US Sec. of State Hillary Clinton arrives to give a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, Nov. 29, 2010. Clinton said that the United States "deeply regrets" the release by WikiLeaks of confidential US documents, as she sought to reassure American allies. Internet whistleblower Wikileaks has begun releasing a quarter of a million confidential US diplomatic cables, detailing embarrassing and inflammatory episodes in what the White House called a "reckless and dangerous action".

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton receives a Hongi (Maori greeting) from Rose White Tahuparae, Kaumatua of Parliament, during a Maori Welcome at Parliament on November 4, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. Hillary Clinton is on a three-day visit to New Zealand as part of a tour of the Asia Pacific region, which includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Papua-New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.

A Halloween mask depicting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is displayed at a store in Silver Spring, Maryland, on October 28. Halloween, an ancient Celtic pagan rite, originally held to celebrate the dead and the end of the harvest season, is primarily a children's event, it also gives adults an excuse to dress up like their favorite ghoul and behave like kids. People carve pumpkins into frightening or comical faces and place them on their doorsteps after dark during Halloween which is celebrated on October 31 every year.