US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) leaves Stormont Castle in Belfast, on Monday October 12, 2009, with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R). US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on Monday to offer renewed US support for Northern Ireland's peace process and help to resolve a political stand-off threatening its power-sharing government. Clinton was in Belfast to meet the province's leaders and make a major speech to its assembly, in a bid to boost efforts to defuse the row which has brought the fragile cross-community administration to a standstill. AFP PHOTO/PETER MUHLY (Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP via Getty Images)