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 is now the U.S. Secretary of State.
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. | |
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Condoleezza Rice Vital Statistics | | Age: | 54 | | 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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