[00:03.52]From VOA Learning English, [00:06.68]this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. [00:10.70]American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is at home [00:15.55]after a stay in a New York hospital, [00:18.92]where she was treated for a blood clot. [00:22.47]Her doctors say she is making excellent progress. [00:27.19]A State Department spokeswoman said [00:30.24]Mrs. Clinton plans to return to her office next week. [00:35.30]Last month, the 65-year-old diplomat [00:39.76]suffered a stomach virus that caused her to be dehydrated [00:44.96]-- lacking enough fluids in her body. [00:48.22]She fell and hit her head while she was sick. [00:52.94]In a normal medical examination following the accident, [00:57.84]doctors discovered the blood clot [01:00.54]between her brain and her skull, [01:03.81]a sinus venous thrombosis. [01:06.56]She is currently taking medicine called blood thinners [01:10.67]to break up the blood clot. [01:13.53]Dr. Ben Wedro works in a Wisconsin trauma center. [01:18.04]Dr. Wedro describes a blood clot. [01:21.14]"Blood pools and it doesn't flow. [01:23.50]Blood that doesn't flow, clots. [01:25.01]That's a good thing when it's outside the blood vessels. [01:26.85]Not a good thing when it's inside the blood." [01:29.06]Most common blood clots occur in the leg. [01:32.61]This can be deadly if the clot moves to a lung [01:36.92]and blocks the flow of blood to the heart. [01:40.84]Mrs. Clinton suffered a blood clot in her leg in 1998. [01:46.44]She once said that it was the biggest health threat she had ever faced. [01:52.55]Mrs. Clinton's health problems of the past month [01:56.66]have caused her to cancel trips and important meetings. [02:01.52]She had been expected to testify before Congress [02:07.38]about the attack on the American diplomatic office in Benghazi, Libya. [02:13.84]A possibility remains that she will still appear [02:18.00]before Congress about the issue in the future. [02:21.62]On Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said [02:27.53]Mrs. Clinton had continued to work while in the hospital. [02:32.35]"She has been talking to her staff, including today. [02:36.31]She has been quite active on the phone with all of us. [02:40.61]But she also made some calls on Saturday to a couple of foreign officials." [02:47.12]She reportedly made calls to discuss the issues of Syria, [02:51.97]Afghanistan and financial support for the Palestinian Authority. [02:58.23]Since Mrs. Clinton began serving as secretary of state in two thousand nine, [03:04.29]she has visited one hundred twelve countries. [03:08.30]She has traveled more than any secretary of state in United States history. [03:14.80]She plans to retire from the position [03:17.70]once President Obama's nominee for the job, [03:21.57]Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, is confirmed by the Senate. [03:27.00]Mr. Kerry, a Democrat, is currently the chairman of [03:31.57]the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [03:34.58]He attended Yale University and served for a short time in Vietnam [03:40.89]after he completed his studies. [03:44.00]John Kerry was awarded two combat medals and three Purple Hearts, [03:51.37]which are given to those wounded in war. [03:54.52]He was elected to the Senate in nineteen eighty-two. [03:58.73]He has been known to support free trade and environmental protection. [04:05.63]In two thousand four, Mr. Kerry won the Democratic Party presidential nomination. [04:12.68]He ran against President George W. Bush and lost the election by about two percent. [04:20.91]With Mrs. Clinton's retirement and health problems, [04:25.00]many people are trying to predict if she will campaign for president in 2016. [04:32.51]In 2008, she lost the Democratic Party nomination to Barack Obama. [04:39.37]In an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters in December, [04:45.12]she said, right now, she does not have any intention of running for office.

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