The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted almost unanimously to approve Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state. President-elect Barack Obama's nominee and former rival for the presidency appeared before the panel earlier this week to pledge that she would break with the current administration's approach to foreign policy. The vote today was 16-1 in favor, with the lone opposing vote coming from Senator David Vitter (Republican from Louisiana), who had expressed doubts related to former President Bill Clinton's foundation.