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Hillary Clinton's Best Moments Abroad (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: Hillary's Best Moments Abroad
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On Friday, Hillary Clinton is handing over the keys of the State Department to John Kerry, and at least in one respect, Mme. Secretary's legacy will be hard to beat.

Clinton is the most traveled Secretary of State in the department's history, having covered a record 956,7333 miles over the course of her four-year term.

CBS explains that Clinton broke the record formerly held by Madeleine Albright, who led the State Department from 1997 to 2001. Albright took 96 trips during her term, while Clinton made more than a hundred visits abroad.

And in those trips, there sure were some magical moments: Hillary hugging Sarkozy; Hillary surrounded by handsome Indian men; Hillary dancing in Malawi; Hillary dancing in South Africa; Hillary in Kenya -- dancing, again.

Take a look at Hillary Clinton's best moments abroad in the slideshow below. We wish her lots of sleep (and very little jet lag) in the coming years.

Hillary's Best Moments Abroad
On The Way To Libya(01 of17)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton checks her PDA upon departure in a military C-17 plane from Malta bound for Tripoli, on October 18, 2011. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KEVIN LAMARQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
Singapore(02 of17)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong on November 17, 2012 in Singapore. (Nicky Loh/Getty Images) (credit:Nicky Loh/Getty Images)
Myanmar(03 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (L) listens alongside Aung San Suu Kyi as US President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Yangon during his historical first visit to the country on November 19, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) (credit:Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
New Zealand(04 of17)
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The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton receives a Hongi (Maori Greeting) during a welcome ceremony at Parliament on November 4, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Marty Melville/Getty Images) (credit:Marty Melville/Getty Images)
Cambodia(05 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets children during a tour of the Siem Reap Center, a shelter run by AFSEIP that provides rehabilitation, vocational training, and social reintegration for sex trafficking victims, on October 31, 2010. (Evan Vucci/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Evan Vucci/AFP/Getty Images)
Malawi(06 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) dances with Malawian women at the Lumbadzi Milk Bulking Group on August 5, 2012 in Lilongwe, Malawi. (AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP/GettyImages)
South Africa(07 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) dances with a local South African choir as she arrives for a visit to the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project in Philippi on the outskirts of Cape Town on August 8, 2009. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
South Africa(08 of17)
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In this Aug. 7, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds hands during a dance with other officials including African Union Chair-Designate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, during a gala dinner at Sefako M. Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File, Pool) (credit:AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File, Pool)
Kenya(09 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins some of Kenya's Masaai traditional dancers before a dinner hosted in her honour, after addressing the 8th Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in Nairobi on August 5, 2009. (SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
Georgia(10 of17)
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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, left, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Philip Gordon , centre, US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, stop in front of a Ferris Wheel at Batumis Bulvari as they walk through the streets of Batumi following a cultural dancing and singing performance at the Piazza in Batumi, Georgia , Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo / Saul Loeb, Pool) (credit:AP Photo / Saul Loeb, Pool)
Mexico(11 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flips her hair standing next to an unidentified official after she stepped off her official airplane June 17, 2012 at Los Cabos International Airport in San Jose del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages)
India(12 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) returns a traditional gesture from India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers' Building, which houses the state secretariat, in Kolkata on May 7, 2012. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/GettyImages)
India(13 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets traditional Indian dancers after watching a dance performance at the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai on July 20, 2011. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB) (credit:AFP PHOTO / POOL / Saul LOEB)
Saudi Arabia(14 of17)
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal (R), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad Al-Sabah chat prior to a group photo before a US- Gulf Cooperation Council forum at the Gulf Cooperation Council Secretariat March 31, 2012 in Riyadh. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
France(15 of17)
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France's president Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prior to a meeting of Group of Eight powers, on March 14, 2011 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
China(16 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 5, 2012. (Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Feng Li/Getty Images)
Washington(17 of17)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda toast at the National Geographic Museum April 30, 2012 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)

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