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One photo of Madeline Albright that sticks in my mind is her coming out of a Washington building holding hands with Jesse Helms, one of the most conservative so
by ilamont 5y ago
One photo of Madeline Albright that sticks in my mind is her coming out of a Washington building holding hands with Jesse Helms, one of the most conservative southern Republican senators of the 1990s. This was in the aftermath of a new wave of vocal and angry Republican congressmen, led by Newt Gingrich and keyed up by talk radio, winning the House in 1994.
Both Albright and Helms were smiling like little kids. The friendship was genuine.
From what I recall, she made the effort to reach out to him and break the ice and build that relationship. It yielded dividends many times over for the State Department and I suspect for Mr. Helms as well.