Left to right: Madeleine Albright, Condoleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry
Four former U.S. secretaries of state shared a stage at Woolsey Hall on April 18 and offered their insights on the state of democracy both at home and abroad.
Madeleine Albright, Condoleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton ’73 J.D., and John Kerry ’66 B.A. — four of the nation’s last six chief diplomats — had a nuanced conversation, which Kerry moderated, that touched on a range of issues, including the degree to which political polarization has affected America’s ability to advance its interests, protect human rights, and promote democracy across the globe.
The discussion was part of “Challenges to Democracy at Home and Abroad,” a two-day conference hosted by the Kerry Initiative at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, an interdisciplinary program that Kerry founded in 2017 to tackle pressing global challenges through teaching, research, and international dialogue. The conference brought together political leaders, journalists, and scholars to approach the problems facing democracy from a variety of angles.
Thank you to Yale and my fellow secretaries of state—@Madeleine, @CondoleezzaRice, and @JohnKerry—for yesterday's conversation about America's place in the world.
We face enormous challenges and it’s always an honor to talk with dedicated diplomats determined to solve them. pic.twitter.com/IKOIpv4kI7
I am very glad that Elizabeth Warren is putting forth fully fleshed out policies with plans to implement them, much as Hillary did in 2016. I am also grateful that she has articulated why we must proceed with impeachment for Trump. All of this is to her credit. However, I will never support her in the primary and will only reluctantly vote for her if she is the nominee. And the reason for this was on full display last night at the CNN Town hall forum. EW has a self righteous streak which is miles and miles too long for my taste. Worse still, she seems to think she is morally superior to HRC. She had an opportunity last night to acknowledge the injustice done to Hillary in 2016 and express gratitude to her for paving the way for all of the women running now. Needless to say, that didn’t happen. Instead she answered a question about getting “Hillaryed” by telling everyone how awesome Ew is. Sure. She claimed to be a Native American for years and remained a Republican all through the Reagan years until she learned from “research” that Reaganomics was only working for the affluent. I was just a nobody in flyover country in the eighties, but I knew that trickle down was a scam from the get-go. Not even mentioning racial and social injustice during those years. No. I will always be a pass on EW. I truly hope she is not the nominee.
I’m not fired up about anyone though I like elements about several. I can think of a primary situation in which I would vote for anyone with some momentum. That would be if Bernie were somehow a front-runner. I don’t think he will be.
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I am very glad that Elizabeth Warren is putting forth fully fleshed out policies with plans to implement them, much as Hillary did in 2016. I am also grateful that she has articulated why we must proceed with impeachment for Trump. All of this is to her credit. However, I will never support her in the primary and will only reluctantly vote for her if she is the nominee. And the reason for this was on full display last night at the CNN Town hall forum. EW has a self righteous streak which is miles and miles too long for my taste. Worse still, she seems to think she is morally superior to HRC. She had an opportunity last night to acknowledge the injustice done to Hillary in 2016 and express gratitude to her for paving the way for all of the women running now. Needless to say, that didn’t happen. Instead she answered a question about getting “Hillaryed” by telling everyone how awesome Ew is. Sure. She claimed to be a Native American for years and remained a Republican all through the Reagan years until she learned from “research” that Reaganomics was only working for the affluent. I was just a nobody in flyover country in the eighties, but I knew that trickle down was a scam from the get-go. Not even mentioning racial and social injustice during those years. No. I will always be a pass on EW. I truly hope she is not the nominee.
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I’m not fired up about anyone though I like elements about several. I can think of a primary situation in which I would vote for anyone with some momentum. That would be if Bernie were somehow a front-runner. I don’t think he will be.
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