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Huma Abedin
Abedin, February 2008
BornHuma Mahmood Abedin
(1976-07-28) July 28, 1976 (age 48)
Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
EducationGeorge Washington University
OccupationAide to Hillary Rodham Clinton
Spouse(s)Anthony Weiner (2010–present; 1 child)
Parent(s)Syed Zainul Abedin and Saleha Mahmood Abedin

Huma Mahmood Abedin (born July 28, 1976) is an American political staffer best known for her work as long-time aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was U.S. Secretary of State Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff at the State Department and before that, traveling chief of staff and "body woman" during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

Early years

Abedin was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When she was two years old, her family moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Both her parents were educators. Her father, Syed Zainul Abedin, born in India in 1928, was an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University, and later received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He died in 1993. Her Pakistani mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, also received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently an associate professor of sociology at Dar Al-Hekma College in Jeddah.

Abedin returned to the United States at 18 to attend George Washington University, where she earned a B.A. degree.

Career

While a student at George Washington University, Abedin began working as an intern in the White House in 1996, assigned to then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. She later worked as her traveling chief of staff and "body woman" during Clinton's 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination campaign, and subsequently served as Deputy Chief of Staff under Clinton in the State Department. She is currently a director of the transition team that is helping Clinton return to private life, and works for the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation.

In 2010, Abedin was included in Time's "40 under 40", a list of a "new generation of civic leaders" and "rising stars of American politics". At a celebration before Abedin's wedding to Anthony Weiner, Clinton said in a speech, "I only have one daughter. But if I had a second daughter, it would Huma."

On June 13, 2012, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Congressman Trent Franks (R-Arizona), Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Congressman Tom Rooney (R-Florida), and Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-Georgia) alleged a conspiracy theory, based on a report by the right-wing Center for Security Policy, that Abedin "has three family members–her late father, her mother and her brother – connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations". Republicans John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Ed Rollins defended Abedin against these allegations, calling them " othing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable woman, a dedicated American and a loyal public servant... The letter and the report offer not one instance of an action, a decision or a public position that Huma has taken while at the State Department that would lend credence to the charge that she is promoting anti-American activities within our government... These attacks on Huma have no logic, no basis and no merit. And they need to stop now." The Anti-Defamation League condemned the letter as well, referring to it as "conspiratorial" and saying that the Representatives involved should "stop trafficking in anti-Muslim conspiracy theories". Abedin was subsequently placed under police protection after she received threats of violence, possibly connected to the allegations.

Senator Chuck Grassley has raised questions about Abedin's work as a State Department employee, concerning the fact that she held two jobs from June 3, 2012 to February 1, 2013, as a part-time aide to Clinton while working as a consultant to private clients for consulting firm Teneo Holdings. Grassley sent a request to Abedin and to the State Department to explain the circumstances under this arrangement, stating: "This raises important questions about whether her dual role was adequately disclosed to government officials who may have provided her information without realizing that she was being paid by private investors to gather information." The State Department provided Abedin's response, indicating that she did not engage in any unethical behavior while working for the State Department and that she did not provide any government information or inside information gained from her State Department job to her private employer.

Personal life

Abedin is Muslim. She speaks English, Urdu, and Arabic.

Abedin married then-Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) on July 10, 2010; Bill Clinton performed the wedding ceremony. In June 2011, Abedin became the subject of widespread media attention amid her husband's Twitter photo scandal. In the press conference where he admitted the online sexual conversations, Weiner said he had revealed his online relationships to his wife before their marriage. Regarding the new revelations, Weiner said, "She was very unhappy, she was very disappointed, and she told me as much. And she also told me that she loved me and we're going to get through this."

Abedin gave birth to a boy, Jordan Zain Weiner, in December 2011.

On July 23, 2013, Abedin spoke at a press conference in which she discussed her commitment to her husband, who is a New York City mayoral candidate, in spite of new revelations regarding online communications Weiner had with a woman in mid 2012. She disclosed the challenges of their marriage, their commitment to their son, and her ongoing support of his campaign.

References

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