WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has fractured her right elbow.  The State Department says Clinton was on her way to the White House Wednesday afternoon when she fell and injured her elbow.

The secretary was treated at The George Washington University Hospital, just a few blocks from State Department headquarters, before going home.

Cheryl Mills, Clinton's chief of staff, says the secretary will undergo surgery to repair her elbow in the coming week.

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