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Samia became the first woman President in Tanzania on March 19, following the death of John Magufuli who succumbed to a heart disease on March 17.

Taking to her Twitter to congratulate the new president, Clinton sent her best wishes to Suluhu acknowledging she is the first woman to hold the highest political office in Tanzania.

Best wishes to @SuluhuSamia, Tanzanias new president and the first woman to hold the office, as she leads and serves her country," she said.

Clinton's message came days after US vice president Kamala Harris also gave Samia a shootout and wished her all the best as she took over after Magufuli's death.

Kamala expressed confidence that Samia was fit for her new role and will steer the country in the right direction and further assured her of the support from her government.

"The United States stands ready to work with you to strengthen relations between our countries," Kamala Harris said in a tweet sent on Saturday, March 20. Similarly, Opposition leader Raila Odinga was among the Kenyan leaders who hailed Samia after she took the oath of office.

Samia said she was confident she would do an impeccable job, thanks to the guidance and teachings she received from her late boss, Magufuli.

"Those who have doubts if this woman has what it takes to lead Tanzania. I want to tell you that whoever has stood here is the president of the Republic of Tanzania whose gender is a woman."

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Despite a recent surge in the elections of female politicians nationwide, social barriers that prevent women from becoming involved with politics remain pervasive, panelists said at a March 22 event featuring prominent women in government.

The Zoom event, titled First, But Not The Last, was co-hosted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service and the Womens and Gender Studies Program in honor of Womens History Month. The event celebrated the historical milestones recently achieved by women in politics, including the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the first female, Black and South-Asian individual to hold the office. The event was moderated by Donna Brazile, the first Black woman to run a major presidential campaign and an adjunct assistant professor in the WGST Program.

The event featured women who each had achieved historic firsts in their careers: Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), the first LGBTQ Native American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, former Gov. Susana Martinez (R-N.M.), the first Latinx female governor in the United States, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.), the first Black woman elected to the senate, Del. Kathy Tran (D-Va.), the first Vietnamese American elected to office in Virginia, and former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R-N.J.), the first female governor of New Jersey. The panelists spoke about their advice for future female leaders and their experiences shattering glass ceilings, a metaphor for the idea that a woman can see an elite position but is unable to reach it because of societal barriers.

The historical significance of these elections continues to be resonant and powerful, according to Davids.

I feel like expectations about who runs for office and who gets elected and who gets appointed now have been getting reset time and time again, Davids said at the event. I feel very fortunate to have been part of that in the 2018 cycle and to watch it continue to happen over and over.

While women comprise 51% of the U.S. population, they continue to be underrepresented at all levels of government, especially women of color, Republican women, young women and low-income women. At the federal level, women make up only 24% of the Senate and 27% of the House of Representatives in 2021, and there has yet to be a female president.

Despite the numerous obstacles women entering the political field face, a record number of women ran for office during the 2018 midterm elections and won, from Congress to governorships to state legislatures alike, following former President Donald Trumps 2016 presidential election victory over Hillary Clinton, the first female major-party presidential nominee.

It is important for women to seize any opportunity that comes their way, according to Tran, who was spurred to run for office after the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election left her worried for her childrens future.

Dont wait for anyone to ask you, because you might not get asked, Tran said. I wasnt asked to run, many of us werent asked to run, so if youre even just thinking about it a little bit, the answer is yes.

Progress towards increased female representation in politics comes from a long legacy of women who have challenged the status quo and run for office, according to Whitman.

I wasnt going to change who I was, so the woman part for me it just was what it was, Whitman said. It was challenging because there were lots of people who said, Ill never vote for a woman because shes a woman.

The panelists also stressed the importance of having womens voices represented in policy and politics. Decision-making has been left solely to men for far too long, and electing more women to government and leadership positions is the only way to make real change, according to Davids.

Unfortunately, weve had kind of a default set of experiences creating policy for a really long time, Davids said. Now we have this opportunity with so many new voices and diverse lived experiences in these decision-making positions.

Braun shared an anecdote about a time when a security guard did not want to let her into the U.S. Capitol, not expecting a Black woman to enter the building as a senator. While such incidents can be humiliating, they only reinforce the importance of representation to refute stereotypes about women in leadership, according to Braun.

You just have to show up and do your job, thats number one, Braun said. It will make space for others, whether you think so or not.

While women have made huge strides in terms of representation in politics, there is still progress to be made until societal barriers are torn down enough the term glass ceiling will no longer be needed, according to Braun.

Culture leads and politics follows, Braun said. When you think about it, the fact is that the culture has evolved, so we should really celebrate how far weve come.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to his congressional district on the southern border where Republicans are seeing new chances in 2022.

Since Vela's first victory in 2012, the five-term congressman has easily won reelection in what has been a solidly Democratic district. But a big swing in voters along the heavily Latino border toward former President Donald Trump last year is giving Republicans new optimism in a region where they've long been dealt lopsided defeats.

The GOP-controlled Texas Legislature could also make the district more vulnerable for Democrats as it begins drawing new voting maps this year.

It is now time to allow other residents of South Texas the opportunity to fulfill this wonderful privilege for which I will be forever grateful," Vela said in a statement.

His retirement was first reported by Axios.

