“I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.”
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I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.
I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.
It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.
I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office.