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'''Condoleezza Rice''' was the 66th [[United States Secretary of State]], and the first [[African-American]] woman to hold the post. Prior to assuming her duties as Secretary of State, she served as [[National Security Advisor]] to [[President]] [[George W. Bush]]. Her objective of transformational diplomacy is to, "work with our many partners around the world to build and sustain democratic, well-governed states that will respond to the needs of their people -- and conduct themselves responsibly in the international system." As she stated at her confirmation hearing, "we must use American diplomacy to help create a balance of power in the world that favors freedom. And the time for diplomacy is now."<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/Condoleezza_Rice.shtml Condoleezza Rice]. Newsmax.</ref>
  
 
== Earlier Life and Education ==
 
== Earlier Life and Education ==
  
Dr. Rice earned her B. A. in  political science from the University of Denver in 1974 at age 19. The following year, she recieved her M.A. from the University of Notre Dame. She returned to the University of Denver, where she was awarded the Ph.D. in 1981.  She speaks Russian, French, German, and the Spanish as well as of course English.
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Dr. Rice earned her B. A. in  [[politics|political]] [[science]] from the [[University of Denver]] in 1974 at age 19. The following year, she received her M.A. from the University of [[Notre Dame]]. She returned to the University of Denver, where she was awarded the Ph.D. in 1981.  In addition to [[English]], she is fluent in [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French]], [[German]], and [[Spanish]].
  
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==Pianist==
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[[Image:Secretary Rice With Queen Elizabeth.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Secretary Rice with Queen Elizabeth II]]
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Dr. Rice is a classically trained pianist and fourth-generation pianist on her mother's side. "At 15 she performed Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, her prize for winning a student competition. Until college she intended to pursue music professionally." <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09tomm.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1228244731-etUkA26YO83zkj8FNgoJBw Condoleezza Rice on Piano], Anthony Tommasini, ''New York Times'', April 9, 2006</ref>
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On December 1, 2008, Secretary Rice gave a [[piano]] recital for [[Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460105,00.html Rice Plays Piano at Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II], Associated Press, ''Fox News'', December 02, 2008</ref>
  
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== Career In Academia ==
  
While in Denver she dated a pro baller, but they did not marry. Some people claim she is of involved with Canadian Foreign Minister Peter McKay.[http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F10B15F93E550C708DDDA00894DE404482]
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Condoleeza was first an Assistant Professor at [[Stanford]] (1981–1987). She eventually earned tenure, becoming an Associate Professor (1987–1993), then Professor, and later Provost.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/2001/10/15/crice.html Provost].</ref> She was the first black, first woman and the youngest person to be Provost.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/13.rice/index.html Hoover Institute].</ref> She was also a [[Hoover Institute]] fellow. Her primary expertise was the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]] nations.
  
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As Provost, Dr. Rice balanced the budget, even though the deficit was said to be impossibly large, a prediction which Rice happily proved wrong.<ref>[http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/june9/rice-69.html Stanford University].</ref>
  
== Career In Academia ==
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== Career in Joint Chiefs and National Security Council ==
  
Condoleeza was first an Assistant Professor at Stanford(1981–1987). She eventually earned tenure, becoming an Associate Professor (1987–1993), then Professor, and later Provost.[http://www.forbes.com/2001/10/15/crice.html] She was the first black, first woman and the youngest person to be Provost.[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/13.rice/index.html] She was also a Hoover Institute fellow. Her primary expertise was the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations.
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In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  From 1989 to March 1991 she directed and also directed in a senior position, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the [[National Security Council]]. She was also Special Assistant to the President of National Security Affairs. Rice was instrumental to help with developing Bush's and James Baker's policies to make full reunification of Germany. By 1990 she was already George H. W. Bush's principal advisor on the Soviet Union and one of his assistants for National Security Affairs. She impressed  President [[George H.W. Bush]], so much,  that he said to [[Gorbachev]] she "tells me everything I know about the [[Soviet Union]]."<ref>[http://dir.salon.com/story/politics2000/feature/2000/03/20/rice/index.html]</ref>
  
As Provost, Dr. Rice was to make the University's budget level, although because the deficet was so large it was said it was impossible, a prediction which Condoleeza happily broke not only but over balanced it so there was profit. [http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1999/june9/rice-69.html]
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Rice returned to her teaching position at Stanford, although she consulted on the former USSR for many. [[Pete Wilson]] appointed her to a bipartisan committee that had been formed to draw new lines for voting. She was also in a Federal Advisory Committee on men and woman training in the Military.
  
