Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. Secretary of State, has died at the age of 84, according to her family in a statement posted on Twitter.
Albright had been struggling with cancer and &#8220;was surrounded by family and friends&#8221; at the time of her death, according to the family.
&#8220;We are heartbroken to announce that Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th U.S. Secretary of State and the first woman to hold that position, passed away earlier today. The cause was cancer,&#8221; the family said via Twitter.
“We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend,&#8221; the statement added.
&#8220;Madeleine Albright, born Marie Jana Korbelova, was a native of Prague who came to the United States as a refugee in 1948 and rose to the heights of American policy-making, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor,&#8221; the family said.
&#8220;A tireless champion of democracy and human rights, she was at the time of her death a professor at Georgetown University&#8217;s School of Foreign Service, chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, part of Dentons Global Advisors, chair of Albright Capital Management, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, chair of the National Democratic Institute, chair of the U.S. Defense Policy Board, and an author,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;She founded the Albright Institute for Global Affairs at Wellesley College, served as a lifetime trustee of The Aspen Institute, and was a member of the chapter of the Washington National Cathedral.&#8221;
The family&#8217;s full statement can be read here:
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Below is a statement from the family of <a href="https://twitter.com/madeleine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Madeleine</a>: <a href="https://t.co/C7Xt0EN5c9">pic.twitter.com/C7Xt0EN5c9</a>
&mdash; Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) <a href="https://twitter.com/madeleine/status/1506699712199593985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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As <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/madeleine-albright-first-female-secretary-state-dies-84-rcna21247">noted</a> by NBC News, Albright played a prominent role in the Clinton administration and was honored by President Barack Obama in 2012:
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Then-President Bill Clinton named Albright U.S. ambassador to the United Nations shortly after he was inaugurated in 1993, and nominated her as secretary of state three years later. She served in the post for four years, actively promoting the expansion of NATO and military intervention in Kosovo.
In 2012, then-President Barack Obama <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna47601897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awarded Albright</a> the Medal of Freedom, the country&#8217;s highest civilian honor.
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NBC News also <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/madeleine-albright-first-female-secretary-state-dies-84-rcna21247">flagged</a> that in a 2020 interview with Elle magazine, Albright stated, “I never thought that I would have the kind of life I’ve had. Being Secretary of State and sitting behind the sign that said the United States, especially since I wasn’t born here, and I am a very grateful American.”
The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/former-secretary-of-state-madeleine-albright-dies-at-84/">noted</a> that Albright&#8217;s life experience prepped her for her role as Secretary of State:
<blockquote>Albright&#8217;s experience as a refugee prompted her to push for the United States to be a superpower which used that clout. She wanted a &#8220;muscular internationalism,&#8221; said James O&#8217;Brien, a senior adviser to Albright during the Bosnian war.
She once upset a Pentagon chief by asking why the military maintained more than 1 million men and women under arms if they never used them.
Early in the Clinton administration, while she unsuccessfully advocated for a quicker, stronger response in Bosnia, Albright backed a United Nations war crimes tribunal that eventually put the architects of that war, including Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leaders, in jail, O&#8217;Brien said.</blockquote>
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Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary Of State, Dead At 84

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who served during President Bill Clinton&#8217;s second term in office, appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday amidst the coronavirus pandemic and widespread job losses, and blasted President Trump for closing down the country — to new immigrants. 
“Well, I’m stunned. I really do think that the statue of liberty is weeping. It is un-American,” Albright told <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/madeleine-albright-on-trump-s-immigration-order-the-statue-of-liberty-is-weeping-82342981853">MSNBC</a> host Andrea Mitchell, who asked the former secretary of state to give her perspective “as an immigrant to this country.”
“I am a grateful American, and I do think that immigrants want to help participate and make a difference,” said Albright. “I think he did it for political reasons, I think he wants to kind of shut down America, which as far as I’m concerned, is un-American.”
During his Fox News opening segment on Tuesday evening, Tucker Carlson slammed Albright and suggested that she was making a livelihood from “selling out the country.”
“She’s now appalled by the notion of cutting immigration during the worst unemployment crisis of our lifetimes,” said Carlson, who played a segment of the former Clinton administration official appearing on MSNBC. 
“Got that? It’s un-American to act in the economic interest of Americans. That’s Madeline Albright’s position,” said Carlson. 
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-immigration-freeze-will-last-two-months-reveals-new-details">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, the Trump administration has not finalized the draft of the executive order, but the president remarked in a press conference that the ban would apply to new green card applicants, but not to anyone looking to enter the country on a temporary basis. The executive order would apply for two months, and Trump has indicated it could be reassessed or extended after that based on economic factors. 
In response to the press conference, Carlson appeared to put the Trump administration on notice over the substance of the executive order. Although the Fox News host acknowledged that the order could still change, Carlson suggested that Democrats who were panicking over the order, such as Beto O’Rourke, “needn’t have worried.”
