Just after 4pm this afternoon, Senator Hillary Clinton was confirmed by a vote of 94-2 as this nation's next Secretary of State. This is another history making appointment. Before I get to the historical context of this appointment, let's review how ground-breaking the Secretary of State position has been over the past 12 years:
1996: After Bill Clinton won re-election, he nominated Madeline Albright to be Secretary of State. She became the first woman ever to hold this position in our countries history.
2000: After then Governor George W. Bush was appointed to the Presidency by the Supreme Court, he appointed Ret. General Colin Powell to the position of Secretary of State. He became the nations first black Secretary of State.
2004: After barely winning re-election, President Bush nominated National Security Advisor Condileeza Rise as the next Secretary of State. She became the first black woman to ever hold this position.
2008: Shortly after winning a landslide election and becoming the nations first black man to be elected to The Office of the President, Barack Obama nominates New York Senator and Former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next Secretary of State.
January 21, 2009, Senator Hillary Clinton is confirmed, by a vote of 94-2, as the nation's next Secretary of State. She now becomes the first former first lady to hold the position of Secretary of State and continues Mrs. Clinton's trail blazing post-White House career.
Although this is not the position for which she had originally applied, I believe she will be an amazing Secretary of State.
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Hillary Clinton has many issues to face as the new Secretary of State. The problems in the Middle East and with Russia will be in the forefront as she begins her duty.
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