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Madeleine Albright had a lot to say about Putin — and she didn't mince word

When Madeleine Albright met Russian President Vladimir Putin more than 20 years ago as the U.S. secretary of state,

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Albright, the first woman to become U.S. secretary of state, has died at the age of 84, according to her family.

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She served as secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 during the Clinton administration. Clinton appointed her ambassador to the United Nations by Clinton 1993.

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The former secretary of state recalled the first time she met Putin, in 1999 — emphasizing that his agenda was clear from the beginning.

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He was "trying very hard to ingratiate himself with President Clinton," she said during an interview on All Things Considered.

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"But my impression in the second two meetings were that he very much liked the background of being in the Kremlin with all its history,

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Albright said Putin isn't "easy to manage," despite meeting four U.S. presidents since his first introduction with Clinton.

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