“But the ban will not apply to those entering the United States on a temporary basis, and that means this will not affect guest workers. That’s an awful lot of exception,” said Carlson. “Every year, our government hands out 80,000 non-agricultural guest worker visas, as well as 85,000 H1B visas, and hundreds of thousands of Ag-worker visas.”
“The purpose of this title-wave of immigration has nothing to do with what advocates of immigration claim immigration is for,” said Carlson. “There’s only one point in handing out hundreds of thousands of these visas to foreign nationals, and it’s to placate big business.”
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/coronavirus-trump-suspend-immigration/2020/04/21/464e2440-838d-11ea-ae26-989cfce1c7c7_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reports that the executive order has not yet been finalized, but could be signed as early as Wednesday. 
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright promised to register as a Muslim in the event Trump instituted a Muslim registry.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian &amp; found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/solidarity?src=hash">#solidarity</a>.
— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) <a href="https://twitter.com/madeleine/status/824320652278693892">January 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
Albright wrote this as a response to Trump&#8217;s <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-exclusive-idUSKBN1582XQ?il=0">announcement</a> that he would put a temporary ban on refugees and visas coming from Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan &#8220;until more aggressive vetting&#8221; is in place.
Democrats and their liberal allies have repeatedly warned that this temporary ban is the first step toward a &#8220;Muslim registry&#8221; they insist Trump <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-muslim-registry/story?id=43639946">floated</a> during the campaign. That claim comes from an exchange with an NBC News reporter in which Trump was asked, &#8220;[I]s there going to be a database that tracks the Muslims here in this country?&#8221;
&#8220;There should be a lot of systems, beyond database, we should have a lot of systems, and today you can do it,&#8221; Trump replied. &#8220;But right now we have to have a border, we have to have strength, we have to have a wall. And we cannot let what’s happening to this country happen.&#8221;
&#8220;But that&#8217;s something your White House would like to implement?&#8221; the reporter asked.
&#8220;Oh I would certainly implement that. Absolutely.&#8221; Trump answered, apparently in reference to building the wall rather than the &#8220;Muslim registry.&#8221;
His transition team communications director, Jason Miller, later clarified, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-muslim-registry/story?id=43639946">saying</a>, &#8220;President-elect Trump has never advocated for any registry or system that tracks individuals based on their religion, and to imply otherwise is completely false. The national registry of foreign visitors from countries with high terrorism activity that was in place during the Bush and Obama Administrations gave intelligence and law enforcement communities additional tools to keep our country safe the President-elect will release his own vetting policies after he is sworn in.&#8221;
Albright has faced scrutiny for virtue-signaling along identity politic lines. Last year, she received <a href="http://time.com/4212577/madeleine-albright-hillary-clinton-special-place-hell-defends/">criticism</a> from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party after utilizing her famous &#8220;there&#8217;s a special place in hell for women who don&#8217;t help each other&#8221; quote to insinuate that Bernie Sanders supporters were sexist for not supporting his opponent.
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On Wednesday, the New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/live/new-hampshire-primary-2016-election/hillary-clinton-backer-urges-pulling-gloria-steinem-and-madeleine-albright-from-campaigning/">reported</a> that an unnamed source confirmed that Deb Goldberg, the state treasurer from Massachusetts and Clinton surrogate, suggested that two iconic feminists, the first female secretary of state Madeline Albright and feminists activist Gloria Steinem, be &#8220;kept away&#8221; from Hillary Clinton&#8217;s campaign in light of their sexist remarks in recent days.
Both Albright, 78, and Steinem, 81, who are also Clinton surrogates, took some heat for their sexist jabs at women who don&#8217;t support Hillary Clinton&#8217;s presidential run.
Albright fell back on one of her famous lines at a Hillary rally, suggesting, &#8220;There&#8217;s a special place in hell for women who don&#8217;t help each other!&#8221; This was in reference to women who dare not align with Mrs. Clinton solely because they share the same anatomy. Of course, Hillary let out a maniacal and uncontrollable laugh when Albright uttered such a divisive phrase.
Steinem directly attacked young women who support Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over Clinton, explaining that this was only the case because &#8220;<a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/3224/gloria-steinem-says-young-female-voters-are-idiots-hank-berrien">the boys are with Bernie</a>,&#8221; and apparently, when you&#8217;re a young women that&#8217;s all you care about.