Her books are:
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She was helping George W. Bush for his victorious campaign for President in 2000, a later became a key advisor. She said in departure from the failed Clinton policies of the 1990s and an articulation of a new Bush plan at the convention speech “...America's armed forces are not a global police force. They are not the world's 911.”<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/ricetext080100.htm]</ref>
*Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (1995) *The Gorbachev Era (1986)
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*The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain *Allegiance (1984).
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== Advising of National Security ==
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On 2000, Rice was appointed National Security Advisor and no longer served at Stanford. She was the first woman ever to serve in the position. Over 2001, Rice worked with CIA Director George Tenet almost daily on terrorism and national security issues.
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In early 2003, former [[First Lady]] and now Senator [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] spoke of disarming [[Saddam Hussein]]: "this is something that I have followed for a decade. If he were serious about disarming he would have been much more forthcoming...there is no accounting for the chemical and biological stocks."  Dr. Rice repeated these sentiments in an article in the ''[[New York Times]]'' entitled ''Why We Know Iraq Is Lying,'' "instead of implementing national initiatives to disarm, Iraq maintains institutions whose sole purpose is to thwart the work of the inspectors."[https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html]
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Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice campaigned for the incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq contributed to the instability that produced the opportunity for a terrorist attack like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."
  
 
== Business ==
 
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*Woodrow Wilson Center
 
*Woodrow Wilson Center
  
She was very involved with Chevron before becoming George W. Bush's. Chevron honored Rice by naming an oil tanker Condoleezza Rice after her, but it was controversial that this was so so as a result Altair Voyager became its name.[http://www.usmm.org/socalships.html#anchor1306140]
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== Writings ==
  
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*Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (1995)
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*The Gorbachev Era (1986)
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*The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain Allegiance (1984).
  
== Career in Joint Chiefs and National Security Council ==
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*[http://www.indepthinfo.com/condoleezza-rice/index.shtml Biography of Condoleezza Rice]
  
In 1986, she was a fellow of Councils on Foreign Relations Rice served as Special Assistant of the Joint Chiefs. After 1989 when the Berlin wall fell to March 1991 when the Soviets were vanquished, she directed and also directed in a senior position, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council. She was also Special Assistant to the President of National Security Affairs. Rice was instrumental to help with developing Bush's and James Baker's policies to make a full reunification of the German. She was very impressed to the President Bush, and he said to [[Gorbechev]] she "tells me everything I know about the Soviet."[http://dir.salon.com/story/politics2000/feature/2000/03/20/rice/index.html]
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By 1990 she was already George H. W. Bush's principal advisor on the Soviet Union and special to the president for national security affairs. She was the highest ranking black woman in the administration.
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After the communists were defeated in 1991, Rice victoriously returned to her being a teaching position at Stanford, although she consulted on the former USSR for many. [[Pete Wilson]] made her to a bipartisan committee that had been formed to draw new lines for voting. She was also in a Federal Advisory Committee on men and woman training in the Military.
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She was helping George W. Bush for his victorious campaign for President in 2000, a thing for which she became later a key advisor. She said in departure from the failed Clinton policies of the 1990s and an articulation of a new Bush plan at the convention speach “...America's armed forces are not a global police force. They are not the world's 911.”[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/ricetext080100.htm]
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On 2000, Rice was made National Security Advisor and no longer served in Stanford. She was the first woman ever there. Over 2001, Rice worked on CIA Director George Tenet almost daily trying to stop the upcoming Spetember 11th which was not yet happened but might have in the future, and did. Rice asked Tenet to give a presentation for the matter to Secretary Rumsfeld and General Attorney John Ashcroft, but they did nothing, absolving Ric of the blame but some have therefore been critical of Rumsfeld.[http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15662785.htm]
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Rice was out on front in terms of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to removal brutal tyrant Saddam from power. She famously editorialized how there was a lying Iraq in The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying."[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html]
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Rice in 2004 initially decided not to publicly testify at the 9/11 commission. Bush said executive privilege under constitutional separation of powers and said she would not testify. Under pressure, Bush eventually said she would testify [3http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/08/rice.transcript/] as long as this meant that it wasn't done again neccesarily and that others might not testify. She thusly was first of sitting National Security Advisor to testify.
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Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice became the first National Security Advisor to campaing for an incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq made for terrorist circumstances that produced terrorism like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."
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She also supported Bush's attempt to end the unfair affirmative action policies at the University of Minnesota. Famously she said once "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."[http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/10/wbr.smoking.gun/]
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Although some have criticized this as fearmongering she was herself only warning about the need for caution and the consequences of error, and because it was shown that Saddam could have gotten WMDs if he had wanted to the critics generally say that this position has been vindicated.{{fact}}
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Revision as of 05:35, July 23, 2020

