Madeleine Albright

A miniseries about the events leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks is "terribly wrong" and ABC should correct it or not air it, a group of former Clinton administration officials said in letters to the head of the network's parent company. But in a statement released Thursday afternoon in apparent response to the growing uproar, ABC said, "No one has seen the final version of the film because the editing process is not yet complete, so criticisms of film specifics are premature and irresponsible."

Re "Good versus evil isn't a strategy," Opinion, March 24 Madeleine Albright seems to have figured out solutions to all the world's problems. It is too bad she didn't get that revelation a few years ago when she was secretary of State. It is easy for her now to advise the current administration when she has no authority and bears no responsibility or accountability. Perhaps if the Clinton administration had acted on signs that were clearly out there of what was to come, President Bush might never have had to clean up this mess.

Re "Speaking from experience," Opinion, Dec. 7 What a privilege to read a compendium from such a stellar panel. George Shultz, James Baker, Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell have given much to their country and have provided sound and thoughtful advice for Hillary Rodham Clinton if she is confirmed as secretary of State. Thanks for the collection. I was struck by some contrasts, and by a few other things, in the five essays. Albright alone emphasized the importance of listening: "... there has to be a lot of listening in diplomacy."

By midmorning Sunday, Allison Schow already had filled a backpack and stacked high a wheeled cart she'd rigged specially to haul books -- enough material to keep the Salt Lake City flight attendant occupied for months. "I'm a book-aholic," said Schow, who made the trip here to attend the 10th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, "and I love to feel the wonderful energy on this campus with all the people who are reading and love books."

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author of a bestselling memoir, has reached agreement with HarperCollins to write two books. The first volume, "The Mighty and the Almighty," will be published next spring and will concentrate on religion and its role in international policy. Her second publication, currently untitled, "will be an illustrated book on Albright's collection of decorative pins of historical and personal significance," according to HarperCollins.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged President Bush on Monday not to attack Iraq immediately, saying current pressure is forcing Baghdad to disarm. Albright, speaking at a conference on women in politics, said the buildup of military force in the Middle East has led to new inspections and Iraq's decision to dismantle its outlawed Al-Samoud 2 missiles. "We are actually accomplishing something," said Albright, secretary of State under President Clinton.

The New York Stock Exchange nominated former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to its board of directors, a position first offered to Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Sanford Weill. Weill, head of the biggest financial services firm, was to have filled one of 12 seats on the 27-person NYSE board reserved for people outside the securities industry. He withdrew a day after New York Atty. Gen. Eliot Spitzer said it would be an "outrage" for him to represent small investors on the NYSE board.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright promised Africans on Tuesday that the bombings of U.S. embassies here and in Nairobi, Kenya, will not weaken American resolve to build a "strong new relationship" with the continent. In a one-day trip to the two African capitals where more than 250 people were killed in the terrorist attacks, Albright also offered vague assurances that the United States will compensate victims of the bombings--Kenyans, Tanzanians and Americans.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright waded into Bosnia's crucial national election campaign Sunday, working both overtly and behind the scenes to promote candidates who pledge to rebuild the Balkan nation torn apart by 3 1/2 years of war and divided since by lingering ethnic hatreds. Although elections have been held in Bosnia since the fighting here ended in late 1995, the upcoming vote--scheduled for Sept.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright vowed Monday to rebuild the shattered U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and pledged renewed efforts to improve security there and at diplomatic posts worldwide. But in an emotional statement to State Department employees gathered in the department's auditorium in Washington and broadcast to posts overseas, Albright said diplomatic activity is inherently dangerous and perfect security impossible.