From the Holden Public Policy Forum:

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

You are watching an archived ESGN broadcast of the Holden Public Policy Forum at Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Madeleine Korbel Albright 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. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997. Albright is also a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She is currently a professor at Georgetown University and a part of the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign.