Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton served as the 67th Secretary of State during Obama's first term, championing smart power and focusing diplomatic efforts on the Asia-Pacific pivot and human rights. She navigated complex international crises and diplomatic re-resets, though her tenure was later shadowed by intense political scrutiny over the 2012 Benghazi attack and private email use.

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Year	Hillary Clinton
1947	Birth of Hillary Clinton (Period: October 26, 1947, Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States)
1950	Maplewood Elementary School (Original Name, Age: 2 years old, Period: Early 1950s – late 1950s, Location: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA)
1960	Republican Party in high school (Age: 12 years old, Period: Early 1960s–circa 1965, Location: Illinois, United States)
1961	Main East High School (Original Name, Age: 13 years old, Period: c. 1961–1964, Location: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA)
1964	Participation in Republican Political Activities (Age: 16 years old, Period: c. 1964, Location: Illinois, United States) Main South High School (Original Name, Age: 16 years old, Period: 1964–1965, Location: Park Ridge, Illinois, USA)
1965	Wellesley College (Original Name, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1965–1969, Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States)
1968	Political Shift to the Democratic Party (Age: 20 years old, Period: c. 1968, Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA) Switch to the Democratic Party (Age: 20 years old, Period: Circa 1968–, Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States)
1969	Yale Law School (Original Name, Age: 21 years old, Period: 1969–1973, Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA) Wellesley College Commencement Speech (Age: 21 years old, Period: May 1969, Location: Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States)
1970	Participation in Democratic candidates' election campaigns (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1970s, Location: United States of America) Democratic political activities in Arkansas (Age: 22 years old, Period: Late 1970s–1992, Location: Arkansas, United States)
1974	Watergate Investigation Assistant (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Relocation to Arkansas and Legal Practice (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1974–, Location: Fayetteville, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
1975	Marriage (Hillary Clinton, Marriage to Bill Clinton, Age: 27 years old, Period: October 11, 1975, Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA)
1976	Joining Rose Law Firm (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1976–, Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
1977	Appointment to Legal Services Corporation Board (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1977–1981, Location: United States of America)
1978	Whitewater Real Estate Controversy (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1978 – late 1990s, Location: Arkansas, United States) Controversy Over Cattle Futures Trading Profits (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1978–1979, 1990s, Location: Arkansas, Chicago Board of Trade, USA)
1979	Becoming First Lady of Arkansas (Age: 31 years old, Period: January 1979 – January 1981, January 1983 – December 1992, Location: Arkansas, United States)
1990	Controversy Surrounding Rose Law Firm Billing Records (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1990s, Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
1992	Support for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1992, Location: United States of America)
1993	Becoming First Lady of the United States (Age: 45 years old, Period: January 1993 – January 2001, Location: White House, Washington, D.C., USA) Travelgate Controversy (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1993–1996, Location: White House, Washington, D.C., USA)
1995	Speech at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (Age: 47 years old, Period: September 5, 1995, Location: Beijing, China)
1996	Filegate Controversy (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1996–2000, Location: White House, Washington, D.C., USA)
2000	Candidacy and election to the U.S. Senate from New York (Age: 53 years old, Period: November 2000–January 2009, Location: New York, Washington, D.C., United States) Election to the US Senate from New York (Age: 53 years old, Period: November 7, 2000 – January 21, 2009, Location: New York, Washington, D.C., United States)
2007	Candidacy in the 2008 Presidential Election (Age: 59 years old, Period: January 2007 – June 2008, Location: United States of America) 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign (Age: 59 years old, Period: 2007–2008, Location: United States of America)
2009	Use of Private Email Server During Tenure as Secretary of State (Age: 61 years old, Period: 2009–2013, 2015–2016 (Investigated/Politicized), Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Allegations of Conflict of Interest Between the Clinton Foundation and Tenure as Secretary of State (Age: 61 years old, Period: 2009–2016, Location: United States, International Community) Participation in the Democratic administration as Secretary of State (Age: 61 years old, Period: January 2009–February 2013, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Appointment as Secretary of State (Age: 61 years old, Period: January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2012	Criticism Regarding the Response to the Benghazi Attack (Age: 64 years old, Period: September 2012 – 2016, Location: Benghazi, Libya, Washington, D.C., USA)
2015	2016 Democratic presidential nomination (Age: 67 years old, Period: 2015–2016, Location: United States of America) Candidacy in the 2016 Presidential Election (Age: 67 years old, Period: April 2015 – November 2016, Location: United States of America)
2017	Establishment of Onward Together (Age: 69 years old, Period: May 2017–, Location: United States of America) Founding of Onward Together and support for Democratic organizations (Age: 69 years old, Period: May 2017–, Location: United States of America)
2020	Endorsement of Joe Biden's presidential campaign (Age: 72 years old, Period: 2020, Location: United States of America) Appointment as Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (Age: 72 years old, Period: January 2, 2020–, Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
2022	Campaign Finance Reporting Issue Surrounding Steele Dossier Research Expenses (Age: 74 years old, Period: 2016, 2022 (FEC Settlement), Location: United States of America)
2023	Teaching and Research Activities at Columbia University (Age: 75 years old, Period: 2023–, Location: New York City, New York, USA)
2024	Endorsement of Kamala Harris's presidential campaign (Age: 76 years old, Period: 2024, Location: United States of America)
2025	Awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Age: 77 years old, Period: January 4, 2025, Location: White House, Washington, D.C., USA)

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The White House	Barack Obama Michelle Obama Rahm Emanuel William Daley Jack Lew Denis McDonough Valerie Jarrett David Axelrod David Plouffe John Podesta Robert Gibbs Jay Carney Josh Earnest Pete Rouse Anita Dunn Ben Rhodes
Cabinet and Administration	John Kerry Hillary Clinton Robert Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel Ashton Carter Eric Holder Loretta Lynch Janet Napolitano Jeh Johnson Timothy Geithner Kathleen Sebelius Sylvia Mathews Burwell Arne Duncan Steven Chu Ernest Moniz Gina McCarthy Lisa Jackson Samantha Power Susan Rice

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