Jan. 22, 1997: Madeleine Albright is Confirmed as the First Female Secretary of State
On this day in 1997, Madeleine Albright was confirmed as Secretary of State by the US Senate. Albright was sworn in the following day.
Serving under President Bill Clinton, she worked on issues revolving human rights, business, environmental standards, and focused on areas such as Kosovo, the Middle East and North Korea.
Read Frontline’s interview with Madeleine Albright to learn more about her time as Secretary of State.Photo: Madeleine Korbel Albright - U.S. Secretary of State, January 23, 1997 – January 20, 2001 (U.S. Department of State)
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On December 7, 1993 a lone gunman opened fire on a Long Island Railroad train. In three minutes, he killed six people and injured 19. The shooting rampage ended when the gunman paused to reload and was tacked by three passengers: Micheal O’Connor, Kevin Blum, and Mark McEntee. The gunman is currently serving a sentence of 315 years to life, making his earliest possible parole date 2309.
Nurse Carolyn McCarthy lost her husband Dennis during the Long Island Railroad Massacre. Her son Kevin was severely injured. Propelled by this tragedy, Carolyn became an advocate for stiffer gun regulation. When her local Congressman voted in favor of repealing the assault rifle ban, she switched her party affiliation and ran against him. Since 1996, Carolyn has represented New York’s 4th District in the US House of Representatives as a Democrat.
This is real, this is happening.
Iraq War veteran and double amputee Tammy Duckworth, Representative Elect from Illinois. She is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress from Illinois.
Go Tammy! She beat Joe Walsh, a Tea Party asshole.
It’s not like you didn’t see this coming.
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Bless this ridiculous country of mine.
Does Big Bird need a photo ID?
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The Salt Lake Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama
Seriously. In an editorial called, “Too Many Mitts.”
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Maricopa County Elections Department admits error on date of general election on voter ID cards
VOTER ALERT! If you live in AZ you need to check your forms - In the corner of the document, it says November 6th in English but in Spanish it reads 8 de Noviembre, the 8th of November.
Election day is November 6th, not November 8th. Please make sure to share this with everyone you know.Because this is what voter suppression looks like
This needs to be every where yesterday.
Wow, what a funny “accident”.
And by funny I mean RACIST.
Racist assholery at its finest.
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Oops.
I don’t know how ANYONE can define what is A FACT when it comes out of his mouth. How do you know what’s the truth?
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Vogue had to make a small correction to their recent Chelsea Clinton profile. Relatedly, check out our big piece on how facts do (or often don’t) get checked at your favorite magazines and radio shows.
