Huma Abedin
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Huma M. Abedin (born 1976) is an aide to United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton[1] who served as traveling chief of staff and "body woman" during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.[2][3]
Abedin was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her Indian born father was a Muslim and Middle Eastern scholar who died when she was 17 years old, and her Pakistani born mother is a professor in Saudi Arabia.[1] At the age of two, her family relocated to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Abedin returned to the United States to attend George Washington University.
Huma Abedin began working as an intern for the White House in 1996 and landed an assignment with the First Lady. She has since risen to the role of Hillary Clinton's right-hand woman. She currently works for Clinton at the State Department.[4]
She is engaged to New York Representative Anthony Weiner.[5]
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