Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger

(August 1, 1930, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Alive). 62nd U.S. Secretary of State, 1992-1993. Diplomat. Joined U.S. Foreign Service, 1957. Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense, August, 1971-1973. Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1973. Deputy Under U.S. Secretary of State for Management, 1975-1977. U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, June, 1977-1981. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-1982. Under U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-1984. Deputy U.S. Secretary of State, March 17, 1989-August 22, 1992. Acting U.S. Secretary of State, August 23-December 8, 1992. U.S. Secretary of State, December 8, 1992-January 20, 1993. First career Foreign Service officer to become U.S. Secretary of State.

Warren Minor Christopher

(October 27, 1925, Scranton, North Dakota-Alive). 63rd U.S. Secretary of State, 1963-1997. Attorney. Clerk to Associated Justice William O. Douglas, October, 1949-September, 1950. Deputy Attorney General of the United States, June, 1967-January 20, 1969. Deputy U.S. Secretary of State, February 25, 1977-January 20, 1981. Director, Presidential Transition Team, 1992-1993. U.S. Secretary of State, January 20, 1993-1997. Chief American negotiator in the 1981 talks that ended the Iranian hostage crisis. Helped to win ratification of the Panama Canal treaties. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981.

Madeleine Korbel Albright

(May 15, 1937, Prague, Czechoslovakia-Alive). 64th U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001. Chief Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie, 1976-1978. Staff, National Security Council, c. 1977-1981. Professor of International Affairs and Director, Center for National Policy, Georgetown University. 21st U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, February, 1993-January, 1997. U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-January 20, 2001. First woman U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and first woman U.S. Secretary of State. Noted for advocating a hard-line strategy in Yugoslavia and the Middle East. A naturalized U.S. citizen.

Colin Luther Powell

(April 5, 1937, New York, New York-Alive). 65th U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2005. Soldier. Commanding General, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, and V Corps, U.S. Army in Europe. Commander-in-Chief, Forces Command, U.S. Army. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, December, 1987-January, 1989. 12th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, October 1, 1989-September 30, 1993. Chairman, America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth, to 2001. U.S. Secretary of State, January 20, 2001-2005. Received two Presidential Medals of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. First African-American to serve as U.S. Secretary of State.

Condoleezza Rice

(November 14, 1954, Birmingham, Alabama-Alive). 66th U.S. Secretary of State, 2005-Current. Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, 1981-1993, Provost, 1993-1999. Author. National Security Advisor, 2001-2005. U.S. Secretary of State, 2005-Current.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

(October 26, 1947, Chicago, Illinois-Alive). First Lady of the United States, 1993-2001. U.S. Senator (D-NY), 2001-2009. Candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State, 2009-Current. Wife of President William Jefferson Clinton.