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Foreign ministers of Japan, S. Korea, U.S. meet press

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attend a news conference at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 25 after their trilateral talks ended.

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Japan, U.S. hold foreign ministers' meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (2nd from R) attend a bilateral foreign ministerial meeting at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 25.

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Albright meets with Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L), fresh from two days of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, meets with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 25.

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Japanese, S. Korean, U.S. foreign ministers meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono shake hands before they begin talks in Seoul on Oct. 24.

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Albright arrives in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in Seoul on Oct. 25 after completing a historic two-day visit to North Korea. Albright is expected to brief South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on her visit, in which she held six hours of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Albright meets Mori in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on July 31 prior to their meeting at Mori's official residence. Albright arrived in Japan on July 30 after attending a series of meetings by Asia-Pacific foreign ministers in Bangkok.

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Kono, Albright meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright prior to their talks in Tokyo on July 30. Albright arrived in Japan the previous day after attending a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Bangkok.

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Albright toasts at reception in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) toasts with Miyazaki Gov. Suketaka Matsukata at a reception to welcome her in Miyazaki on July 30. Albright skipped the July 12-13 meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight powers held in this southwestern Japanese city due to the Mideast peace talks at Camp David, Maryland. She arrived in Japan on July 29 after attending a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Bangkok.

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Albright speaks at Miyazaki hall named after her

MIYAZAKI, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers a lecture at ''Albright Hall'' in Miyazaki on July 30 after attending a ceremony to name the new civic hall after her. Albright skipped the July 12-13 meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight powers held at Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, due to the Mideast peace talks at Camp David, Maryland. She arrived in Japan on July 29 after attending a ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Bangkok.

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Albright meets South Korea's

BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn pose for photographers at a Bangkok hotel July 28 before they hold talks on the sidelines of an annual meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its 10 extra-regional ''dialogue partners.''

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Albright holds historic talks with N. Korea's Paek

BANGKOK, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (2nd from R) begin unprecedented talks at a Bangkok hotel July 28. Albright said later the United States is now more hopeful for stability on the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan hold talks in Bangkok on July 27. The talks, held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum, come ahead of talks between Paek and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright scheduled for July 28.

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Albright, Tang hold talks in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan meet in Bangkok on July 28. The meeting took place one day after the ASEAN Regional Forum ended a security meeting, at which missile shields planned by the United States and North Korea's missile program were key topics.

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Albright rebuffs debate on U.S. troops pullout

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) speaks at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Lee Joung Binn in Seoul on June 23. She rebuffed any debate in South Korea on changing the status or withdrawal of U.S. troops as ''not appropriate or premature.''

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Kim meets with Albright

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung shake hands at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on June 23.

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U.S. state sec'y meets Chinese president

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 22. Albright arrived in Beijing on June 22, the highest ranking U.S. official to visit China since the May 1999 bombing of China's embassy in Belgrade.

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Albright, Japan's Yamamoto hold joint news confab

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's No. 3 Foreign Ministry official Ichita Yamamoto (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (R) speak to reporters at a joint news conference Oct. 15 in Washington. Earlier, Yamamoto, state foreign secretary, presented a letter from Foreign Minister Yohei Kono to Albright, urging the United States to continue efforts for the ratification of a global treaty to ban nuclear testing.

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Komura meets with Albright

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (far L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (R) hold talks at an Auckland hotel Sept. 9 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum ministerial meeting.

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Albright meets Chinese President in Beijing

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meets with Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing on March 2. Albright arrived in Bejing on Feb. 28 on the first leg a three-nation Asian visit. She will also travel to Indonesia and Thailand. The main purpose of Albright's visit to China is to lay the groundwork for Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's scheduled U.S. trip in April.

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. slam N. Korean missile launch

Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L), South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Hong Soon Young (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (C) shake hands prior to their meeting in New York on Sept. 24. The foreign ministers slammed North Korea for launching what they called a ''missile'' over Japan into the Pacific Ocean last month.

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Albright meets Hashimoto

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright briefs Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in Tokyo on July 4 on U.S. President Bill Clinton's trip to China. Albright flew to Tokyo from Hong Kong on July 3 after accompanying Clinton on his nine-day China visit.

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Albright hands Clinton's letter

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (Far L) hands over a letter from U.S. President Bill Clinton to Chinese President Jiang Zemin at Zhongnanhai, the quarters for Chinese top leaders in central Beijing, on April 30. Albright arrived in Beijing on April 29 for a two-day visit.

