillary Rodham Clinton, the new Madame Secretary, was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd of 1,000 pinstripers. She brought her boss, Barack Obama, along with her as she introduced George Mitchell, her envoy to Israel and Palestine, and Richard Holbrooke, her envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan. "There was no greater way to demonstrate the new administration's emphasis on diplomacy," ABC's Raddatz remarked while NBC's Mitchell stated "diplomacy is back" as the rank and file "whooped and hollered." Under George Bush's Presidency, she explained, they felt "overshadowed by the Pentagon and neglected by the White House." CBS folded the State Department ceremonies into Chip Reid's overview of the new President's day.
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