Clinton Gets Choked up: ‘I Felt Great Pride and Honor Representing the Country’

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HILLARY CLINTON: "Finally, there's one more observation I would like to share. I traveled to 112 countries as secretary of state. Every time I did, I felt great pride and honor representing the country that I love. We need leadership at home to match our leadership abroad. Leadership that puts national security ahead of politics and ideology. Our nation has a long history of bipartisan cooperation on foreign policy and national security. Not that we always agree. Far from it. But we do come together when it counts. As secretary of state, I worked with the Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee to pass a landmark nuclear arms control treaty with Russia. I worked with the Republican leader, senator Mitch McConnell, to open up Burma to democratic change. I know it's possible to find common ground, because I have done it. We should debate on the basis of fact, not fear. We should resist denigrating the patriotism or loyalty of those we disagree. So I'm here despitell the previous investigations and the talk about partisan aagendas, I'm here to honor those we lost and to do what I can to aid those who serve us still. My challenge to you, members of this committee, is the same challenge I put to myself. Let's be worthy of the trust the American people have bestowed upon us. They expect us to lead, to learn the right lessons, to rise above partisanship and to reach for statesmanship. That's what I tried to do every day at setting of state. And it's what I hope we will all strive for here today and into the future."