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May 15, 1937 Madeleine Korbel Albright was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1937 by a Czech diplomat Josef Korbel and his wife, Mandula. She is the first woman to have held the position of Secretary of State in the history of the United States of America. The post obtained by President Clinton in 1997 is just the latest chapter in a long and distinguished career in the service of diplomacy and international security. Madelaine's childhood is marked by the advent of World War II during which, because of the Nazi invasion of his country, has gone with his family to escape to England to return to Czechoslovakia after the war. Following the advent of the Communist regime in the country, the family is forced to flee again. This time the destination United States of America are those who will see it in its top posts, free and democratic country that did provide some assistance and job opportunities for immigrants. Then arrives with her parents in the port of New York on November 11, 1948, at the age of eleven. His condition as a refugee the marks inexorably and will weigh little on his next training. Educated at the College of Wellesley, graduated from Columbya University, and specializes in international relations with Eastern Europe. Soon began his political career, working first for the failed presidential takeover of Senator Muskie, then the national security adviser to President Carter. After a divorce from her husband Joseph Albright, newspaper publisher, Madeleine grows by itself the three daughters while continuing to attend foreign policy circles. His strong ties with the Democratic Party lead her to join the team of President Clinton, participates in the Security Council and has a four-year term assignment as representative to the United Nations. Daughter of Jews, carries within it in any way that "guilt" that plagues all Holocaust survivors. Not surprisingly, in terms of historical discussion, is known in the us administration as a major representative of the "group of Munich", that is, the set of politicians and intellectuals believe that the most serious mistake of the century has been to not have stopped Hitler in Munich in 1938. At the same time, however, it was also opposed to the pacifist trend more easily by some members of the Administration, especially those who have embarked on a serious and painful reflection as a result of the American intervention in the war in Viet Nam. Representatives of this school of thought (nicknamed cant newspeak "Vietnamese"), largely made up of generals and politicians, they think that never again, after Viet Nam, America should engage in a war. The December 5, 1996, President Clinton appointed Secretary of State, confirmed unanimously by the Senate decision. The January 23, 1997 the Albright became the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. It is the first woman Secretary of State of the United States, the highest Office ever reached by a woman in the history of American Government. According to Time magazine, the Albright was the "moral force" that prompted NATO to take action in Kosovo, advocating a new global role for the Alliance in the third millennium. In fact, by Madeleine Albright, the tragedy of the Kosovo's population forced to flee the country's "personal history" since, as pointed out by an article published by the Times of London, about ethnic cleansing, "knows something." It was his position as "Falcon" to convince Clinton to order the bombing of Nato, to ignore the reports of intelligence and of the high degrees of Pentagon on little chance of success of air raids. A reporter from the Washington Post said: "manages to be credible in the eyes of all, understood and respected when talking about foreign policy, from ordinary people to economic powers and Bosnian warlords."