doi:10.7916/wdch-va57Oral history interview with Huma Abedin, 2021Abedin, Huma, 1976-oral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesWomen's rightsArab Spring, 2010-Presidential campaigns--United StatesUnited States Foreign relationsAbedin, Huma, 1976-Obama, BarackClinton, Hillary RodhamUnited States Department of StateUnited States. Office of the First LadyHuma Abedin reflects on her career as an aide and advisor to Hillary Clinton, with particular emphasis on her service as the State Department's deputy chief of staff for operations from 2009 to 2013, during Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. Abedin outlines the development of her personal and advisory relationship with Hillary Clinton, sharing stories of notable episodes from her time in the Clinton White House, as an aide in Clinton's U.S senate office, and from the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign. Abedin focuses on Clinton's efforts to shift the emphasis of State Department diplomatic activity away from high-level ministerial meetings and toward people-to-people and government-to-people interactions, including by Clinton's participation in town hall interviews in foreign countries, attendance at offbeat cultural events, and consistent emphasis on women's rights as the foundation of economic development. Abedin also provides details about major events, trips, and initiatives with which she was closely involved, including Clinton's first foreign trip as secretary of state, which was designed as part of the administration's pivot to Asia; Clinton's October 2009 trip to Pakistan; and trips to the Middle East before and during the events of the Arab Spring. Also discussed are the evolution of the relationship between Clinton and Barack Obama, the integration of the Clinton and Obama campaign staffs, the right-wing conspiracy theories that targeted Abedin and her family, Abedin's experience as a South Asian Muslim in government, and the culture of "Hillaryland," the core of Clinton's advisory staff