Powerful women in Washington
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From the D.C. police department to the Supreme Court and the International Monetary Fund, more and more institutions in the nation’s capital are seeing women take the lead.
Susan Rice, National Security Adviser nominee Rice, a Rhodes Scholar and former valedictorian at Washington's National Cathedral School, has been the first African American woman to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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The enigmatic White House senior adviser is making herself more available to the president’s constituents as the election heats up.