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Hillary in Africa

Three weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned to the region for a sweeping, 11-day, seven-country tour. What both dignitaries shared, besides rock star-worthy receptions, was a rhetoric urging political reform, extolling good governance, and affirming Africa's "promise."

BY ADITI NANGIA | AUGUST 13, 2009

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Movers and shakers: Since taking office in January, Clinton has always gone far beyond the speechmaking, tree-planting, and handshaking typical of foreign secretaries the world over. She has brought to her position a certain joie de vivre rarely, if ever, displayed by her predecessors and displays a gusto that is increasingly not only accepted but rather expected of her. In a continent that remembers her fondly as a first lady, Clinton is a major celebrity. Above, the secretary dances with some Masai after addressing the African Growth and Opportunity Act forum in Kenya on Aug. 5.

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