A Crafty Crony with a Crazy Coiffure!Condoleeza Rice was appointed National Security Advisory by President George W. Bush when he took office in 2001. She became the U.S. Secretary of State on January 26, 2005.
Rice's father, John Wesley Rice (jr.), was a Presbyterian minister and her mother was a music teacher. When Rice was eight-years-old her classmate, Denise McNair, was killed in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which was primarily African American, by white supremacists. In 1967 her father accepted an administrative position at the University of Denver; the family then moved to Denver. At the age of 15 she wanted to become a concert pianist, but her dream changed when she went to a course by Josef Korbel on international politics, which sparked her interest in international affairs.
She has been a professor at Stanford University since 1981. She has taught Political Science and International Studies. She is a specialist on the former Soviet Union, and gave lectures on the subject to various respected universities. Rice has written several books, such as Germany Unified and Europe Transformed, The Gorbachev Era, and Uncertain Allegiance: The Soviet Union and Czechoslovak Army.
Rice's career in business is extensive: she has served on the board of directors for the Chevron Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, The Carnegie Corporation, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Rand Corporation.
Rice was the first woman to hold the position of National Security Advisor. She became one of the most outspoken supporters of the 2003 invasion of Iraq: She wrote the editorial to the New York Times, Why We Know Iraq in Lying. She supported the re-election of President George W. Bush, making her the first National Security Advisor to campaign for an incumbent president. President Bush then nominated Rice to the Secretary of State position to replace Colin Powell on November 16, 2004.
Rice is still very devoted to playing the piano; in 2002 she performed a concert in Washington, D.C. | |
Your Comments About Condoleezza Rice | Comments to date: 6. The most recent comments are below.
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Bob Indiana | Posted at 9:51pm on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | Who ever wrote this BIO left out how many Doctorate degrees she has.
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Eric Kallgren Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 12:15pm on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 | February 22, 2009: The Associated Press reported that Condoleezza Rice has a book deal:
"Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has agreed to a three-book deal with Crown Publishers, starting with a memoir about her years in the administration of President George W. Bush.
"Rice will combine candid narrative and acute analysis to tell the story of her time in the White House and as America's top diplomat, and her role in protecting American security and shaping foreign policy during the extraordinary period from 2001-2009," according to a statement issued Sunday by Crown, a division of Random House Inc. Crown also published then-Sen. Barack Obama's "The Audacity of Hope."
Rice's book is planned for 2011.
The deal is worth at least $2.5 million, according to two publishing officials with knowledge of the negotiations. The officials asked not to be identified, citing the confidentiality of the talks.
Rice, 54, also will write a memoir about her family, scheduled for 2012, and a young-adult edition of her family book that will come out at the same time. None of the planned works are currently titled."
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Eric Kallgren Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 2:31pm on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | On December 23, 2008, the Associated Press reported that Arab leaders lavished jewels on Condi Rice:
"President Bush's foreign policies may be unpopular in the Middle East, but Arab leaders showered his top diplomat with jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars last year.
While Bush himself didn't fare nearly as well, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raked in at least $316,000 in gem-encrusted baubles from the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia alone, making her one of top recipients among U.S. officials of gifts from foreign heads of state and government and their aides in 2007.
In January, Jordan's King Abdullah II gave Rice an emerald and diamond necklace, ring, bracelet and earrings estimated to be worth $147,000, according to the State Department's annual inventory of such items released Monday just in time for Christmas.
The king and his wife, Queen Rania, also gave Rice a less expensive necklace and earrings along with a jewelry box valued at $4,630, the document shows.
Not to be outdone, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia presented Rice with a ruby and diamond necklace with matching earrings, bracelet and ring worth $165,000 in July. The inventory also includes a $170,000 flower petal motif necklace the Saudi monarch gave to Rice in 2005, which the department says was not previously disclosed.
From the same Arab leaders, Bush received just over $100,000 in gifts in 2007, the list shows.
Other gifts include an $85,000 sapphire and diamond jewelry set and $10,000 piece of artwork depicting a desert scene of bedouins, camels and a tent made of gold given to first lady Laura Bush by Saudi King Abdullah.
Unfortunately for the Bushes, Rice and other recipients, they won't be able to enjoy the gifts as they have been turned over to the General Services Administration and government archives in accordance with federal law, which bars officials from accepting personal presents in almost all circumstances."
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Eric Kallgren Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 4:54pm on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | On January 21, 2009, Variety reported that Condi Rice is looking to earn an honest living:
"Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed with the William Morris Agency, the first step in what is being called the “reinvention and evolution” of her career.
The agency said Rice will focus on books, lecture appearances, philanthropic activities and “new business initiatives in the media, sports and communications sectors.”
Rice will be represented by WMA chief Jim Wiatt and Wayne Kabak.
Kabak said that Rice will be writing two books: One will focus on her diplomatic career, and the other will be about her parents, the Rev. John Wesley Rice Jr. and Angelena Ray, whom her daughter has referred to as “educational evangelists” for their influence on pursuing academic excellence.
The diplomatic memoir will probably be written first, Kabak said."
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Vova Barnaul | Posted at 12:50pm on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 | rice the ugliest, stupid, severe, insensible and cynical a bough. It is not worthy to be the woman. rice an embodiment of a devil.
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Condoleezza Rice Vital Statistics | | Age: | 55 | | Born: | November 14, 1954 | Star Sign: | Scorpio | Education: | University of Denver (B.S., Ph.D), University of Notre Dame (M.A.) | | Nationality: | USA | | Birthplace: | Birmingham, Alabama USA | | Web Site: | Condoleezza Rice online | | Media: | American political media |
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