Clinton, who resigned as President Barack Obama's chief diplomat at the end of last month, has joined her husband, former president Bill, at one of the leading speaking agencies in the US.
Hillary Clinton will turn her experiences as America's secretary of state and first lady into millions of dollars by joining the lucrative after-dinner speaking circuit, it was announced on Monday.
Clinton, who resigned as President Barack Obama's chief diplomat at the end of last month, has joined her husband, former president Bill, at one of the leading speaking agencies in the US.
Having been paid $186,600 (pounds 120,224) a year as secretary of state, she will command a six-figure sum for less than an hour of anecdotes collected during her 12 years at the heart of Western power.
Clinton, 65, will hope to emulate the success of her husband, who has made an estimated $89?million in fees as one of the prize assets at the Harry Walker Agency since leaving office in 2000.
"We are proud to share the exciting news that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined the Harry Walker Agency exclusively for her speaking engagements," the firm said in a brief message posted on its website. It also represents Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president. Representatives for Clinton could not be reached for comment.
Clinton said before stepping down that, in addition to public speaking, she expected to write a second memoir and take teaching positions at US universities before considering her long-term future.
She is under intense pressure from Democratic allies to run for the party's presidential nomination in 2016, having been defeated by Obama in a hard-fought contest in 2008.
She has repeatedly brushed off suggestions that she is already hatching plans for one last political campaign.
Yet speculation has continued to mount, amid the disclosure that Obama's political operation has paid off Clinton's remaining quarter-million-dollar debt from 2008. A group of supporters has founded "Ready for Hillary", a fund-raising group poised to assist any official campaign.
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