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Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997. She is currently a professor at Georgetown University.

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Mark Sedwill, left, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, replies to a question as Golab Mangal, governor of Helmand province looks on during a press conference at the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. NATO
Map locates Marjah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where a U.S./Afghan offensive against Taliban militants is imminent. Afghanistan
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates attends the 2008 South-Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial on October 8, 2008, in Ohrid, Macedonia. Washington will continue to support Kiev's accession to NATO, a cause of political turmoil in Ukraine that might lead to a dissolution of the country's parliament, Gates said here Wednesday. Eastern Europe
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center left, as French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, rear center, looks on, upon Clinton's arrival at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Clinton flew to Paris on Friday for talks with French officials and to give a speech on European security in which she will underscore the Obama administration's commitment to the continent's security. Hillary Rodham Clinton
UN special envoy for Haiti and former President Bill Clinton arrives for a meeting with Haiti's President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Bill Clinton
An Israeli security guard is seen standing near a truck with gas at the gas depot in the southern city of Ashkelon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Police say an explosive device strapped to a gasoline truck was discovered and defused at the entrance to a major gas depot in southern Israel. Israel
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president. Barack Obama
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch, second left, Abdullah al-Durazi, head of the Bahrain Human Rights Organization, second right, and Human Rights Watch attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, right, address journalists and Western diplomats Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. Stork claimed Bahrain has resumed torturing security detainees in the past two years, calling it a "distressing" relapse after showing the political will to stop the practice. Middle East
An Indian woman labourer carries stones on a construction site at a railway station in New Delhi, 18 February 2007. Whilst India's economy has undergone a substantial transformation since independence in 1947, women still suffer high levels of wage discrimination in the Indian urban labour market India
An Iraqi man lights a cigarette for a soldier from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment of the Second infantry Division during a search operation in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Iraq
A Soldier of the Pakistan army teaches local children in Ghulam Khan in the troubled Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border, Saturday, Feb 17, 2007. Pakistan's wild tribal belt has been a refuge for Taliban and al-Qaida militants since the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the hardline militia from Afghanistan at the end of 2001. But over the past year, an alarming escalation in violence has raised concern on whether Pakistan is doing enough to contain the insurgents. Pakistan
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, fireworks explode over the People's Square in Giuyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province early Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, the New Year's Day on China's lunar calendar. China
Arkansas coach Tom Collen reacts after a foul was called during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky in Fayetteville, Ark., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Arkansas
Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, of Little Rock, right, appears with his attorney Stephen Thomas in a Little Rock, Ark., courtroom Tuesday, June 2, 2009, where he was charged in the Monday death of a military recruiter outside the Army-Navy Career Center in a west Little Rock shopping center. Little Rock
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, and Haiti's President Rene Preval , second from right, greet people outside the government palace in Quito after attending a meeting of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, in Quito, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The emergency meeting discussed the region's response to the humanitarian crisis in quake-shattered Haiti. Haiti
Masood Ahmed (L), International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia department director, speaks during a press release for the IMF regional economic outlook in Dubai on October 11, 2009. Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa region are expected to increase their international reserve positions by over 100 billion dollars in 2010 as oil prices rebound, the IMF said. Central Asia
A woman walks in snow-covered Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Istanbul

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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) talks to German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today.

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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) talks to German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and Head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement, Madeleine Albright, right, talks to member of the panel Jeroen van der Veer, left, prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and Head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement, Madeleine Albright, right, talks to member of the panel Jeroen van der Veer, left, prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Formen US Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright smiles prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Formen US Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright smiles prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright, left, meets with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Kohout, right, prior the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright, left, meets with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Kohout, right, prior the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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"What would be the harm if China, India, Pakistan and other countries were to develop closer ties with NATO? There would only be a benefit in terms of trust, confidence and cooperation"


Anders Fogh Rasmussen Feb 07 2010 5:01 PM from New Kerala

"Russia is just one of the partners, and it should not be the tail that wags the dog"


Madeleine Albright Feb 02 2010 11:06 AM from The Moderate Voice

"With 20 plus members, NATO can be slow and caught flat-footed by change"


Madeleine Albright Jan 29 2010 6:22 PM from United Press International

"We need to maximize collaboration with the EU and make more use of political consultation"


Madeleine Albright Jan 29 2010 6:22 PM from United Press International

"Speaking as the secretary general of a military alliance, I don’t think it’s realistic to have quotas…taking into consideration different traditions in countries"


Anders Fogh Rasmussen Jan 28 2010 12:37 PM from Reuters Blogs

"The reality is we are working both on a bilateral and a multilateral basis in the Gulf to establish the same kind of regional missile defense [as envisioned for Europe] that would protect our facilities out there as well as our..."


Robert Gates Jan 27 2010 1:41 PM from Global Research

"While I have truly enjoyed my experience at the MPAA, it is time for me to return to my true passion: public service"


Dan Glickman Jan 22 2010 4:20 PM from CJOnline

"It's so weak that the agreement could become a danger"


Dante Caputo Jan 19 2010 4:22 PM from Huffington Post

"We think it is a price worth paying"


Madeleine Albright Jan 19 2010 11:08 AM from Edinburgh Daily News

"I don't know if he was asked for a definitive opinion before 11 March. He was certainly asked for a definitive view on 11 March"


Jonathan Powell Jan 19 2010 10:44 AM from Edinburgh Daily News
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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) talks to German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today.

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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) talks to German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and Head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement, Madeleine Albright, right, talks to member of the panel Jeroen van der Veer, left, prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and Head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement, Madeleine Albright, right, talks to member of the panel Jeroen van der Veer, left, prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Formen US Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright smiles prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Formen US Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright smiles prior to the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright, left, meets with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Kohout, right, prior the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and head of an international panel that is working to update NATO's mission statement Madeleine Albright, left, meets with Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Kohout, right, prior the International Conference on new NATO Strategic Concept at Cernin's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.

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