Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Speak at SDSU

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will visit South Dakota later this year.

Albright will speak at South Dakota State University as part of the second annual Daschle Dialogues, whose intent is to bring nationally relevant figures to the school's campus in Brookings. Albright will be joined on stage by SDSU alumnus and former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle.

Albright became the country's first female secretary of state in 1996. She chairs the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, serves as the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Policy Board. In 2012, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her contributions to international peace and democracy.

Her free presentation is scheduled for Oct. 13.

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