Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice can tell you what is going on in the world.

Example:

• Condoleezza Rice quickly explained that Osama Bin Laden was bad for you and that he was hiding in a cave in Afghanistan
• Condoleezza Rice explained that they had proof Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were behind the "terrorist attacks" 11. September 2001.
• The Taliban said they would hand Osama Bin Laden over to the USA if they could give them any proof what so ever that he was involved.
• The USA has yet to show ANY proof that Osama Bin Laden has anything to do with the "terrorist attacks" 11. September 2001.

Condoleezza Rice announcements on future US foreign policy and other mainstream news stories

• 2005-02-03: U.S. gives Israel "go-ahead" to strike Syria
  • "We will be prepared to talk with others ... with the Israelis", Condoleezza Rice said
• 2005-11-20: November 20, 2005 Whitehouse Press Briefing by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the President's Visit to China
  • "I want to note that there has been a very important movement on intellectual property rights within the region with the adoption of these guidelines at the APEC a couple of days ago, but there is still an awful lot of work to do. The Chinese talked about the fact that they have ongoing prosecutions, that they understand the importance of this issue. They really emphasized this issue of intellectual property rights on the heels of the September meeting in New York."
• 2006-02-20: Hugo Chavez to Condi Rice: 'Don't mess with me, girl' +
  • Responding to remarks before the US Congress last week in which Rice called Chavez a "challenge to democracy" in Latin America, Chavez warned the top US diplomat to back off.
  • "She messed with me again," he said in his weekly "Hello President" television show, deliberately mangling her name as "Condolences." "Don't mess with me, girl."

Trivia

• Rice is the first African American woman, second African American (after Powell), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright) to serve as Secretary of State.
• Rice has achieved a higher ranking in the presidential line of succession than any other African-American woman.
• In August 2004 [1] and again in August 2005 [2], Forbes magazine named Rice the world's most powerful woman.
• Rice has stated several times in interviews that she has aspirations of becoming the Commissioner of the National Football League.
• Rice was a Democrat until 1976 when she changed her political affiliation to Republican. [3]
• Rice is unmarried. She was reported to have accidentally referred to President Bush as her "husband" at a Washington dinner party, before quickly correcting herself. [4]
• In November 2004, Rice had surgery to remove a benign uterine fibroid.
• She started learning music at age three. She made use of her pianist training to accompany cellist Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms's Violin Sonata in D minor at Constitution Hall in April 2002 for the National Medal of Arts Awards. [5] [6] Picture of Rice and Yo-Yo Ma She also played Glenn Gould's piano while meeting with Michaelle Jean the Governor General of Canada at Rideau Hall on October 25, 2005. [7]
• High school: graduated from St. Mary's Academy, Englewood, Colorado, Class of 1970.
• In February 2005, Rice attracted press attention for her choice of footwear while visiting an American military base in Germany. [8]
• Her height is 5' 6½" (1.69 m).
• Member and fan of Australian rules football club Adelaide Crows upon official visit from Australian Foreign Minister Hon Alexander Downer.
• Rice currently resides at the famous Watergate Apartments in Washington, DC.
• Rice apparently received her distinctive first name after a spelling error; her mother mistook the Italian musical term "Condolcezza," which means "with sweetness," for "Condoleezza."

Sources

• Felix, Antonia. "Condi: The girl who cracked the ice". Times. (November 21, 2004)
• Nordlinger, Jay. "Star-in-waiting: meet George W.'s foreign-policy czarina". National Review. (August 30, 1999)
• Plotz, David. "Condoleezza Rice: George W. Bush's celebrity adviser". Slate. (May 12, 2000)
• author unknown. "Smart, savvy, strong-willed Rice charts her own course". CNN. (2001)
• Marinucci, Carla. "Critics knock naming oil tanker Condoleezza". San Francisco Chronicle. (April 5, 2001)
• Marinucci, Carla. "Chevron redubs ship named for Bush aide". San Francisco Chronicle. (May 5, 2001)
• Marinucci, Carla. "Security adviser Rice weighs run for governor". San Francisco Chronicle. (February 27, 2003)
• author unknown. "Rice says race can be 'one factor' in considering admissions". CNN. (January 18, 2003)
• Sullivan, Andrew. Bush-Rice 2004?. London Suday Times. (March 24, 2002)
• Cornwell, Rupert From the axis of evil to the outposts of tyranny. The Independent. (January 20, 2005)
• Richter, Paul "Rice Reshaping Foreign Policy" Los Angeles Times. (March 15, 2005)
• Richter, Paul. "Under Rice, Powell's Policies Are Reborn". Los Angeles Times. (October 11, 2005)