Highlights from Women in the World

At Newsweek and The Daily Beast's second annual Women in the World summit, the former president gave a candid and expansive conversation ranging from his views on Libya (where his support for a no-fly zone is at odds with the Obama administration's position) to why we've never had a female president. Lloyd Grove reports. Plus, complete coverage on our live blog.

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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---clinton-1_yqjdtn — Phelicia Dell, Designer & CEO, VeVe Collections, Rebecca Lolosoli, Umoja Uaso Women's Village, Tina Brown, Editor in Chief, Newsweek & The Daily Beast, Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State , Chan Kai Quigley, interpreter, Yem Chhuon, Acid violence survivor, Chouchou Namegabe, Co-founder and coordinator, AFEM/SK, Sephorn, acid violence survivor, Dalia Ziada, Egyptian author and activist at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---bloomberg_sjfz93 — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on stage at The Daily Beast / Newsweek's Women in the World Conference 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---clinton-brown-1_wld3wm — Kaïssa, Cameroonian musician and activist, opens the the Second Annual Women in the World Summit in New York 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---ngozi-okonjo-iweala_kty1mi — Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on stage with Tina Brown and Sheryl Sandberg at The Daily Beast / Newsweek's Women in the World Conference 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---sandberg-brown_molwjf — Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, on stage with Tina Brown at The Daily Beast / Newsweek's Women in the World Conference 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---lehman-lolosoli_xyhoxo — Joanah Spilker, Laetitia Belmadami, Rebecca Lolsoll, and Dr. Amy Lehman at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---amanpour_hvs2jg — Zainab Salbi, founder and CEO, Women for Women International, Wajeha H. Al-Huwaider, Saudi Arabian journalist and activist, Sussan Tahmasebi,co-founder, International Civil Society Action Network for Women's Rights, Peace and Security and co-Founder, One Million Signatures Campaign (Iran), Dalia Ziada, Egyptian author and activist and Christiane Amanpour, anchor, This Week with Christiane Amanpour on the "Firebrands: Pioneers in the New Age of Dissent" panel at the 2011 Women in the World summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---amanpour-2_bh0jly — Dalia Ziada, Egyptian author and activist and Christiane Amanpour, anchor, This Week with Christiane Amanpour on the "Firebrands: Pioneers in the New Age of Dissent" panel at the 2011 Women in the World summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---salbi_mwiam6 — Zainab Salbi, founder and CEO, Women for Women International on the "Firebrands: Pioneers in the New Age of Dissent" panel at the 2011 Women in the World summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---dvf_vmjahl — Diane von Furstenberg on stage at The Daily Beast / Newsweek's Women in the World Conference 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---gates-rose_wkfywa — Melinda French Gates and Charlie Rose at the 2011 Women in the World summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---clinton-brown_liq5qi — Tina Brown with President Bill Clinton at The Women in the World summit, 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-1---singer_g0mdqf — President Bill Clinton and guest at The Women in the World summit, 2011.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---chhuon_dv6xzr — Yem Chhuon, acid violence survivor and her daughter Sophorn on the 'Stealing Beauty' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---acid-violence_bpom7i — Panel guest, Yem Chhuon, Acid violence survivor, Dr. Ebby Elahi, Surgeon and Director, The Virtue Foundation,The Honorable Janet Bond Arterton, United States District Judge and Cynthia McFadden, Co-Anchor, Nightline, ABC News on the 'Stealing Beauty' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---lehman_vaxctx — Gabi Zedlmayer, Vice President, Global Social Innovation, Hewlett-Packard, Amy G. Lehman Founder, Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic, Cynthia McFadden, Co-Anchor, Nightline, ABC News on the 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough: Reaching Beyond the Connected World' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---audience_z4vhyo — Audience members watch the '"No Such Thing": Trafficking of Girls in the United States' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---judd_wvxyly — Ashley Judd, Activist and actress on the '"No Such Thing": Trafficking of Girls in the United States' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---saar_xyrawl — Malika Saada Saar, Founder and Executive Director, The Rebecca Project for Human Rights on the '"No Such Thing": Trafficking of Girls in the United States' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---frontlines_evcy0r — Caroline Drees, Managing Editor, Middle East and Africa, Reuters, Chouchou Namegabe, Co-founder and coordinator, AFEM/SK, Lydia Cacho, Journalist, and author and Sir Harold