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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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Obama meetings focus on foreign policy
The Swampby Christi Parsons Barack Obama is in DC today, planning a series of meetings focused mostly on national security. His senior working group on national security is set to discuss the post-Bush challenges in foreign policy and, later, the Democratic......Tags: State Budgets, Tim Roemer, Sam Nunn, Political Candidates, National Security
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Torture ban sought by former officials
The Swampby Katie Fretland A bipartisan coalition of former national security officials, military leaders and religious figures today called for President Bush to issue an executive order banning torture. The group includes members of eight presidential...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, White House, George W. Bush
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Jesse Helms, 1921-2008
The SwampSen. Jesse Helms high-fives Johnathan Prevette, 6, of Lexington, N.C., during pre-race activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway near Concord, N.C., October 1996. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, file) by Frank James Jesse Helms, a conservative stalwart who for...Tags: Mississippi, Jesse Helms, Treaties, Gerald Ford, Upper House
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Dems convene, night 1 live-blog
The Swampby Frank James 11:20 PM -- It's difficult to tell how Michelle Obama's speech played out in flyover country. She obviously has a great personal story, this South Side Chicago girl. But is it enough to overcome her earlier controversial......Tags: Volleyball, Nancy Pelosi, Jesse Jackson, White House, Political Candidates
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Dems convene, night 3 live-blog
The Swampby Frank James 11:19 PM -- The Biden clan lasted on the stage longer than Obama did. He left the stage to let the Bidens have their moment. If the night was about getting some momentum going into the last......Tags: Upper House, Abusive Behavior, Political Candidates, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter
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Rahm Emanuel: Nancy Pelosi's 'valet'
The Swampby Mark Silva The meaning of Rahm Emanuel's first name, as he explained to a white-tie crowd of Washingtonians with tongue planted firmly in cheek not long ago: "Go Screw Yourself.'' This, of course, was Emanuel's way of acknowledging in......Tags: Charles B. Rangel, Executive Branch, Nancy Pelosi, Clubs and Associations, Massachusetts
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Cameos!
The TV ZoneYes, they are everywhere this time of year, and honestly, I have no idea why. But turn on a show, any show, and something unusual, someone unusual, will pop up. Of course it's sweeps, and of course networks have......Tags: Andy Warhol, Entertainment, Television, Mary-Kate Olsen
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Bush: Obama's 'sherpa' with Europe
The Swampby Mark Silva What an international dance is taking place today: Around the perimeters of a global Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy which President Bush has convened on a rainy day in the nation's capital, the leaders......Tags: John McCain, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, DuPont Co., Executive Branch, G8
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Hillary Clinton as Obama's right hand?
The Swampby Frank James New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, raises an important question about the possibility that President-elect Barack Obama could name Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state. Friedman questions whether the relationship between Obama...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Politics, The New York Times, Diplomacy, Barack Obama
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Obama creates women and girls council
The Swampby Frank James President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order creating a White House Council for Women and Girls to focus the federal government's efforts on advancing the interests of a group that has long done less well......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Government, White House
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North Korea frees U.S. pair: 'Peace-loving'
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton didn't go to Pyongyang for nothing. For all the appearances of high-level negotiations over two jailed American journalists created by the surprise visit of the former president to North Korea and Clinton's meeting with leader.....Tags: Bill Richardson, Journalism, White House, Kim Jong Il, National Security
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Bill Clinton, North Korea: Engaging
The Swampby John M. Glionna and Paul Richter and updated from Washington SEOUL -- Former President Bill Clinton arrived in North Korea today in a dramatic bid to negotiate the release of two American TV journalists sentenced to 12 years in......Tags: Executive Branch, Los Angeles Times, Seoul (South Korea), Bill Richardson, Journalism
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