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Hillary Clinton is on a national book tour for her new memoir Hard Choices. The book outlines her four years as secretary of state during President Obama's first term as president when she met with leaders all over the world.

One of her priorities was to campaign for gay rights and women's rights. She says she saw the "full gamut" on how women were treated and in some cases it was "painful to observe."

"It has become — and I think will continue to be — a very important issue for the United States to combat around the world and to stand up for the rights of all people," she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

[This part of the interview — about Clinton's views on marriage equality — has been getting a lot of attention. You can listen to their conversation by clicking the "Listen" link at the top of this page.]

Her book also includes reflections on decisions before her tenure as secretary of state.

Clinton says that her vote as a senator under President George W. Bush to authorize the Iraq War was a "mistake" and she became "increasingly distressed" over time by being associated with it.

"I wanted to make clear, in this book — especially in the context of my thinking about what I would recommend to President Obama concerning additional troops in Afghanistan — that I did get it wrong in Iraq and it was a mistake," she says. "In many ways, that mistake, as costly as it was, it gave me a much clearer view and certainly increased my skepticism and my humility about these difficult decisions that President Obama had to make when he took office."