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Hillary Clinton's Blood Clot Is Between Her Brain and Skull; Doctors Say She'll Be Okay

Updated: December 31, 2012 | 5:05 p.m.
December 31, 2012 | 4:59 p.m.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a speech during the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (HENG SMITH/AP)

The blood clot for which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized Sunday night is situated in a vein between her brain and her skull, reports CNN, but it has caused no neurological damage and the Associated Press says her doctors expect a full recovery:

Clinton did not suffer a stroke before she was hospitalized Sunday night at Manhattan's New York-Presbyterian Hospital following a concussion earlier this month.

Updates: Reuters reports that Clinton has not suffered a stroke:

And that Clinton is "in good spirits":

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