Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state, has died at 84 after a battle with cancer, according to her family.
Albright played a leading role in pressing for the Clinton administration to get militarily involved in the conflict in Kosovo. She also toed a hard line on Cuba, famously saying at the United Nations that the Cuban shootdown of a civilian plane was not “cojones” but rather “cowardice.”
She advised women “to act in a more confident manner” and “to ask questions when they occur and don’t wait to ask.” She even weighed in on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writing in a recent New York Times op-ed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is making "a historic error." "A tireless champion of democracy and human rights, she was at the time of her death a professor at Georgetown University'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," her family wrote in a statement.
"Madeleine Albright is a towering figure in American and world history, but I knew her as family," Schatz wrote on Twitter. "She is my oldest brother’s mother in law, and when I came to Washington, we became friends. Actual friends. She was thrilled to have a politician in the family, and wanted to help."
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