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Hillary Clinton taking some R&R

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, (RC) stands with husband former President Bill Clinton, mother Dorothy Rodham, and daughter Chelsea at a campaign event at the National Building Museum in Washington on June 7, 2008. Clinton formally suspended her campaign for president and endorsed Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott) 
Published: June 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM

WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is taking time off from Congress to spend time with her family to recover from campaigning, friends and aides said.

She isn't expected to return to her congressional duties until July 7-8, after the Fourth of July recess, sources told The Hill.

"People understand this is a transition for her," Sen. Bob Casey Jr. , D-Pa., said.

Philippe Reines, Clinton's Senate spokesman said in a statement New York's junior senator "took some well-deserved R&R with her family last week, and she'll be back here before you know it. In the meantime, she continues to work for New York and America, and she'll be fighting harder than ever for the issues she has throughout her public life."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who supported Clinton's presidential bid, said the senator and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, "wanted to go somewhere private and far away where she could rest."

Topics: Philippe Reines, Hillary Rodham Clinton
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