Here are the bios of the last two Secretaries of State, prior to their appointments.
Colin Powell
BA, City College, New York; MBA, George Washington University.
Served overseas in Germany, Viet Nam, Korea
Senior Military Advisor to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger 1983-1986
National Security Advisor, President Ronald Reagan 1987-1989
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, President George H.W. Bush 1989-1993
Condolezza Rice
BA, University of Denver, Phi Beta Kappa
MA, Political Science, Notre Dame
PhD, Political Science, University of Denver
thesis on military policy and politics in Czechoslovakia
Stanford University: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor, Provost
Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies – specialist on the Soviet Union
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Senior Director, Soviet and East European Affairs, National Security Council – President George H.W. Bush 1989-1991
National Security Advisor, President George Bush 2001-2005
No one seems to be asking what Hillary Clinton’s qualifications for being Secretary of State are. What are they?
Hillary Rodham Clinton
BA, Wellesley College; JD, Yale Law School
Impeachment Inquiry Staff, House Judiciary Committee, 1974
Failed DC Bar exam, passed Arkansas Bar exam
Partner Rose Law Firm, Little Rock Arkansas 1977-1992
Director, Legal Services Corporation 1978-1981
First Lady, Arkansas 1978-1992
First Lady, United States 1992-2000
United States Senator, New York 2000-
She has no experience in international affairs. She has never lived overseas. She speaks no foreign language. Her most remarkable accomplishments have been to turn $1,000 into $100,000 in ten months of trading in cattle futures, and trashing her husband’s approval ratings in 1993 when she headed an ill-advised attempt to nationalize US healthcare – an issue that led to the Republicans picking up 53 seats and gaining control of the House in 1994.
Why is this woman about to be selected as the next Secretary of State?
– RedHatRob
Possibly Pro’s and Cons of Hillary (I think all could be considered in both categories.)
Would be the ONLY secretary of state with experience as First Lady.
No military experience
Global advocate of Women’s and Children’s Rights.
Lots of experience in the Senate
(Now some of these are humorous… I know. But seriously, although historical precedent provides suggestion of qualities that make a good sec. of state, there is no set rubric for this position. Should there be a rubric? Thats for you to decide.)