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Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American former diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023, as the 27th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013, and as the 23rd U.S. national security advisor from 2013 to 2017.
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Born 17 November 1964 · Q50612
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“Long experienced with the menace of Al Qaeda, I was one of the very few scholars at Brookings to openly oppose the Iraq War. From the start, I viewed that war of choice as a dangerous diversion from the main objective of defeating Al Qaeda globally and in Afghanistan.”
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“never use race as an excuse or advantage,”
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The New York Times: Fantasy football All-Fade team featuring Lamar Jackson and Rashee Rice
WNBA: Kiki Rice scores and draws the foul
USA Rice Federation: USA Rice Trade Seminar Reinforces Commitment to Jordan and West Bank Markets
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Talk Business & Politics: Corn and rice harvest underway in Arkansas
The Guardian: Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice
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Touted her work in domestic and national security policy initiatives during her tenure at the White House
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President Biden announced that Rice would be departing from her position as director of the Domestic Policy Council on May 26, 2023
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Ambassador Susan Rice Tribunal, Gavin Newsom indicted.”” Pants on Fire.
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The Guardian: Susan Rice tapped for top domestic policy role in Biden administration
Rice was announced to be a member of the advisory council of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which planned the Biden's presidential transition
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Before announcing in April 2019 that she would not run for Senate
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The Guardian: Susan Rice: 'Domestic divisions are the greatest threat to our national security'
Rice was appointed to the board of directors at Netflix
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““Yes, I think" Susan Rice may have committed a crime” Not the whole story.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"Susan Rice arrested for criminal ‘unmasking’ of Trump officials."” Pants on Fire.
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““When you look at Susan Rice and what’s going on, and so many people are coming up to me and apologizing now. They’re saying you know, you were right when you said that. Perhaps I didn’t know how right I was, because nobody knew the extent of it.”” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.” False.
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Eli Lake reported in Bloomberg View that as national security advisor, Rice had requested that the identities of some Americans mentioned in intelligence reports related to the campaign and presidential transition of Don
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Rice became a distinguished visiting research fellow in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University
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Claimed: “"We were able to get the Syrian government to voluntarily and verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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President François Hollande named Rice a commander of the Legion of Honour for her contributions to Franco-American relations
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But the measure failed to win passage at the UN Security Council
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For $38 billion in military assistance, the largest such package in Israel's history
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The Guardian: Obama invites Pakistan's PM to White House as Susan Rice visits Islamabad
“ambitious yet achievable agenda”
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Rice criticized Netanyahu for agreeing to speak to Congress about Iran's nuclear program without coordinating with the Obama administration
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Rice warned Pakistani political and military leaders that attacks in Afghanistan by militants based in Pakistan threatened regional security
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The Guardian: Susan Rice launches staunch defence of Israel despite 'alarming' Gaza death toll
The Guardian: Edward Snowden has not weakened president, says Susan Rice
The Guardian: Obama appoints 'pragmatic' Susan Rice as US national security adviser
The Guardian: Susan Rice's Benghazi sacrifice pushes Obama confidante to greater heights
The Guardian: Susan Rice to replace Tom Donilon as US national security adviser
The Guardian: Benghazi: State Department 'pressed to change' Susan Rice talking points
The Guardian: Susan Rice in line to become Obama's national security adviser, say reports
Career landmark: United States National Security Advisor (2013–2017).
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Between President Kiir's forces and forces led by vice president Riek Machar, the U
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In a letter to Obama, Rice asked him to remove her name from consideration for secretary of state
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“we are interested in a broad range of actions that will effectively protect civilians and increase the pressure on the Gaddafi regime to halt the killing and to allow the Libyan people to express themselves in their aspirations for the future freely and peacefully.”
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For working against UN statements that criticized Rwanda for supporting a rebel group in Congo known for committing atrocities
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Columnist Peter Beinart reviewed a series of NPR interviews with Rice in late 2002 and early 2003 and concluded that Rice's position on war was equivocal
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During an interview with The New Republic, Rice stated "To suggest that I'm repenting for [Rwanda] or that I'm haunted by that or that I don't sleep at night because of that or that every policy I've implemented subseque
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Rice withdrew from consideration following controversy related to the 2012 attack on a U
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Awarded honorary degree from Spelman College (2010).
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2009–2013).
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President-elect Obama announced that he would nominate Rice to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations, a position which he restored to cabinet level
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Rice was named to the advisory board of the Obama–Biden transition
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Claiming that in 1997 Sudan offered to turn over its intelligence on Osama bin Laden but that Rice, together with then NSC terrorism specialist Richard A
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Rice was a member of an American delegation to visit detained Nigerian president-elect Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
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Career landmark: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1997–2001).
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And overthrow of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, Rice is alleged to have said that "Anything's better than Mobutu
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And a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1990, both in International Relations
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Awarded Rhodes Scholarship (1986).
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Her mother married Alfred Bradley Fitt, an attorney, who at the time was general counsel of the U
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While Brazil, Germany, and India joined permanent Security Council members China and Russia in abstaining
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Born 1964-11-17.
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