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Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84

“The difference frankly between being an academic and being a policymaker is you all of a sudden have to put your money where your mouth is,” she was quoted as saying in Russell Riley’s “Inside the Clinton White House: An Oral History.”

Russell Riley

Experts weigh in on highly political questions in Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

Some may call the ongoing confirmation hearings of Judge Katanji Brown Jackson "political theater," but experts say it may not be what people think. It's the first time a Black woman is sitting before a Senate Judiciary Committee in a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, and though some of the questions are relevant, for those watching at home, it may be more about the senators asking them than Jackson's answers. "So when Ted Cruz is grilling her or Josh Hawley is grilling her, it has far more to do with them than her,” said Jennifer Lawless, with the University of Virginia Miller Center.

Jennifer Lawless

Experts weigh in on highly political questions in Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

"As our politics have become more and more fraught and more and more divided and more and more polarized, that gets played out,” said Barbara Perry, a SCOTUS expert with the Miller Center. Perry says, in terms of the content of the questions, we haven't seen anything play out quite like this before.

Barbara Perry

UVA's Miller Center reflects on the legacy of Madeleine Albright

The first female U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, has died. Analysts from the University of Virginia Miller Center say her time serving has had a lasting impact. "She paved the way not only for women in her own field in academia as well as in practitioners in government but also really led the way for human rights,” said Barbara Perry, a political expert at the Miller Center.

Barbara Perry

Eric Edelman on the Battle for Kyiv

Ambassador Eric Edelman, senior fellow at UVA Miller Center, joins Julie Mason to discuss the battle for Kyiv and US relations with Turkey.

Eric Edelman

Dissecting the questions senators are asking Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent hours on defending her representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees and denying she'd been too lenient in child pornography cases. Saikrishna Prakash, a University of Virginia law professor and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, and Margaret Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the hearing.

Saikrishna Prakash