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Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is a prominent American politician and member of the Democratic Party, best known for her role as the 67th Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. Prior to that, she served as the United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Clinton has been a significant figure in American politics for decades, advocating for issues such as healthcare reform, women's rights, and international diplomacy. Her tenure as Secretary of State included notable events such as the U.S. response to the Arab Spring and the military intervention in Libya.

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Feb 22, 2010

Thanks to a constitutional guarantee of women's political participation, a quarter of the parliament is female.

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Feb 22, 2010

This year an amnesty law was brought into force that gives a blanket pardon to past or present combatants who agree to reconcile.

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Feb 22, 2010

The most immediate source of the disconnect between Nigeria's resource wealth and its population's poverty is a failure of governance at the federal, state, and local level.

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Feb 22, 2010

I urged Nigeria's leaders to make electoral reform one of Nigeria's highest priorities.

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Feb 22, 2010

I stress that Nigeria's next Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for April 2011 must be credible.

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Feb 15, 2010

Well, the short answer is, no, I will not be immigrating. I will be visiting, as often as I can.

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Jan 27, 2010

The future security, stability, and development of that country depends in large part on the degree to which women will have an active role in rebuilding their society and a voice in their country's political process.

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Jan 20, 2010

Only the Afghan people can defeat the insurgency once and for all and build a successful democracy that lasts

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Jan 20, 2010

We could not do this without the support of this committee or the Congress. You have been indispensable partners.

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Jan 20, 2010

America's future is linked to the future of the Asia-Pacific region; and the future of this region depends on America.

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Jan 19, 2010

We all are looking hard at what did happen in order to improve our procedures to avoid human errors, mistakes, oversights of any kind...and we are going to be working hard with the rest of the administration to improve every aspect of our…

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Jan 19, 2010

The risks of doing nothing are far greater.

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Jan 11, 2010

We will be providing both civilian and military disaster relief and humanitarian assistance, and our prayers are with the people who have suffered, their families and their loved ones.

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Jan 10, 2010

The ultimate reason, she says, is my husband. She says: 'He is going to be a problem. You know what it's like when he's around. It's going to be a problem for both of us if I take this job.'

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Jan 10, 2010

He is going to be a problem. You know what it's like when he's around. It's going to be a problem for both of us if I take this job.

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Jan 10, 2010

You have to get ready to deal with this if it explodes in the press. And further, we need to know whether it's true or not.

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Dec 8, 2009

It's always been a concern. We have been well aware of the threats that we continue to face along with friends and allies around the world. We know that much of the training and the direction for terrorists comes from Pakistan and the…

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Dec 8, 2009

It's always been a concern. We have been well-aware of the threats that we continue to face, along with friends and allies around the world. We know that much of the training and the direction for terrorists comes from Pakistan and the…

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Dec 3, 2009

It's for me, particularly an extraordinary moment to see how happy my daughter is and to have such a wonderful young man who will become my son-in-law.

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Dec 2, 2009

I think it is a serious mistake not to put yourself into the shoes of the other person and to actually listen and understand how they see the reality they inhabit.

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Dec 2, 2009

The last thing in the world we want is a bunch of international experts flying in to Kabul to tell the government and the people of Afghanistan, 'Here's how you must, you know, construct your government.'

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Dec 2, 2009

Just as we have done in Iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account the conditions on the ground.

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