Madeleine Albright

...causing an Iraqi newspaper to label her "an unparalleled serpent." After a meeting on Iraq, "a gaggle of journalists" saw Ms. Albright sporting a menacing gold snake pin. When asked why, she answered, "because Saddam Hussein called me a...

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...pin worn to meet Saddam Hussein after he blasted her as an "unparalled serpent." "People want a little bit of fun in our all-too-often grim world," Albright said. "So why not foreign policy with a nice piece of jewelry?" That is some serious...

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...Photos by John Bigelow Taylor In her new book, Read My Pins, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reveals that she used jewelry as a diplomatic tool during her years with the Clinton administration. "This all started when I was...

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...Hussein put the focus on what she wore just as strong as on what she did. In 1994, after Hussein branded her an "unparalleled serpent," Albright wore a snake pin. Fifteen years later, her latest book talks of that decision and the use of...

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...at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Albright credits Saddam Hussein with the inspiration to use pins as a diplomatic tool after calling her a serpent when she was UN ambassador. She promptly donned a snake pin. When the Iraqi...

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...broached diplomatic days FORMER US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has revealed that she used to wear brooches to diplomatic meetings that indicated her mood and commented on the progress of talks. AS the first female secretary...

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