Quando sono diventata segretario di Stato, ho chiesto ai nostri diplomatici ed esperti di sviluppo: "Come possiamo fare meglio?". Io potevo vedere le nostre forze, che comprendevano decine di migliaia di funzionari che si svegliavano ogni mattina pensando a come far avanzare gli interessi americani e promuovere i nostri valori...

Quand je suis devenue secrétaire d'Etat, j'ai demandé à nos diplomates et nos experts en développement: "Comment pouvons-nous faire mieux ?" Je pouvais bien voir nos forces, comprenant des dizaines de milliers de fonctionnaires se levant chaque matin en pensant à la façon de faire avancer les intérêts américains et de...

Cuando tomé posesión como secretaria de Estado, pregunté a nuestros diplomáticos y expertos en desarrollo: "¿Cómo podemos mejorar?" Veía todas nuestras cualidades, entre ellas las decenas de miles de funcionarios públicos que se levantan cada día pensando en cómo defender los intereses de Estados Unidos y promover nuestros valores en...

When I became Secretary of State, I asked our diplomats and development experts: "How can we do better?" I could see our strengths, including tens of thousands of public servants who get up every day thinking about how to advance America's interests and promote our values around the world. At...

The following comes from remarks delivered at the Opening Session of the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness on November 30, 2011 in Busan, South Korea.

I'm pleased to be the first American Secretary of State to attend such a forum. We've already heard some excellent addresses with...

Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chaired the first-ever Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High-Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy in San Francisco, California. Hosted by the United States, hundreds of private sector leaders and government officials gathered this week to discuss the inclusion of women as an...

This Mother's Day weekend, most of us will enjoy a home-cooked meal -- maybe even breakfast in bed. We'll probably take it for granted that the meal was prepared in a clean kitchen, where the air is safe to breathe. But for nearly half of the world's population, cooking at...

March 8th is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. And, as many of you know, this anniversary is important to me. At the 1995 Beijing conference, I was so humbled by the positive response to my message that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights....

Currently more than 20 million Pakistanis have been affected by the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history. That is more than the population of New York State. The enormity of this crisis is hard to fathom,...

This morning, one billion people around the world woke up hungry and tonight, they will go to sleep hungry. This issue has not gotten the attention it deserves, and it is a personal priority of mine and of the Obama Administration to address the challenge of chronic hunger with a...

The Bush administration is up to its old tricks again, quietly putting ideology before science and women's health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is poised to put in place new barriers to accessing common forms of contraception like birth control pills, emergency contraception and IUDs by labeling...

Marian Wright Edelman, my friend and founder of the Children's Defense Fund, says it best: "If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much."

In my 35 years as an advocate for children and families, I have never met a child without potential. But I've met...