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WATCH LIVE: Funeral for Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state
WATCH LIVE: Funeral for Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state
April 27, 2022, 7:35 AM
The funeral for Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, will be held Wednesday morning at the Washington National Cathedral.
World leaders and the U.S. political and foreign policy elite will pay their respects. Among those expected to be in attendance: President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the man who picked Albright to be his top diplomat and the highest-ranking woman ever in the U.S. government at that time. Some 1,400 mourners will gather Wednesday to celebrate her life and accomplishments.
The funeral is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.
A livestream will appear below.
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April 27, 2022, 7:35 AM
The funeral for Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, will be held Wednesday morning at the Washington National Cathedral.
World leaders and the U.S. political and foreign policy elite will pay their respects. Among those expected to be in attendance: President Joe Biden and predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, the man who picked Albright to be his top diplomat and the highest-ranking woman ever in the U.S. government at that time. Some 1,400 mourners will gather Wednesday to celebrate her life and accomplishments.
The funeral is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.
A livestream will appear below.
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Biden, Clintons to eulogize Albright, the first female secretary of state
By Amy B Wang
Today at 8:45 a.m. EDT
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright at her home in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in 2012. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
More than 1,400 people, including President Biden and several foreign leaders, are expected to attend the funeral Wednesday for former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, who died last month at 84 after a long career in public service. ... The service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral, to which Albright had close ties for several decades. Biden, former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will deliver eulogies in memory of Albright’s life, including her distinction as the nation’s first female secretary of state.
Others who will pay tribute to Albright include Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, who was friends with Albright for more than 35 years; former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who was a student of Albright’s father, Josef Korbel, at the University of Denver; and Albright’s three daughters. ... Albright died on March 23. The cause was cancer, her family said.
[Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84]
The music at Wednesday’s service will include pieces by Czech composers as a nod to Albright’s roots: Albright was born in 1937 in what was then Czechoslovakia. Her Jewish family fled Prague to escape the Nazis, and Albright later came to the United States as a political refugee at age 11. Other musical pieces will include a hymn written by a professor from Albright’s alma mater, Wellesley College. Trumpeter Chris Botti and pianist Herbie Hancock will perform.
Foreign leaders in attendance will include Salome Zourabichvili, president of Georgia; Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, president of Kosovo; Bisera Turkovic, foreign minister of Bosnia; Miloš Vystrčil, president of the Czech Senate; and Jan Lipavský, minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic.
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By Amy Wang
Amy B Wang is a national politics reporter. She joined The Washington Post in 2016 after seven years with the Arizona Republic. Twitter https://twitter.com/amybwang
Biden, Clintons to eulogize Albright, the first female secretary of state
By Amy B Wang
Today at 8:45 a.m. EDT
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright at her home in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in 2012. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
More than 1,400 people, including President Biden and several foreign leaders, are expected to attend the funeral Wednesday for former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, who died last month at 84 after a long career in public service. ... The service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral, to which Albright had close ties for several decades. Biden, former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will deliver eulogies in memory of Albright’s life, including her distinction as the nation’s first female secretary of state.
Others who will pay tribute to Albright include Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, who was friends with Albright for more than 35 years; former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who was a student of Albright’s father, Josef Korbel, at the University of Denver; and Albright’s three daughters. ... Albright died on March 23. The cause was cancer, her family said.
[Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84]
The music at Wednesday’s service will include pieces by Czech composers as a nod to Albright’s roots: Albright was born in 1937 in what was then Czechoslovakia. Her Jewish family fled Prague to escape the Nazis, and Albright later came to the United States as a political refugee at age 11. Other musical pieces will include a hymn written by a professor from Albright’s alma mater, Wellesley College. Trumpeter Chris Botti and pianist Herbie Hancock will perform.
Foreign leaders in attendance will include Salome Zourabichvili, president of Georgia; Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, president of Kosovo; Bisera Turkovic, foreign minister of Bosnia; Miloš Vystrčil, president of the Czech Senate; and Jan Lipavský, minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic.
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By Amy Wang
Amy B Wang is a national politics reporter. She joined The Washington Post in 2016 after seven years with the Arizona Republic. Twitter https://twitter.com/amybwang
