 | Madeleine Korbel Albright
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As Secretary of State
First female Secretary of State and the highest ranking women in the history of the U.S. government
Advocated a hard-lined strategy regarding international crimes against democracy
Supporter of NATO's aggressive air offensive against Yugoslavia
Active in ongoing issues in the Middle East and China
Foreign Travels of
Secretary of State Madeline
Albright
Profile
Born: May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died:
Married: Joseph
Albright(divorced)
Education: Wellesley College;
John Hopkins; Columbia, Ph.D.
Occupation: Public
Official
Government Positions
Served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie 1976-1978
Landed a position as a congressional liason to the National Security Council in 1976
Staff member on the National Security Council, as well as a White House staff member, she was reponsible for foreign policy legislation
Served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Member of Presiden Clinton's cabinet and National Security Council
Notable
Events
Became a naturalized U.S. citizen
Fluent in French and Czech, with good speaking and reading abilities in Russian and Polish
Research Professor of International Affairs & Director of Women in Foreign Service Programs at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service
Awarded a fellowship at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian 1981-1982
Served as a Senior Fellow in Soviet & Eastern European Affairs at the Center for Strategic & International Studies
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