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Hillary Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013, overseeing the department that conducted the foreign policy of Barack Obama. She was preceded in office by Condoleezza Rice, and succeeded by John Kerry.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States as the wife of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.
On December 1, President-elect Obama formally announced that Clinton would be his nominee for Secretary of State. [27] Clinton said she was reluctant to leave the Senate, but that the new position represented a "difficult and exciting adventure". [27] The appointment required a Saxbe fix, as Clinton was then a member of the United States Senate ...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s official portrait was unveiled Tuesday at the State Department, accompanied by glowing remarks from Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “The walk to ...
Former President Bill Clinton said he felt “like a pickle stepping into history” during his unveiling ceremony. Skip to main content. News. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail ...
Elihu B. Washburne in 1869. This is a list of United States secretaries of state by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Cordell Hull is the only person to have served as secretary of state for more than eight years.
Madeleine Albright. Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright[1] (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) [2][3] was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold that post.
Hard Choices. Hard Choices is a memoir of former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, published by Simon & Schuster in 2014, giving her account of her tenure in that position from 2009 to 2013. It also discusses some personal aspects of her life and career, including her feelings towards President Barack Obama following her ...