Madeleine Albright, the First Woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State

She has Died Wednesday From cancer at age 84, according to her family members

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Albright was nominated for secretary of state by President Bill Clinton and served in the role from 1997 to 2001

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She was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 1997

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Albright's career in politics began as a CLA to the late Sen. Edmund Muskie, a Democrat from Maine, from 1976 to 1978

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Newly liberated democracies into NATO and confront the horrors of genocide in the Balkans, President Joe Biden said in a statement

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When I think of Madeleine I will always remember her fervant faith that America is the indispensable nation

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President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a statement called Albright One of the finest Secretaries of State

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An outstanding UN Ambassador, a brilliant proferror, and an extraordinary human being

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As a child in war-torn Europe, Madeleine and her family were twice forced to flee their home, the Clintons said

When the end of the Cold War ushered in a new era of global interdependence, she became America's voice at the UN

Madeleine Albright Trump 'most undermocratic' president in US history

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Then took the hel, at the State Department, where she was a passionate force for freedom, democracy, and human rights

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The clintons commended Albright's commitment to ending ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo

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Supporting the expansion of NATO into Central Europe fightting the proliferation of nuclear weapons

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