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Albright, who said she learned about her family's hidden Jewish roots only recently when told by the Washington Post, said last week the knowledge won't change her actions as secretary of state.

"There is absolutely nothing that has been revealed that has changed any of my values or any sense that I would have done anything differently" had she known earlier about her past, she said.