hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state for the united states. [applause] >> their students, faculty, and staff, it is my honor to welcome you to the human rights agenda for the 21st century, with secretary of state hillary clinton. december 10 mark the international human rights day. we are reminded of the historical drafting of the international declaration of human rights. a simple, yet powerful statement that we were entering a new era in which genocide, torture, and other crimes against humanity would not be tolerated. i have had the unique opportunity to take a course on the human rights culture founded upon this universal declaration. our course observed that the past six decades have paid a rather different picture. since the holocaust, impassioned cries have never again fallen upon deaf ears. although identifying a responsibility to protect, the international community remains and negligent in dressing crisis like that in the condo. financial giants continue to line their pockets as the impoverished world try to put food on their tables a

hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state for the united states. eir students, faculty, and staff, it is my honor to welcome you to the human rights agenda for the 21st century, with secretary of state hillary clinton. december 10 mark the international human rights day. we are reminded of the historical drafting of the international declaration of human rights. a simple, yet powerful statement that we were entering a new era in which genocide, torture, and other crimes against humanity would not be tolerated. i have had the unique opportunity to take a course on the human rights culture founded upon this universal declaration. our course observed that the past six decades have paid a rather different picture. since the holocaust, impassioned cries have never again fallen upon deaf ears. although identifying a responsibility to protect, the international community remains and negligent in dressing crisis like that in the condo. financial giants continue to line their pockets as the impoverished world try to put food on their tables and clothes on th

it is an honor to haveçó the secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton, to discuss the human rights the 21st century. in this new century, no nation can achieve its fullest potential if any segment of the population is of use, neglected, a press, or disenfranchised if their skills are ignored and if their promise and potential is squandered. at a time when nations are increasingly interdependent and people increasingly interconnected, the situation in one nation affects every nation. for nearly four decades, secretary clinton has been a champion for the cause of human rights. she has been a champion of human dignity, worth, both here and abroad for the most vulnerable and wounded in our midst. she has been a voice for the voiceless and powerless. in 1995, she declared that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights. this not only helped to inspire and galvanize women throughout the community but this is considered a milestone in the history of the struggle. hillary clinton now serves as the 67 u.s. secretary of state (to reporters as include thomas jefferson

specter, dianne feinstein, joe lieberman, patty murray, charles schumer, frank lautenberg, hillary rodham clinton, ron wyden, mark dayton, mary landrieu, maria cantwell, and christopher dodd. 14 democrats signed this letter along with a number of bipartisan republicans who believed that we really needed to do medicare advantage. and now to take advantage, our colleagues on the other side want to do away with medicare advantage except in four states that are for the most part democrat states, while leaving all the other 46 states high and dry. now let me just say this letter is in response -- was a letter given to the medicare modernization conference committee. this conference committee gave them everything they wanted in medicare advantage. this legislative grant of power gave the senators the medicare advantage program which now 11 million senior citizens enjoy today. now those on the left want to do away with this important program that benefits seniors and minorities in an amazing set of ways. well, i'm against that. i hope our colleagues on the other side will realize what they're doing. it