“I never should have made it. It was stupid.”

— Madeleine K. Albright

Comment http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today5_albright_20051019.ram on Stahl interview, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme (October 19, 2005)
2000s

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Former U.S. Secretary of State 1937–2022

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