Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Jeane Kirkpatrick, ex-ambassador, dies WASHINGTON - Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a political science professor whose support for Ronald Reagan conservatism catapulted her into the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died at 80. She was the first woman to hold the post. Initially a liberal Democrat, Kirkpatrick championed human rights, opposed Soviet Union communism and supported Israel. "She defended the cause of freedom at a pivotal time in world history," President Bush said Friday. "Jeane's powerful intellect helped America win the Cold War." Kirkpatrick's son, Stuart, said she died Thursday at her home in Bethesda, Md., where she was under hospice care. The cause of death was not immediately known. U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton asked for a moment of silence for her at a meeting of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. in New York. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan praised "her commitment to an effective United Nations" and said Kirkpatrick was "always ardent and often provocative." Kirkpatrick's health had been in decline recently, her assistant, Andrea Harrington said, adding that she had been going to work about once a week "and then less and less.................... more on the story here http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_...bit_kirkpatrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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