US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won.

As former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, former US Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, and former US Senator Sam Nunn put it in 2007, Without the bold vision of a nuclear weapons free world , the actions will not be perceived as fair or urgent.

Indeed, the US has never had a woman president, Senate majority leader, Secretary of the Treasury, or Secretary of Defense.

Even former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright got on the bandwagon

Here, the two US government officials best equipped to lead are Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.

These changes are likely to outlast US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton s embarrassment.

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the president of the European Parliamentary Assembly, Rene Van der Linden, and US Deputy Secretary of State for global affairs Paula Dopryansky have all visited Baku recently.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Egyptian army was restoring democracy.

US Secretary of State John Kerry even claimed that the military was restoring democracy.

Then US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson sought a bazooka during the 2008 financial crisis.

The recent developments highlighted in the report of the Secretary General gives us hope.

The Secretary General's report has provided us with a useful basis for our deliberations.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that the creation of a Palestinian state is a component of US national security.

So let us consider two of the leading candidates, Lawrence Summers, a former US treasury secretary, and current Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen.

Secretary Paulson has emphasized that the US is open for business from sovereign wealth funds.

The mandate and functions proposed by the Secretary General seem to us to be sound.

We appreciate Under Secretary General Egeland's reminder of what remains to be done by us all.

This seems to be the approach that inspired outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton s recent speech at the Brookings Institution on US European relations.

As Hu Jintao, China s Communist Party Secretary General and President, prepares to visit the US on April 20, myriad unresolved issues are disturbing Sino US relations.

Earlier in October, at the inaugural summit of ASEAN defense ministers in Hanoi, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared the US a resident power in Asia.

NEW YORK US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson s 700billion rescue package has run into difficulty on Capitol Hill.

The Secretary General's report has provided us with an excellent working tool, and Bulgaria is deeply grateful.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has recently advanced the broad outlines of a more conservative financial regulatory regime.

TEL AVIV In 2010, then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced America s eastward shift in global strategy.

BERLIN Madeleine Albright, the former US secretary of state, once described the United States as the indispensable nation.

The report of the Secretary General before us today refers to tangible progress that has to be made.

The observation of the Secretary General that the security situation remains precarious makes us all feel deeply concerned.

The Secretary General's report provides us with analysis and recommendations for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

The US administration also typically sends the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of State to deliver a ritual speech reassuring the Europeans of the strength of the transatlantic alliance.

During his visit to Russia in June, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson emphasized that the US is interested in welcoming Russian investment, including investment by Russia s sovereign wealth funds.

On all of these points, the concept of war, to paraphrase US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, is not helpful.

Clinton s primary challenge as secretary of state was to recast the very nature of US involvement in global affairs.

As the Under Secretary General has told us, the humanitarian situation in certain parts of Africa is very serious.

We have before us an excellent report (S 2005 335) of the Secretary General on the situation in Kosovo.

And the Secretary General of the United Nations recently reminded us that swift negotiation of an FMCT is essential .

I should like at this point to acknowledge the presence of Under Secretary General Abe, who has joined us.

When US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China in September, he got an earful that the US should stay out of the Sino Japanese dispute.

More to the point, as George Washington s Treasury secretary, he crafted the bargain that successfully rationalized the US states debts.

This advice applies to the long stalled Israel Palestine peace process, newly revived by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Some time ago, at the 2000 NPT Review Conference, the Secretary General warned us of rust in the disarmament machinery.

This growing alienation probably played a considerable part in US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying that deteriorating security in nuclear armed Pakistan pose(d) a mortal threat to the US.

Most persuasive to us was the fact that the Secretary General himself told us that he could live with this budget, albeit with great reluctance on the part of the Secretariat.

The most logical and potentially fruitful area of collaboration is climate change. Here, the two US government officials best equipped to lead are Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.

When their initial gathering ends, they will host their counterparts from across the region, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The best way to understand the current situation comes from an analogy offered by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.