Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden hailed Madeleine Albright at her funeral Wednesday as a diplomatic giant whose rise from child refugee to first female secretary of state represented the best of the United States. Albright, who also served as US ambassador to the United Nations, died last month at 84. Reflecting her status on the world stage, the televised funeral in Washington’s National Cathedral was packed with more than 1,400 people and featured tributes from Biden, former president Bill Clinton who appointed Albright to secretary of state, and Hillary Clinton, who likewise served as…