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Post by Admin on Apr 26, 2022 16:52:50 GMT
WATCH LIVE: Madeleine Albright's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral 4 waiting Scheduled for Apr 27, 2022 Political leaders and dignitaries will remember Madeleine Albright on Wednesday. Albright, who was the nation’s first woman to serve as secretary of state, will be celebrated in a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. EDT. Ahead of the funeral, the PBS NewsHour's Nicole Ellis will host a series of conversations starting at 10 a.m. EDT that look at the legacy left by the 84-year-old diplomat, who was often regarded as a paragon of diplomacy. The conversations will explore Albright’s life and legacy.
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Post by Admin on Apr 27, 2022 17:02:44 GMT
Current and former presidents, U.S. government officials, secretaries of state, foreign ministers, ambassadors and a large congressional delegation are expected to attend the funeral service Wednesday of the late Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. President Joe Biden will deliver the first tribute at the service, which is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET, at Washington National Cathedral. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are also scheduled to give remarks. Remembering Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state Biden became the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1997, shortly before Albright became secretary of state, nominated as the first woman to be America's top diplomat by President Clinton. Hillary Clinton was first lady during Albright's tenure and they became close friends. Organizers are planning for 1,400 people to attend the funeral service, which is expected to last about two hours. Albright's burial is scheduled for immediately after the service and will be attended only by family. Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, former Vice President Al Gore, and former Secretaries of State John Kerry and Condoleezza Rice are expected to attend the memorial service. Other attendees include several members of Biden's Cabinet and top aides, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director William Burns, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power.
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Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2022 18:11:35 GMT
WATCH: 'Hallelujah' performed at Madeleine Albright's funeral 58,876 views Apr 28, 2022 Trumpeter Chris Botti and guitarist Leonardo Amuedo performed an arrangement of Leonard Cohen's classic "Hallelujah" in tribute to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright during her funeral service on April 27.
The duo performed the song between eulogies by President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton at the Washington National Cathedral.
Albright died in March at the age of 84 after a battle with cancer. Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state, was also a child of Czech refugees who fled from a Nazi invasion. She used her experience growing up in communist Yugoslavia and fleeing to the U.S. to inform her work on world affairs, becoming a staunch defender of democracy and human rights.
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