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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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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.
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In 1998, Albright articulated what is now known as the "three D's" of NATO.
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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.
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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.
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On November 6th, 2004 Condoleezza Rice was nominated by President Bush to be the second secretary of state.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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In mid November of 2008, Barack Obama discussed the possibility of Hillary Clinton becoming Secretary of State.
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It was reported that on November 21st Hillary Clinton accepted the position of secretary of state.
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On december 1st Barack Obama announces his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.
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On January 21st of 2009 Hillary Clinton took the oath to become the Secretary of State.
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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."
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In march of 2009 Clinton beat Vice President Biden in an international debate to send 20,000 more troops to war in Afghanistan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