Condoleezza Rice
Bncjcfjuh.jpg
66th United States Secretary of State
From: January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009
President George W. Bush
Predecessor Colin Powell
Successor Hillary Rodham Clinton
Information
Party Republican
Religion Presbyterian

Condoleezza Rice was the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the first African-American woman to hold the post. Prior to assuming her duties as Secretary of State, she served as National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. Her objective of transformational diplomacy is to, "work with our many partners around the world to build and sustain democratic, well-governed states that will respond to the needs of their people -- and conduct themselves responsibly in the international system." As she stated at her confirmation hearing, "we must use American diplomacy to help create a balance of power in the world that favors freedom. And the time for diplomacy is now."[1]

Earlier Life and Education

Dr. Rice earned her B. A. in political science from the University of Denver in 1974 at age 19. The following year, she received her M.A. from the University of Notre Dame. She returned to the University of Denver, where she was awarded the Ph.D. in 1981. In addition to English, she is fluent in Russian, French, German, and Spanish.

Pianist

Secretary Rice with Queen Elizabeth II

Dr. Rice is a classically trained pianist and fourth-generation pianist on her mother's side. "At 15 she performed Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, her prize for winning a student competition. Until college she intended to pursue music professionally." [2] On December 1, 2008, Secretary Rice gave a piano recital for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.[3]

Career In Academia

Condoleeza was first an Assistant Professor at Stanford (1981–1987). She eventually earned tenure, becoming an Associate Professor (1987–1993), then Professor, and later Provost.[4] She was the first black, first woman and the youngest person to be Provost.[5] She was also a Hoover Institute fellow. Her primary expertise was the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations.

As Provost, Dr. Rice balanced the budget, even though the deficit was said to be impossibly large, a prediction which Rice happily proved wrong.[6]

Career in Joint Chiefs and National Security Council

In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 1989 to March 1991 she directed and also directed in a senior position, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council. She was also Special Assistant to the President of National Security Affairs. Rice was instrumental to help with developing Bush's and James Baker's policies to make full reunification of Germany. By 1990 she was already George H. W. Bush's principal advisor on the Soviet Union and one of his assistants for National Security Affairs. She impressed President George H.W. Bush, so much, that he said to Gorbachev she "tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union."[7]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Rice returned to her teaching position at Stanford, although she consulted on the former USSR for many. Pete Wilson appointed her to a bipartisan committee that had been formed to draw new lines for voting. She was also in a Federal Advisory Committee on men and woman training in the Military.

She was helping George W. Bush for his victorious campaign for President in 2000, a later became a key advisor. She said in departure from the failed Clinton policies of the 1990s and an articulation of a new Bush plan at the convention speech “...America's armed forces are not a global police force. They are not the world's 911.”[8]

Advising of National Security

On 2000, Rice was appointed National Security Advisor and no longer served at Stanford. She was the first woman ever to serve in the position. Over 2001, Rice worked with CIA Director George Tenet almost daily on terrorism and national security issues.

In early 2003, former First Lady and now Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of disarming Saddam Hussein: "this is something that I have followed for a decade. If he were serious about disarming he would have been much more forthcoming...there is no accounting for the chemical and biological stocks." Dr. Rice repeated these sentiments in an article in the New York Times entitled Why We Know Iraq Is Lying, "instead of implementing national initiatives to disarm, Iraq maintains institutions whose sole purpose is to thwart the work of the inspectors."[3]

Leading up to the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Rice campaigned for the incumbent president. She used this moment to state her belief that Saddam's government in Iraq contributed to the instability that produced the opportunity for a terrorist attack like the 9/11 attacks on America. At a Pittsburgh, she said "While Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the actual attacks on America, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a part of the Middle East that was festering and unstable, [and] was part of the circumstances that created the problem on September 11."

Business

  • Carnegie Corporation
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Charles Schwab Corporation
  • Chevron Corporation
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Rand Corporation
  • Transamerica Corporation
  • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • KQED
  • J.P. Morgan Chase
  • University of Notre Dame
  • San Francisco Symphony
  • Center for New Generation
  • California and East Menlo Park
  • Vice President Boys and Girls Clubs of America of San Francisco
  • National Council for Soviet and East European Studies
  • Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition
  • Woodrow Wilson Center

Writings

  • Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft (1995)
  • The Gorbachev Era (1986)
  • The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain Allegiance (1984).

External links

References

  1. Condoleezza Rice. Newsmax.
  2. Condoleezza Rice on Piano, Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, April 9, 2006
  3. Rice Plays Piano at Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II, Associated Press, Fox News, December 02, 2008
  4. Provost.
  5. Hoover Institute.
  6. Stanford University.
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  8. [2]