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Madeleine Albright became the first woman to be appointed U.S. secretary of state when she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate under the administration of President Bill Clinton. She was sworn in Jan. 23, 1997. Prior to her secretary of state appointment, Madeleine Albright served as the United States representative to the United Nations and as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet and National Security Council. In the early 1980s, Madeleine Albright was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian. She also served as a senior fellow in Soviet and Eastern European affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. More rece...
Madeleine Albright became the first woman to be appointed U.S. secretary of state when she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate under the administration of President Bill Clinton. She was sworn in Jan. 23, 1997. Prior to her secretary of state appointment, Madeleine Albright served as the United States representative to the United Nations and as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet and National Security Council. In the early 1980s, Madeleine Albright was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian. She also served as a senior fellow in Soviet and Eastern European affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. More recently, she has taught as a professor at Georgetown University.
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US seeks concrete progress toward democracy in Myanmar before sanctions lifted
Associated Press WriterBANGKOK (AP) — The United States, although embarking on a new policy of engagement, will not lift its sanctions on Myanmar unless its ruling generals make concrete progress toward democratic reform, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday. U.S....Tags: Minority Groups, Metal and Mineral, Barack Obama, Burma, Diplomacy
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La diplomacia de EEUU abre un diálogo con la Junta Militar birmana
Bangkok, 3 nov (EFE).- Una delegación del Gobierno de Estados Unidos, la de mayor nivel en más de una década, llegó hoy a Birmania (Myanmar) para impulsar el diálogo con la Junta Militar tras el fútil resultado cosechado con la política de aislamiento....Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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California Women's Conference in Long Beach
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH -- Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, photographer Annie Leibovitz and Elizabeth Edwards are among the newsmakers and opinion leaders scheduled to take part in The Women's Conference 2009 Tuesday at the Long Beach Convention Center....Tags: Elizabeth Smart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, KTLA, John Edwards, Executive Branch
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Clinton confidential
They met as token Southerners at a conclave of anti-war activists at Martha's Vineyard in 1969, and connected in Austin in 1972 as co-runners of the Texas campaign for the George McGovern-Sargent Shriver ticket. They were white men with formal...Tags: Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Journalism, Al Gore, Wrestling
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Powerful women embed messages in their style
T his month Secretary of State Madeleine Albright unveiled her collection of fashion pins at a New York museum. The pins, she said, helped her to communicate messages to those whom she met as secretary of state. Perhaps most famously, when meeting with...Tags: Museum Dioramas, Saddam Hussein, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Barack Obama, The White House
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Albright: Iran Nuclear Shift Shows Obama's Policy Is Working
Subhead: She'd 'Wear A Green Dress Suit' to Meet Ahmadinejad Madeleine Albright is a former U.S. secretary of state. Her new book is entitled "Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box." She spoke with Global Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels on...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Bill Clinton, Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama
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Kim Dae-jung funeral brings Koreas together
As tens of thousands gathered here Sunday to mourn the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his bid to reconcile relations with North Korea, Seoul's conservative government took a page from his...Tags: North Korea, Bill Clinton, Kim Jong Il, Central Intelligence Agency, National Government
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Secret Clinton visit frees two journalists
Tribune NewspapersNorth Korea's surprise "special pardon" of two American television journalists may have reopened the channels of communication between the Obama administration and the secretive regime that for years has defied the world with its nuclear tests and...Tags: North Korea, Kim Jong Il, Bill Clinton, Journalism, National Government
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Bill Clinton In N.Korea To Negotiate Release Of Journalists
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFormer President Clinton is likely to win the release of two imprisoned American TV journalists as early as Wednesday and has already begun negotiations with North Korean officials in Pyongyang, a news service in Seoul reported today. Citing unidentified...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Bill Clinton, Journalism, Al Gore, Barack Obama
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Freed Journalists Back Home in US After Bill Clinton's Mission Wins Pardon
Associated Press WritersFormer President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea. Laura Ling, who was held in...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Bill Clinton, Journalism, Al Gore, CNN
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Freed Journalists Home in US After NKorea Pardon
Associated Press WriterTwo American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests....Tags: Kim Jong Il, Bill Clinton, Bob Hope, Family, Journalism
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Kate Gosselin to attend California women's forum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMaria Shriver's annual women's conference has always been an A-list affair, and this year's event is no different. Cindy McCain, Elizabeth Edwards, Katie Couric, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and actress Kelly Preston are among the...Tags: Dalai Lama, Family, Katie Couric, Kate Gosselin, Buddhism
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