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The number of political staffers who qualify for profiles in Vogue are few and far between. But Abedin is no ordinary aide. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s longtime aide and ‘body person’ is famous for her style and her poise under pressure. “I’d call Huma one in a million,” Clinton’s former press secretary Philippe Reines told the New York Observer in April 2007.Morgan, Spencer, “Hillary’s Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma?” New York Observer, April 1, 2007(1)Morgan, Spencer, “Hillary’s Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma?” New York Observer, April 1, 2007 “But that would mean there are 5,999 others in the world just like her, and there simply aren’t.”Johnson, Rebecca, “Hillary’s Secret Weapon,” Vogue, July 2007(2)Johnson, Rebecca, “Hillary’s Secret Weapon,” Vogue, July 2007
Abedin, who serves as Clinton’s senior adviser in the State Department, was legendary for her ability to guide the former senator and 2008 presidential hopeful through her jampacked days without a wrinkle in her Prada suits or a hair out of place.
She shares an unusually close relationship with Clinton (described as an “older sister-younger sister relationship” by Mary Steenburgen), thanks in part to the pair’s workaholic sensibility.Johnson, Rebecca, “Hillary’s Secret Weapon,” Vogue, July 2007(2)Johnson, Rebecca, “Hillary’s Secret Weapon,” Vogue, July 2007 “Abedin has the energy of a woman in her 20s, the confidence of a woman in her 30s, the experience of a woman in her 40s, and the grace of a woman in her 50s,” Clinton wrote in an email to Vogue in July 2007. “She is timeless, her combination of poise, kindness, and intelligence are matchless.”Johnson, Rebecca, “Hillary’s Secret Weapon,” Vogue, July 2007(2)Johnson, Rebecca, “Hillary’s Secret Weapon,” Vogue, July 2007
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