Barack Obama: “I just wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you, because I…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2013

I just wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you, because I think Hillary will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state we've had.

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Interview of President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton with Steve Kroft of CBS's '60 Minutes'

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