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Who Is She?
Condoleezza Rice
Whatever her politics, one must admit 46 year-old Condoleezza
Rice was and is a respected member of Bush the elder's, and Bush
the younger's cabinets. But, who is she? Who is this
woman who speaks with such convincing confidence on issues of
foreign affairs and policies?
Her curriculum vita is impressive. Though many neither
agree with her politics nor some of her quoted statements, she
does represent a role model for young African American women --
whether she likes it or not. --A.D. Odom
Condoleezza Rice
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Rice is the stuff role models are made of — intelligent
without being pretentious, poised and charismatic. A Stanford
colleague once described her as possessing "a kind of
intellectual agility mixed with velvet-glove forcefulness."
Unlike other prominent female politicians, Rice has another
great strength that I hate to admit matters: She’s attractive
enough that some of her media appearances have drawn marriage
proposals. What’s more, she weight trains rigorously and spends
her Sundays going to church and watching NFL games. Now that’s
someone to whom voters can relate.
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--Erika Wittekind
Condoleezza Rice is the chief foreign policy adviser
to Republican presidential candidate Governor George W. Bush.
Condoleezza Rice is the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior
Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She previously served as a
Hoover senior fellow from 1991 until 1993, when she was
appointed provost of Stanford University. Rice held the position
of provost for six years, during which time she served as the
chief academic and budget officer of the university, before
stepping down on July 1, 1999. She is on a one-year leave of
absence from the university.
Rice first came to Stanford in 1981 as a fellow in the arms
control and disarmament program. She is a tenured professor in
the university's political science department and was a Hoover
Institution national fellow from 1985 until 1986.
Following her initial Hoover Institution affiliation, Rice went
to Washington, D.C. to work on nuclear strategic planning at the
Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of a Council on Foreign Relations
fellowship. She came back to Stanford when the fellowship ended.
Rice returned to Washington in 1989 when she was director of
Soviet and East European affairs with the National Security
Council. She also was appointed special assistant to the
president for national security affairs and senior director for
Soviet affairs at the National Security Council under President
George Bush. In those roles, she helped bring democratic reforms
to Poland, and played a vital role in crafting many of the Bush
administration's policies with the former Soviet Union.
Rice's professional activities since returning to Stanford have
not been limited to the university. She cofounded the Center for
a New Generation, an after-school academy in East Palo Alto,
California, and is a corporate board member for Chevron, the
Hewlett Foundation, and Charles Schwab. In addition, Rice is a
member of J.P. Morgan's international advisory council.
Rice is a Council of Foreign Relations member, a National
Endowment for the Humanities trustee, and a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
She has written numerous articles and several books on
international relations and foreign affairs, including Germany
Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft, with
Philip Zelikow (Harvard University Press, 1995).
Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15,
graduating at 19 with a bachelor's degree in political science
(cum laude). She earned a master's degree at the University of
Notre Dame and a doctorate from the University of Denver's
Graduate School of International Studies. Both of her advanced
degrees are also in political science. (1999)
Source: HOOVER INSTITUTION
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Cabinet Watch: National
Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice
by Jim Geraghty, Policy.com
In December 1989, President George H.W. Bush met with
then-Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, and introduced him to the
National Security Council’s director of Soviet and East European
Affairs. “This is Condoleezza Rice,” Bush said. "She tells me
everything I know about the Soviet Union."
More than a decade later, barring an increasingly remote Gore
win, Rice will return to the White House in the Administration
of another Bush, and now her respon-sibilities are likely to
include all issues relating to the national security of the
United States.
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