“My accomplishments as Secretary of State? Well, I'm glad you asked. My proudest accomplishment in which I take the most pride, mostly because of the opposition it faced early on, you know. The remnants of prior situations and mindsets that were too narrowly focused in a manner whereby they may have overlooked the bigger picture and we didn't do that. Very proud. I would say that's a major accomplishment.”

Claimed to be from a speech in letter to the editor by Scott Boyer. " Hillary Clinton: A killer public speaker http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/mailbag/hillary-clinton-a-killer-public-speaker/article_c8a22488-10e7-11e4-8550-001a4bcf887a.html", Missoulian (). There is no record of Hillary Clinton having engaged in a public appearance on this date, nor any news account or transcript recording such a quote, according to snopes.com ( "Stating the Oblivious" http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/achievements.asp).
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