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Madeleine Albright is nominated by Bush
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Madeleine Albright becomes first woman in history to have the highest U.S. government
On January 23rd, 1997, Madeleine Albright was the first ever U.S. woman secretary of state. Since she ws not a natural born citizen, Madeleine was not eligable as a U.S. presidential successor. She was excluded from nuclear contingency plans. -
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First women secretaries of state
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Madeleine Albright boycotts the swearing-in-ceremony
As secretary of state she represented the U.S. at the Transfer of Sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1st, 1997. She boycotted the swearing-in-ceremony of the China-appointed Hong Kong Legislative Council. -
Madeleine Albright at NATO summit
In 1998, Albright articulated what is now known as the "three D's" of NATO. -
Madeleine Albright meets Kim Jong il
In 2000, Albright became one of the highest level Western ever to meet Kim Jong il, the communtist leader of North Korea at the time, during an official state visit to that country. -
Madeleine Albright says goodbye
On January 8th, 2001 Madeleine Albright says goodbye as U.S. Secretary of State. She made a farewell call to Kofi Annan, and said the U.S. would continue to press Iraq to destroy all of its weapons. -
Condoleezza Rice is nominated be Bush to be Secretary of State
On November 6th, 2004 Condoleezza Rice was nominated by President Bush to be the second secretary of state. -
Condoleezza Rice becomes Secretary of State
On January 26th, 2005 Rice became the second woman Secretay of State after being nominated by President Bush in November of 2004. She was the first african-american Sectretary of State. She also recieved the most ever negative votes at 85-13. -
Rice focuses on North Korea
On February 10th, 2005 North Korea withdrew from from the agreement with Bush about North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Condoleezza rice took a stand and tried to convince Kim Jong il that this was not the way to go. -
Rice says counterterrorism is preventative
Rice believes that confronting the countries that condone terrorism, will help stop it or at least give it less "fuel". Tjis is the idea of counterterrorism. -
Sectretary Rice experienced discrimination
Rice experienced firsthand discrimination. She was instructed by her parents to walk proucly in public, and use only the bathrooms at home so she would not have to us bathrooms for "blacks only". -
Rice was critsized by many people
Rice was critisized by many Americans and posters sought to exclude her from going to schools such as Princeton and Boston University. This is why Boston University gave her the title as a professor at the University. -
Hillary Clinton was discussing the possiblitlity of being sectretary
In mid November of 2008, Barack Obama discussed the possibility of Hillary Clinton becoming Secretary of State. -
Clinton accepts the job
It was reported that on November 21st Hillary Clinton accepted the position of secretary of state. -
President Obama announces secretary of state
On december 1st Barack Obama announces his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton. -
Clinton becomes secretary
On January 21st of 2009 Hillary Clinton took the oath to become the Secretary of State. -
Hillary Clinton at NATO Summit
In her first months as secretary, Clinton contacted many world leaders saying the foreign policy would change direction. She told them "We have a lot of damage to repair." -
Clinton comes out on top
In march of 2009 Clinton beat Vice President Biden in an international debate to send 20,000 more troops to war in Afghanistan. -
Clinton leads damage control
In late November of 2010 Secretary Clinton lead the damage control against wikileaks after it released statements and assessments by United States foreign diplomats. A few of these statements concerned Clinton directly. -
Clinton faces the biggest crisis yet
She faced the biggest crisis for the administration yet. The Egyptians were protesting. Clinton had to respond quickly to get the situation under control. After this, Obama came to rely on Clintons advice. -
Sectretary Clinton is still popular
In today's society Clinton is still a popular figure and many people look up to her, for she is the third woman Secretary of State.
