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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Cabinet • State Department • secretary of State • George Mitchell • bureaucracy • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Obama administration • Dennis Ross • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • James Steinberg

 Chertoff's Cleaner 
 Hired Illegals 

Fined owner says he's a 'scapegoat,' blasts Homeland Security system

Dec 11, 08 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A cleaning service whose illegal workers got past Secret Service checks to scrub Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s home is facing fines for hiring undocumented laborers, the Washington Post reports. The owner calls the enforcement uneven, saying his small business may go under while customers and large companies enjoy... More »

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illegal immigrant • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • undocumented workers • Madeleine Albright • housekeeper

 Team of Rivals Starting to Crack 

Separate visits to State Dept by Rice, Clinton suggest competition

Dec 9, 08 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Separate visits to the State Department by Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice yesterday suggest that the rift between Barack Obama’s two highest-level diplomats may not have healed, reports the AP. Rice, the incoming UN ambassador, bucked her former Clinton administration bosses to support Obama in the primaries. Now she’... More »

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Hillary Clinton • United Nations • State Department • Madeleine Albright • Susan Rice • Richard Holbrooke

 Powell Sticks to 
 Fence in Prez Race 

Former secretary of state still undecided

Sep 16, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colin Powell has yet to make up his mind which way he'll vote in November, MSNBC reports. Speaking at a forum with four other former secretaries of state yesterday, the Republican said he would let neither his quarter-century friendship with John McCain—nor the "electrifying" prospect of the first... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • secretary of State • Colin Powell • Henry Kissinger • Madeleine Albright • James Baker • Warren Christopher

OPINION

Obama Advisers Rip Mac Plan
to Expel Russia From G-8

Proposal 'unrealistic as it would be counterproductive,' Albright, Perry say

Jul 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is off-base in his suggestion Russia should be booted from the Group of 8, two former Clinton cabinet officials—and current Obama advisers—write in the Los Angeles Times. Sure, Moscow has departed from democracy, Madeline Albright and William Perry allow, but the US stands a better chance... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • John McCain • terrorism • Madeleine Albright • William Perry • G-8

opinion

Albright: Burmese Paying
for Bush's Failed Policies

US blunder has weakened the case for global intervention

Jun 11, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Myanmar junta’s shameful cyclone response illustrates some global truths we must face, writes Madeleine Albright in the New York Times. Among them: President Bush's ill-advised attack of Iraq has made it all the more difficult for the international community to intervene in the world's trouble spots. Instead, the... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Myanmar • Burma • Madeleine Albright • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Obama's Press to Cherry-Pick Top Clintonites Under Way

Some staffers, fund-raisers ready to jump after vote; others await her approval

Jun 3, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps just hours from securing the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama's campaign is moving to grab the best donors, advisers, and operatives from Hillary Clinton's team, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some are merely waiting for primary voting to end to make the jump; others, out of personal loyalty or sheer... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Patti Solis Doyle • Madeleine Albright • Hillary Clinton supporters • Clintonites • Leon Panetta

Suitors Keep Lines Open to Superdelegates

From Michelle to Chelsea, big names
get on the horn

Feb 19, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Sometimes superdelegates respond to politics, ideology, or longstanding alliances. Other times, they're won by girl talk. For one Philadelphia party official, a morning call from Michelle Obama sealed the deal, the LA Times reports. The would-be first lady covered everything from strategy to motherhood. “She was talking to me... More »

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Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • Chelsea Clinton • Madeleine Albright • superdelegates • Tony Podesta

Hillary Joined by Chelsea, Mom

Campaign for crucial women's vote moves into high gear

Dec 8, 07 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The Clinton campaign, in a dead heat with Obama in Iowa, is pulling out all the stops to bolster Clinton's support among the group long considered her core constituency: women. Along with appearances by influential women such as Madeleine Albright and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Hillary Clinton's mom and daughter, Chelsea,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Oprah Winfrey • Chelsea Clinton • Madeleine Albright • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend • Dorothy Rodham • female voters

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