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Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - We Quantified Hillary Clinton's Career

November 05, 2015

A four-decade career in public service, by the numbers.

What exactly does more than 40 years in public service look like?

We broke down Hillary's four-decade record—and when it comes to getting aid to Arkansas single parents to continue their education, helping expand children's access to health insurance, and brokering a ceasefire in the Middle East, the numbers speak for themselves.

20billion

Dollars in federal aid she helped secure to help New York City rebuild after 9/11


8million

Children she helped insure through the Children's Health Insurance Program


956733

Miles traveled as secretary of state


356000

National Guard members and reservists who received TRICARE health benefits when not on active duty


70000

Employees overseen at the State Department


38000

Scholarships awarded by the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund she helped start


1700

Meetings held with foreign leaders


112

Countries visited as secretary of state


24

Hours on the ground it took to negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in 2012


5

Words heard around the world when she declared "women's rights are human rights" in Beijing


2

Times elected as U.S. senator from New York


1

Grammy win (for best spoken word album)

Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Campaign Press Release - We Quantified Hillary Clinton's Career Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/317436

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