The announcement by Vela, 58, makes him the second House Democrat to announce he wont seek reelection next year, when Republicans have high hopes of capturing control of the chamber. Only one House Republican has revealed plans to not run for reelection.

The GOP will need a net gain of only around five seats next year to take majority control. Democrats edge in the chamber is currently 219-211, with five vacancies.

The Republican drive will be aided by redistricting, which occurs once a decade as House seats are redistributed among the states to reflect the latest Census. For growing, Republican-controlled states such as Texas, that means the new lines will be drawn to help GOP candidates.

Velas district is heavily Hispanic, voters who traditionally lean toward Democrats but with whom Trump made gains in his reelection defeat last November. The district includes Cameron County, one of the largest counties on the Texas border, where Hillary Clinton beat Trump by a 2-to-1 margin in 2016. Trump still lost the county by double-digits but cut into that deficit while winning tens of thousands of new supporters in predominantly Mexican American communities.

In addition, history will be on the GOPs side. The party that does not hold the White House usually gains large numbers of House seats in midterm elections.

In January, Biden named Vela one of four vice chairs of the Democratic National Committee.

The White House announced earlier this month that Biden had chosen Velas wife, Rose, an attorney and retired state judge, to be director of the White House Commission on White House Fellowships.

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Fram reported from Washington, D.C.

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Bill Clinton's long-time mistress Dolly Kyle candidly spokeabout her relationship with the former president, revealing his sex-addiction as well as Hillary's temper and "shocking" body odor, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.

Kyle, 68, had a decades-long affair with Bill Clinton before and during his marriage to Hillary. Their relationship suddenly ended in the 1990s after he threatened to "destroy" Kyle if she discussed their extramarital affair with the press.

Since then, Kyle has taken her turbulent relationship with Bill Clinton public with the release of her 2016 book, The Other Woman, and her interview with the Daily Mail. Kyle, an Arkansas native, said she was determined to come forward with her story after hearing Hillary Clinton claim all women who have been sexually assaulted have the "right to be believed."

"When [Hillary Clinton] said women who claim they are raped or sexually assaulted should be believed, we should support them, I thought, you lying dog hypocrite," Kyle said.

During Kyle and Bill Clinton's time together, heoften referred to Hillary as "The Warden" and complained that his sex life was "over" after moving in with his future wife.

Bill's former fling claimed the Clintons' desire for a child was politically motivated, the Daily Mail reported.

During one secret rendezvous in 1979, Kyle said then-Governor Clinton confided to her that he was desperate to have a baby for political reasons.

Kyle initially thought Bill wanted to have a baby with her until he clarified that he wanted to have one with Hillaryhinting that he was concerned about political rumors that Hillary was a lesbian.

After Kyle told Bill he was too busy to care for a child, she claimed Bill said, "[Hillary and I] have to have a baby so that we will look like a normal couple, and we need to take attention away from The Warden's lifestyle."

While Bill Clinton never explicitly said Hillary was a lesbian, Kyle said no words were necessary.

"Billy didn't have to spell out what that meant Everybody in Little Rock knew the same rumors about Hillary being a lesbian as they did about Billy being a lech."

Kyle's most memorable run in with Bill and Hillary Clinton revolved around Hillary's poor hygiene.

"I picked Billy up at the airport and he had this dowdy-looking middle-aged woman with him this woman was Hillary," Kyle said. "Hillary, I thought was a Hillary impersonator. Because she looked so bad and she smelled so bad I just didn't believe this was Hillary."

Hillary's bad odor and unkempt appearance were what Kyle claimed she remembered most, thinking Bill Clinton was playing some sort of "sick joke" on her.

"I couldn't imagine why Billy would haul such a person in the plane with him in public. She was wearing a misshapen, brown, dress-like thing that must have been intended to hide her lumpy body. The garment was long, but stopped too soon to hide her fat ankles and her thick calves covered with black hair," Kyle said.

"I noticed that the woman emitted an overpowering odor of perspiration and greasy hair. I hoped that I wouldn't gag when she got in my car. The sandal-shod woman with lank, smelly hair stood off to the side and glared at everyone."

Hillary Clinton's temper was just as well known as Bill's affairs, according to Kyle. She claimed there were constant stories about Hillary's alleged temper, including one instance when Hillary used an anti-Semitic slur.

On the night Bill Clinton lost his congressional race in 1974, Hillary was allegedly overheard lashing out at a Jewish campaign staffer with an anti-Semitic slur.

"Apparently that night when Billy was losing, she went on one of her tirades to a guy named Paul," said Kyle. "People in the other room heard her call him an f***ing Jew bastard.'"

In another incident, Hillary Clinton became frustrated during an annual Easter egg hunt for special needs children at the governor's mansion during Bill Clinton's tenure.

"So during this hunt it was getting warm in Arkansas. Well, Hillary was getting tired of it, and the kids were moving slowly, so she goes stomping onto the veranda. She said, When are they gonna get those f***ing retards out of here?'" Kyle said.

Since the release of her book, Kyle claimed she has been contacted by many of the women who had sexual encounters with Bill Clinton.

Madeleine Weast is a Media Analyst for the Washington Free Beacon. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2014. Prior to joining the Beacon, she was a Communications Fellow at The Charles Koch Institute. Madeleine is from Prairie Village, Kansas and lives in Washington, D.C. Her Twitter handle is @MadeleineWeast.

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