Evans, on the 'Women on the Front Lines' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---namegabe_w7wdru — Chouchou Namegabe, Co-founder and coordinator, AFEM/SK on the 'Women on the Front Lines' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---women-on-the-rise_tznisw — Divya Keshav, Dina Habib Powell, and Gillian Tett listen to Zainab Salbi during the 'Global Women on the The Rise' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---albright-lolosoli_jbmhpj — Madeleine K. Albright, Former Secretary of State, Tina Brown, Editor in Chief, Newsweek & The Daily Beast, Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State, and Rebecca Lolosoli, Matriarch, Umoja Uaso Women's Village at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---rice-albright_bw9z2y — Former Secretary of States Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright in conversation, with moderator Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes Correspondent.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---lolosoli_si2jwt — Debbie Farah, Founder and CEO, Bajalia International and Bajalia Trading Company, Pam Darwin, Vice President, Geoscience, ExxonMobil Production Company, Rebecca Lolosoli, Matriarch, Umoja Uaso Women's Village, Diane von Furstenberg, Chairman and Founder, Diane von Furstenberg Studio L.P. and Robin Givhan, Special Correspondent, Style and Culture, Newsweek & The Daily Beast on the 'Making a "Must Have" Market' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---chua-murdoch_ib9mhc — Melinda Liu, Beijing Bureau Chief, Newsweek & The Daily Beast, Amy Chua, Professor of Law, Yale University, Wendi Deng Murdoch, Co-CEO, Big Feet Productions and Charlie Rose, Executive Editor and Anchor, Charlie Rose on the 'China: What Women Want' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---women-tools_jjvjno — Jocelyn Wyatt, Social Innovation Lead, IDEO, Pam Darwin, Vice President, Geoscience, ExxonMobil Production Company and Eva Walusimbi, Solar Sister, ExxonMobil partner and Ashoka's Changemaker on the 'Women | Tools | Technology: A Global Leapfrog' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---mika-brzezinski_damzp9 — Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, John Donahoe, President and CEO, eBay Inc., Cheryl Mills , Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook and Mika Brzezinski, Co-host, MSNBC's Morning Joe on the 'Women and Power:The Marzipan Layer: Why Women Are Stuck in the Middle' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---gillibrand_v7jtbu — Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator, New York on the 'Women and Power: New Ways to Lead' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---italy-panel_iksxov — arbie Latza Nadeau, Italy correspondent, Newsweek & The Daily Beast, Honorable Emma Bonino, Vice Chair, Italian Senate, Violante Placido, Actress and Activist and Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, 60 Minutes on the 'Italian Women Fight Back' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---hawa-abdi_dsfbwm — Dr. Hawa Abdi, MD, Founder of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation and HA Village 'A heroine for our Times: Dr. Hawa Abdi' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---clinton-chelsea_hlbhr2 — Chelsea Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-2---clinton_flyigo — Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State, at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---salbi_bnzcvu — Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International on the 'If You Knew Me, You Would Care' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---bachelet_yk1mws — Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women and Barbara Walters, Creator, Co-host and Executive Producer, ABC's The View and Correspondent, ABC News on the 'The First 100 Days of UN Women' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---saadawi_nxdrcs — Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian writer, activist, physician, psychiatrist and Robin Morgan, writer, activist, founder of the Women's Media Center 'A Conversation with Dr. Nawal El Saadawi' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---huffington_ko3yxe — Judy McGrath, Chairman and CEO, MTV Networks, Arianna Huffington, President and Editor in Chief, Huffington Post Media Group, Deborah Roberts, ABC News Correspondent, 20/20, Anna Holmes, Writer and Creator, Jezebel.com, Tina Brown, Editor in Chief, Newsweek & The Daily Beast on the 'Women and Media 3.0' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---elizabeth-smart_wdwl8p — Elizabeth Smart at the Women in the World Conference, 2011,
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---sokha-chen_ibv6rr — Sokha Chen, Student, A New Day Cambodia on the 'Presenting 10 X 10:10 Girls. 10 Countries. 10 Writers. 10 Compelling Stories' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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galleries/2011/03/10/highlights-from-the-women-in-the-world-summit/day-3---gospel-choir_tnqh4f — Vy Higgensen Choir on the 'Presenting 10 X 10:10 Girls. 10 Countries. 10 Writers. 10 Compelling Stories' panel at the 2011 Women in the World Summit.
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