Madeleine Albright saw US as an ‘indispensable nation’ and NATO expansion eastward as essential
Helping forge a post-Cold War identity for the United States. Alberto Pizzoli/Sygma/Sygma via Getty ImagesMadeleine Albright may have not coined the phrase “indispensable nation,” but she will always be associated with the concept. By the time she became Secretary of State in 1997, the United States had become a beached superpower. During the Cold War, its forces had been deployed across the world for the explicit purpose of deterring Soviet aggression. When the Soviet Union disappeared in 1991,
news.yahoo.comAlbright acted as model, mentor for generations of women
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s death from cancer this week sparked American women to reflect on the 84-year-old diplomat’s sweeping influence on their lives, 25 years after Bill Clinton made her the United States’ representative to the world.
'She became our voice': Albright hailed by world leaders
As she pressed the Clinton administration into action against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic over war crimes in the Balkans, Madeleine Albright would harken back to her own childhood as a refugee from Czechoslovakia who fled the Nazis in war-torn Europe.
Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies
Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated eastern Europe who rose to become the 1st female U.S. secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. A lifelong Democrat who nonetheless worked to bring Republicans into her orbit, Albright was chosen by former President Bill Clinton to be America's top diplomat in 1996, elevating her from her post as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, where she had been only the second woman to hold that job. As secretary of state, Albright was the highest-ranking woman in the history of U.S. government.
news.yahoo.comMadeleine Albright says Putin making historic mistake
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Russian President Vladimir Putin would be making a "historic error" if he proceeds with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine."Mr. Putin's revisionist and absurd assertion that Ukraine was 'entirely created by Russia' and effectively robbed from the Russian empire is fully in keeping with his warped worldview. Most disturbing to me: It was his attempt to establish the pretext for a full-scale invasion...
news.yahoo.comBiden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans
Biden will nominate Wendy Sherman as deputy secretary of state and Victoria Nuland as undersecretary of state for political affairs — the second- and third-highest ranking posts, respectively. They were among the 11 officials announced to serve under the incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken. America is back.”Among the others are:—longtime Biden Senate aide Brian McKeon, to be deputy secretary of state for management. —Derek Chollet, a familiar Democratic foreign policy hand, to be State Department counselor. Price and Porter intend to return to the practice of holding daily State Department press briefings, officials said.
Looking ahead in 2021: The U.S., no longer AWOL on the world stage
One thing, at least, used to be predictable in this world: crowds gathering around the globe to celebrate as the New Year rolled in. And there is no immediate improvement in all the issues the world is facing just because the date has now changed to 2021. "Definitely not," replied Madeleine Albright, who was U.S. Secretary of State 20 years ago, when the world was a different place. U.S. President Donald Trump confronted by world leaders (including German Chancellor Angela Merkel) at the 2018 G7 Summit. We have to have the bandwidth," Albright said.
cbsnews.com2021: The U.S., no longer AWOL on the world stage
2021: The U.S., no longer AWOL on the world stage The New Year promises a period of renewed engagement in the world by the United States, but after four years of the outgoing administration, will our Western allies once again trust American leadership? Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and with Dr. Karin von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute in London.
cbsnews.com2021: The U.S., no longer AWOL on the world stage
2021: The U.S., no longer AWOL on the world stage The New Year promises a period of renewed engagement in the world by the United States, but after four years of the outgoing administration, will our Western allies once again trust American leadership? Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and with Dr. Karin von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute in London.
cbsnews.comState Dept: Pompeo's wife cleared of travel ethics charges
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, left, gives flowers to Susan Pompeo as she and her husband, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arrive at Tbilisi International Airport in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)WASHINGTON – The State Department said Thursday that a report by its independent watchdog has concluded that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife did not violate federal regulations or ethics rules by traveling abroad with her husband while he was on official business. Susan Pompeo had attracted criticism for accompanying her husband on diplomatic trips abroad, beginning with a Middle East tour in 2018 that took place during the federal government shutdown. Secretary Pompeo has previously defended his wife's presence on his international trips by noting that she does work with diplomats’ families and is a “force multiplier” in boosting morale at overseas posts. The State Department said the inspector general had cleared her of any impropriety or misuse of taxpayer money on that Mideast trip and seven others she made with her husband.
Biden's choice for UN envoy signals return to US engagement
Thomas-Greenfield joined the State Department more than three decades ago, when Black women were even more of a rarity in the U.S. diplomatic corps than they are today. That makes her the most experienced diplomat of the six people named by Biden for top national security positions on Monday. Her tenure at the State Department rivals that of previous U.N. ambassadors like Richard Holbrooke, John Negroponte and Thomas Pickering, all of them white men. Other than secretary of state, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is often the most high-profile foreign policy portfolio in a presidential administration. Thomas-Greenfield's immediate predecessors — all women — highlight that dichotomy: Rice, Samantha Power, Nikki Haley and Kelly Craft.
Freewheeling, outspoken, and not always on message: The risky role of Bernie Sanders surrogates
When Bernie Sanders takes the stage or gets behind a microphone, he seldom surprises the presidential candidates policy-heavy script is so familiar that crowds at his rallies often know what line is coming next. Their sometimes startling riffs and freewheeling broadsides against the establishment have played a large role in swelling the Sanders movement. He needs to be careful that his surrogates reflect that effort.AdvertisementThe surrogates are showing no sign of toning it down. Im a black woman in America, and I do have a thought outside of what I do for Sen. Sanders, campaign co-chair Nina Turner said Thursday in a brief interview in Las Vegas. 11 is going to come around, and you are thinking: Hey, Ive got a chance for a hot date Vote?
latimes.comFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits University of North Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dr. Madeleine Albright, the former Secretary of State who served under President Bill Clinton, spoke to students at the University of North Florida on Wednesday night, giving a lecture at the UNF Arena. UNF President David Szymanski hosted the event, “A Conversation with Madeleine Albright,” which was not opened to the media, however, the university shared photos with News4Jax. It was co-hosted by the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State, was named the first female secretary of state in 1997 and became, at that time, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. Government. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
Guilt buying among Washington elite at Tiny Jewel Box?
Washington, D.C.'s mom-and-pop shop Tiny Jewel Box is frequented by the likes of President Obama, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the Bush family. The shop's chairman, Jim Rosenheim, describes how some of their more famous customers behave differently from their public personas while shopping for gems.
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