“Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency.” MayStatesWinningClintonAccomplishedSecretaryPresidencyInfluentialHillary Rodham Clinton Author:Ron Fournier
“Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.” PeopleThinkingWantStatesHouseWhiteWhite HouseGoing OutSecretary Author:Sally Quinn
“In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.” YearsStatesFoundStarsPresidentRoomsTroubleRocksGrewGrew UpVicesSentencesDefenseSecretaryRock StarVice PresidentCompleting Author:Joe Scarborough
“I had been secretary of state for eight years, attorney general for four years, lieutenant governor for four years, and governor for four years - I had all these friends around the country - so I thought I could gin up a campaign not for me but against George W. Bush, against his war, against his economic policies, and against his education policies.” YearsWarCountryStatesFourEconomicPolicyEightCampaignsFour YearsGovernorsSecretaryAttorneyGinEconomic PolicyLieutenants Author:Don Siegelman
“I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.” StatesGreaterExerciseOfficeAuthorityStandardsFunctionRegardLondonGuidanceEthicalSecretarySectionsEthical Standards Author:Ken Livingstone
“Secretary of state Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem... economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as well as military. A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women and children will be killed. I could not vote for a resolution that I believe will lead to such an outcome.” MenWayBelieveWellsChildrenStatesProblemRunningPoliticalI BelieveRiskEconomicMilitaryRootsVoteInnocentOutcomesResolutionSecretaryMen WomenEloquenceDiplomaticInnocent Man Author:Barbara Lee
“Barack Obama is putting his team together to take over the Administration. So far, he's got his mother-in-law, who is going to be living with him, and they are talking about Hillary for Secretary of State. You have your mother-in-law and Hillary Clinton. Sounds like smooth sailing to me.” StatesTogetherLawMotherSoundTalkingTeamClintonAdministrationBarackSecretarySmoothSailingIn-lawsMother In LawSmooth Sailing Author:David Letterman
“People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator to bring industry to the state. That's the lieutenant governor's job, that's your state senators' and assemblymen's job. That's your secretary of state's job, to make a climate in the state that says, 'Y'all come.'” PeopleWellsStatesJobsAsksIndustryClimateAsk MeGovernorsSecretarySenatorsLieutenants Author:Sharron Angle
“Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House.” IfsWantShouldStatesOrderCoursesHousePresidentWhiteReturnVicesChecksGentlemanWhite HouseSecretaryTransfersVice PresidentHelmPending Author:Alexander Haig
“I really am tired of all the Clinton Democrats running around getting all-sanctimonious over Iraq. It was them who killed 1.5 to 2.2 million Iraqis through sanctions. Sanctions that Madeline Albright, their illustrious Secretary of State, when confronted with the fact of 500,000 dead Iraqi children, said it was a price she was willing to pay.” ChildrenSaidStatesFactsRunningPayMillionsWillingTiredClintonDemocratIraqSecretarySanctionsSanctimoniousMadeline Author:Scott Ritter