January 17, 2016 DNC Primaries - NBC Debate Megathread

The following list was not compiled by me:

As a young woman:

  • Hillary Rodham became engaged in politics from an early age, first as a Republican, and took part in political campaigns as a teenager.
  • She graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, majoring in political science. She was involved in student government and elected president of the college's student government associations.
  • While she was at Wellesley in 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated. In response, she worked with the college's African-American students to organize a peaceful two-day strike, avoiding the sometimes violent student disruptions rocking other American colleges in this era.
  • Hillary became the first student in Wellesley's history to offer its commencement address, and received a 7 minute standing ovation. As a part of her speech, she criticized Senator Edward Brooke, who had spoken before her in the commencement.

While at Yale Law School:

  • Hillary Rodham was on the editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. She worked with the Yale Child Study Center, contributing to the Beyond the Best Interests of the Child, a study of child placement laws. In 1973, she wrote "Children Under the Law", which examines Childrens' legal rights. An analysis of her article is here: "What Hillary Rodham Clinton Really Said About Children's Rights and Child Policy"
  • Hillary researched issues affecting migrant workers for Walter Mondale's congressional subcommittee on Migratory Labor.

In the early 1970s:

  • Hillary Rodham served as staff attorney for the Children's Defense Fund.
  • During the Watergate scandal, she served as a member of the impeachment inquiry staff, advising the House Judiciary committee.
  • She moved to Arkansas with Bill Clinton and began teaching criminal law at the University of Arkansas.

In Arkansas:

  • Hillary joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas. She pursued patent infringement and intellectual property law, working pro bono for child advocacy. She became a partner in 1979, the first woman to do so.
  • She co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977. She continued to publish scholarly articles in the field of children's law.
  • From 1978 through 1981, Hillary served on the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation, a nonprofit designed to ensure equal access to legal justice for all Americans.
  • Hillary Clinton served as First Lady of Arkansas from 1979-1981, and 1983-1992. As First Lady, she served as chair of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee. While chair, she implemented stand standards for curriculum and mandatory teacher testing.
  • She served on the board of nonprofits: The Arkansas Children's Hospital, The Children's Defense Fund, The American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession.
  • She was on the corporate board of TCBY and Walmart, where she pushed for environmental reforms and for more women in its corporate management.

As First Lady:

  • Hillary Clinton is regarded as the most politically influential first lady in the history of the United States, other than Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • She played an important part in vetting presidential appointments.
  • She headed the effort for unsuccessful efforts to achieve national healthcare reform.
  • Hillary Clinton worked with the U.S. Senate to pass the State Children's Health Insurance Program. She initiated the Adoption and Safe Families Act and was influential the passage of Foster Care Independence Act.
  • As First Lady, Hillary Clinton traveled extensively and advocated for women's rights around the world.

As Senator:

  • Hillary Clinton was elected United States Senator from New York twice, and served from 2001 through 2008.
  • She served on Senatorial committees, including Budget; Armed Services; Environment and Public Works; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and a special Committee on Aging.
  • While in the Senate, she worked in a bipartisan manner with Republicans.
  • Following the 9/11 attacks, she was instrumental in securing funding for recovery efforts and increased security for New York state.
  • She voted for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. By 2005, she began calling for gradual withdrawal from Iraq and opposed the increase of troop deployment of 2007. She voted in 2007 for a spending bill that would require a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
  • She voted against Bush's tax cuts, which have increased federal deficits immensely.
  • Hillary Clinton supported immigration reform as a senator.
  • Hillary Clinton led a bipartisan effort to bring broadband access to rural communities.

As Secretary of State:

  • Hillary Clinton was the first former First Lady to occupy a cabinet position.
  • She conducted many diplomatic missions and visited over 100 countries, more than any previous Secretary of State. She did a great deal to repair international relations after damage caused by the unilateral approaches taken by the Bush administration.
  • She lead the U.S. response to the Arab Spring in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and other countries.
  • Hillary Clinton was the key advocate for U.S. participation in the military intervention in Libya, which led to the overthrow of Gaddafi.
  • After the U.S. mission to kill Osama Bin Laden, she argued successfully that the United States not release photographs of the Al Queda leader.
  • She was vital in conducting relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • Hillary Clinton worked to restart negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, establishing direct talks in 2010 and traveling to Jerusalem in 2012 in an effort to stop the 2012 Gaza conflict.
  • As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton promoted women's right and human rights as vital to U.S. political interests. She advocated for gay rights at the UN Human Rights Council.
  • She oversaw damage control in response to the Wikileaks revelations of State Department cables.
  • Clinton testified to Congress regarding the killing of U.S. Diplomatic staff in Libya.
  • Clinton co-chaired the U.S-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in 2009.
  • She mediated in the electoral crisis in Honduras in 2009.
  • In 2009 she unveiled the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative for Bill Clinton's Clinton Global Initiative.
  • Hillary Clinton visited Haiti in 2009 and Chile in 2010 in response to catastrophic earthquakes.
  • She played an important role in lobbying the U.S. Senate to ratify the new START treaty in 2010.
  • Hillary was outspoken in support of legitimate democracy in Russia during the 2011 election controversies.
  • In 2011, she was the first Secretary of State to visit Burma since 1955, in support of democratic reforms in that country.
  • Hillary Clinton played a vital role in the passage of the Turkish-Armenian Accord.
  • She initiated reforms in the State Department, including the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review which established a review process to increase the effectiveness of the department.

She doesn't seem like a first grader.

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