Hillary Clinton in Senate move

Washington - The US First Lady, Mrs Hillary Clinton, yesterday confirmed plans to set up an exploratory committee next month …

Washington - The US First Lady, Mrs Hillary Clinton, yesterday confirmed plans to set up an exploratory committee next month that would allow her to raise funds for a likely race for the US Senate from New York.

"I'm going to open an exploratory committee in July and then I'll spend a lot of time in New York listening to people and I'm looking forward to that," she said in an interview with the ABC programme Good Morning America.

An exploratory committee would allow her to raise funds but stops short of a formal declaration of her intentions to run for the Senate.