Steinem, who <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/754/true-feminist-gloria-steinem-dedicates-her-new-amanda-prestigiacomo">dedicated her latest book to her illegal abortionist</a>, almost immediately <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/02/07/gloria-steinem-is-apologizing-for-insulting-female-bernie-sanders-supporters/">quasi-retracted</a> her comments, claiming that she &#8220;misspoke&#8221; and apologized &#8220;for what&#8217;s been misinterpreted as implying young women aren&#8217;t serious in their politics.&#8221;
Some feminists came out in defense of Steinman&#8217;s original attack, such as <a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a53372/gloria-steinem-controversial-comments/">a post</a> from liberal magazine Cosmopolitan where &#8220;cool&#8221; and &#8220;guy-approved&#8221; were explained to be unquestionably synonymous, thus bringing truth to the remarks about Sanders&#8217; appeal to young women.
But overall, women were <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/opinion/a-firestorm-over-gloria-steinem-and-madeleine-albright.html">not appreciative</a> of the comments from either feminist. For example, the distaste from women arguably manifested itself in the outcome of the New Hampshire primary where 74-year-old Sanders not only crushed Hillary in the primary, but <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/new-hampshire-women-chose-bernie-sanders_b_9200174.html">won the female demographic by a &#8220;landslide.&#8221;</a>
Hillary, who has time and again chosen to run on her gender, is seemingly unable to fully rely on the female vote, if New Hampshire is any broader sampling of voting to come. Also, with the <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/3282/sanders-holds-meeting-today-thats-hillarys-worst-aaron-bandler">meeting</a> between Sanders and race-baiter Al Sharpton taking place on Wednesday, the black vote might not be as locked-up as she once thought. Are we witnessing the unraveling of Hillary in a primary for a second time?

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On Saturday, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 78, who was nominated to the post by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, used her worn-to-the-bone phrase to stump for Hillary Clinton, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/madeleine-albright-campaigns-for-hillary-clinton">telling</a> a New Hampshire crowd, &#8220;There&#8217;s a special place in hell for women who don&#8217;t help each other!&#8221;
Albright has used the phrase numerous times over the years, as <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/03/brief-history-of-taylor-swifts-hell-quote.html">New York Magazine</a> has noted; blurting the phrase at a Wellesley panel in 2004, prompting cheers, <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&amp;id=2517642">repeating it</a> at an WNBA luncheon in 2006, and tripling down in Time magazine in 2008.
Albright started with an astonishing claim: &#8220;When she was secretary of state, she restored America&#8217;s reputation. Those other people before made huge mistakes. They really undermined our reputation and our position in the world, and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/hillary-clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> brought us back, she restored our position in the world.&#8221;
Wow.
Then, the plunge into Feminist-Amazon-PC rhetoric: &#8220;People are talking about revolution. What kind of a revolution would it be to have the first woman president of the United States? Not only that. But she&#8217;s just the best!&#8221;
Hillary is the best &#8230; at all sorts of malfeasance and criminality, so no argument there.
In reference to abortion, Albright cackled, &#8220;Young women have to support Hillary Clinton. The story is not over! They&#8217;re going to want to push us back. Appointments to the Supreme Court make all the difference. It&#8217;s not done and you have to help. Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember, there&#8217;s a special place in hell for women who don&#8217;t help each other.&#8221;
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/07/hillary-clinton-defends-madeleine-albright-women-female-voters">defended</a> Albright on Meet The Press, stating, &#8220;Madeleine has been saying this for many, many years. She believes it firmly, in part because she knows what a struggle it has been, and she understands the struggle is not over.&#8221;
Then, hilariously, Clinton continued, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want people to be offended &#8230; Good grief, we&#8217;re getting offended by everything these days! People can&#8217;t say anything without offending somebody.&#8221;
Where do we start with that ridiculous statement?
When Mike Huckabee stated that the Iran nuclear deal was Obama leading Israelis to the &#8220;<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/25/huckabee-obama-marching-israelis-to-door-of-oven/">door of the oven</a>,&#8221; Clinton, an enemy of Israel since her halcyon days of kissing Yasser Arafat&#8217;s wife Suha after Suha claimed Israel was using poison gas to pollute Judea and Samaria&#8217;s water and land, <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/27/hillary-im-offended-personally-by-huckabees-inflammatory-iran-comments/">barked</a> at Huckabee, &#8220;Comments like these are offensive and they have no place in our political dialogue.&#8221;
How about during her senatorial battle with Rick Lazio many years ago, when she abandoned her tough-woman posture and whined that he had bullied her in a debate, sniggering the morning after the debate that having two younger brothers was the best preparation for her debate with Lazio, as <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/19/nyregion/mrs-clinton-portrays-lazio-as-bully-and-derides-his-tax-plan.html">The New York Times</a> reported. To see how mendacious the claim is that she had been bullied, see the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMJZo4UeTYQ">here</a>.
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&#8220;Hillary Clinton brought us back, she restored our position in the world.&#8221;
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
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The tiresome obsessive rhetoric of women demanding votes simply because of their sex has become intolerable, but what Albright did reflects something else much older in politics: paying back a political favor.

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