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Secretary Party Vote [a] Term of office State President(s) Portrait Name Took office Left office Term Length – John Jay (1745–1829) Federalist – September 15, 1789: March 22, 1790: 188 days New York: George Washington (1789–1797) 1 Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) [3] Democratic-Republican – March 22, 1790: December 31, 1793: 3 years ...
Hillary Clinton had announced she would not stay on in a second Obama term. Obama nominated Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts as his Secretary of State. On January 29, 2013, John Kerry was confirmed by the Senate in a 94–3 vote to be Secretary of State. [39] John Kerry took office on February 1, 2013.
The Benghazi matter also had an effect on Clinton's successor as Secretary of State. Obama's first choice was Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice, [277] but she came under heavy criticism from Congressional Republicans for what they felt were incorrect or deceptive statements in the aftermath of the attack, and by mid-December she withdrew her name ...
In early December 2008, Rice praised President-elect Barack Obama's selection of New York senator Hillary Clinton to succeed her as Secretary of State, saying "she's terrific". Rice, who spoke to Clinton after her selection, said Clinton "is someone of intelligence and she'll do a great job". [178]
The former first lady was notably absent from President Jimmy Carter's state funeral service, leading Barack Obama and Donald Trump to ... Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
Obama fired Army Gen. Michael Flynn as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 over "insubordination," which Flynn claimed had stemmed from criticisms he had made about Obama not being ...
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat.She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States as the wife of Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.
Obama described his Cabinet choices as a "team of rivals", and Obama chose several prominent public officials for Cabinet positions, including defeated rival Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. [31] Obama nominated several former Clinton administration officials to the Cabinet and to other positions. [32]