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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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Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?
In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...
Tags: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Bill Clinton, Jules Witcover, Libya
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Dalai Lama to speak at University of Maryland
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader for Tibetan Buddhists, will speak in May at the University of Maryland as part of the Sadat Lecture for Peace, an annual series that has drawn world leaders such as Madeleine Albright, Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter....
Tags: Buddhism, University of Maryland, College Park, Henry Kissinger, Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela
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Op-ed takes a too rosy view of Iranian intentions
Commentator Ray McGovern charges Israel with using the pretext of alleged Iranian support for terrorism, to "whip up support for war" ("Is Israel fixing the intel? Netanyahu's rhetoric has echoes of Bush administration's justification for the Iraq war,"...Tags: Gaza Crisis (2008), Gaza Strip, Iran's Nuclear Program, Tony Blair, Central Intelligence Agency
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With new book, Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets
In 1997, Madeleine Albright couldn't have been more certain that she knew everything important about herself and was in possession of every relevant fact about her life.
And then, at age 59, just days after being confirmed as U.S. secretary of state,...Tags: United Nations, Awards and Prizes, Judaism, The Washington Post, Holidays
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Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be at the Enoch Pratt library's main branch on Thursday to discuss her new memoir, "Prague Winter," which delves into a family background that had been shielded from her for decades. As The Baltimore Sun'...
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Georgetown before Georgetown became cool
Special To The SunPart 3 of a three-part series about Georgetown. GEORGETOWN - Never mind that the oldest neighborhood in the nation's capital doesn't possess an instantly recognizable ZIP code, a la Beverly Hills 90210. Instead, Georgetown's cachet stems from its...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Manhattan (New York City), Building Material, The Washington Post, Maryland
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Johns Hopkins University
Special to SunSpotAsk most people what they associate with the Johns Hopkins University, and they'll respond "health care." But the nearly 4,000 undergraduates enrolled at this elite university know better. Hopkins has some of the nation's top programs in international...Tags: Health and Safety at School, John Barth, Woodrow Wilson, Awards and Prizes, Hospitals and Clinics
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Smash' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 7 -13, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES My Cat From Hell A deaf and blind cat...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, John McCain, Personal Weapon Control, Smash (tv program), The Washington Post
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Sunday guest list: Jon Hunstman, John McCain, Marty Baron
Staff writerThe Sunday morning guest list includes familiar names: Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Charles Schumer. But there's also former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman. And Dan Pfeiffer, assistant and senior adviser to President Barack Obama,...Tags: ABC (tv network), The Washington Post, Bill Richardson, The New York Times, Dannel P. Malloy
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John Boehner on ‘This Week’; Paul Ryan on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelHouse Speaker John Boehner speaks at a Thursday press briefing on Capitol Hill. Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The Sunday morning guest list: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to Martha Raddatz on ABC's “... -
Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Tom, Dick and Harriet' on Hallmark
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES My Big Redneck Vacation In Las Vegas, Doug...
Tags: Xavier Becerra, U.S. Marine Corps, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Scott Walker, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Smith Village Ladies Book Club
One thing to know about our book club We are the Smith Village Ladies Book Club. Smith Village is a continuing-care retirement community in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood. Our meetings In a retirement community, our conversations about the books are...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, Beverly
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