American Secretaries of State: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Appointed by President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton served from January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013. Mrs. Clinton was interviewed for the American Secretaries of State Project in March 2017, during which time she discussed the diplomatic strategy and execution behind the Iran sanctions and subsequent nuclear deal – including measures to garner European Union, Russian, and Chinese support. Described by Nicholas Burns of the Harvard Kennedy School as a “genuine peacemaker,” Mrs. Clinton also negotiated an end to the rocket wars between Israel, Hezbollah, and Hamas and steered the U.S.’s response to the Arab Revolutions of 2011.