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Shaheen breaks glass ceiling on Foreign Relations Committee

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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen will be the incoming ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee .

She'll be the first woman to hold her party’s top position on the panel.

The 77-year-old looks back to the 1960s and 70s as being the heyday of influence in foreign policy.

Sen. Shaheen is the first woman to hold the ranking position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in its 209-year -history.

She is often the leading voice calling out the lack of focus on the rights of women and girls globally.

She has not said if she’ll run for reelection in 2026 ; doing so would put her in the position of being the first female chair.

Shaheen has been the only, or one of two , women on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since she joined in 2009 .

The 2017 Women, Peace and Security Act makes it a priority for the U.S. government to be a global leader in promoting women’s participation in foreign policy and national security efforts.

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