U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sustained a concussion after becoming dehydrated and fainting , and will no longer testify Thursday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi , Libya . Clinton had been suffering from a stomach virus at the time , according to a statement on Saturday from Philippe Reines , deputy assistant secretary of state . She is being monitored by doctors and is recovering at home . She was never hospitalized , Reines said . `` At their recommendation , she will continue to work from home next week , staying in regular contact with Department and other officials . She is looking forward to being back in the office soon , '' Reines said . A senior State Department official added that the fainting occurred earlier in the week and the concussion was `` not severe . '' Source : Obama to tap Kerry to be secretary of state . Secretary Clinton had been scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Thursday about the deadly attack in Benghazi , Libya , in September that killed four Americans , including the U.S. ambassador . Jodi Seth , spokeswoman for Democratic Sen. John Kerry , Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman , said in a statement that Clinton would not testify before that committee Thursday . `` Secretary Clinton 's team contacted Senator Kerry this morning to inform them of the Secretary 's concussion . Senator Kerry was relieved to hear that the Secretary is on the mend , but he insisted that given her condition , she could not and should not appear on Thursday as previously planned , and that the nation 's best interests are served by the report and hearings proceeding as scheduled with senior officials appearing in her place , '' Seth said . Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , R-Florida , who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee , said in a statement it was `` unfortunate '' Clinton would not be testifying before her committee either on Thursday . William Burns and Thomas Nides , both Deputy Secretaries of State , will testify before that committee instead . `` Although I respect Bill and Tom , we still do n't have information from the Obama administration on what went so tragically wrong in Benghazi , '' Ros-Lehtinen said . `` We have been combing classified and unclassified documents and have tough questions about State Department threat assessments and decision-making on Benghazi . This requires a public appearance by the Secretary of State herself . '' The September 11 , 2012 , attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans , including Ambassador Chris Stevens , and called into question the security of U.S. diplomatic personnel abroad .
The concussion as not severe , an official says . Rep. Ros-Lehtinen says it 's `` unfortunate '' Clinton wo n't be testifying . The secretary had been suffering from a stomach virus . Clinton will work from home next week .