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U.S.-China hot line pact inked

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) shakes handswith Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan after signing an agreementin Beijing on April 29 to set up a hot line between Washington and the Chinese capital.

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Albright meets with Hashimoto

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) chats with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R) before going into talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on April 28.

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Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies of cancer

STORY: Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies of cancer DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Madeleine Albright related footage STORYLINE: Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state of the United States, died Wednesday, her family announced. She was 84. Albright died of cancer, her family said in a statement, adding she was "surrounded by family and friends" during the final moment of her life. A native of Prague, then Czechoslovakia, Albright migrated to the United States in 1948 as an 11-year-old refugee, rising to the top of U.S. Foreign Service as she held the post of secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 during the Bill Clinton administration. During her tenure at the State Department, Albright championed the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), pushing in particular for the alliance's military intervention -- led by the United States in 1999 -- into the conflict

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Kim meets with Albright

SEOUL, S. Korea - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung shake hands at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on June 23.

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Tomas Petricek, Madeleine Albright

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (left) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, (right) former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek, George Robertson

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (left) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson (right) and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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JIRI SEDIVY, TOMAS PETRICEK

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. Former Army Chief of staff General Jiri Sedivy (right) receives medal. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Lubos Dobrovsky, Tomas Petricek

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign minister and defence minister Lubos Dobrovsky (left) for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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JAROSLAV SEDIVY, TOMAS PETRICEK

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign minister Jaroslav Sedivy (left) and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Alexandr Vondra, Tomas Petricek

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign ministers and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. At left is former Ambassador to US Alexandr Vondra. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Vladimir Vetchy, Tomas Petricek

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign minister and defence minister Vladimir Vetchy (left) for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Michael Zantovsky, Tomas Petricek

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. Former Ambassador to US Miichael Zantovsky (left) receives medal. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (pictured) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek, George Robertson

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (lleft) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson (right) and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jan Kavan, Tomas Petricek

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign minister Jan Kavan (left) and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Medal of Merit Award for Diplomacy, Czech Foreign Minister

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek, Madeleine Albright

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (left) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, (right) former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek, Madeleine Albright, George Robertson

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. L- R Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana (not pictured) as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Tomas Petricek, Madeleine Albright

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (left) decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, (right) former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Andrej Babis

Czech PM Andrej Babis (pictured) speaks during the ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, GEORGE ROBERTSON

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright (left), former NATO general secretaries George Robertson (right) and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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TOMAS PETRICEK

Ceremonial evening on 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek decorates outstanding personalities: former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former NATO general secretaries George Robertson and Javier Solana as well as former Czech foreign and defence ministers for their contribution to Czech membership of NATO and diplomacy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 12, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jaroslav Kubera, Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright receives a bouquet and a brooch from Senate of the Parliament of the Czech republic President Jaroslav Kubera after the conference Our Security Is Not Taken For Granted, held at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO, to be attended by presidents of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, Janos Ader, Andrzej Duda and Andrej Kiska, defence and foreign ministers of Visegrad Four, current and former senior officials of NATO and USA, diplomatic corps. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Madeleine Albright

Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright presents her latest book Fascism: A Warning Former at the Charles University's Faculty of Law in Prague, Czech Republic, March 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright holds a speech at the conference Our Security Is Not Taken For Granted, held at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO, to be attended by presidents of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, Janos Ader, Andrzej Duda and Andrej Kiska, defence and foreign ministers of Visegrad Four, current and former senior officials of NATO and USA, diplomatic corps. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Jaroslav Kubera, Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright receives a brooch from Senate of the Parliament of the Czech republic President Jaroslav Kubera after the conference Our Security Is Not Taken For Granted, held at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO, to be attended by presidents of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, Janos Ader, Andrzej Duda and Andrej Kiska, defence and foreign ministers of Visegrad Four, current and former senior officials of NATO and USA, diplomatic corps. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Jaroslav Kubera, Madeleine Albright

Former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright and Senate of the Parliament of the Czech republic President Jaroslav Kubera pose after the conference Our Security Is Not Taken For Granted, held at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's joining NATO, to be attended by presidents of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, Janos Ader, Andrzej Duda and Andrej Kiska, defence and foreign ministers of Visegrad Four, current and former senior officials of NATO and USA, diplomatic corps. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)