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Condoleezza Rice
Tad and Dianne Taube Director | Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy
A Message from Hoover Director Condoleezza Rice
A brief conversation with the Hoover Institution’s new director, Condoleezza Rice as she discusses Hoover’s mission in the twenty-first century, its role in crafting public policy, her views about the current geopolitical situation regarding Russia and China, and her personal thoughts about the national conversation currently under way in the United States about racial relations and how we look back at the country’s founding and history.
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Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Condoleezza Rice (1954–)
Influence on U.S. Diplomacy
As Secretary of State, Rice supported the expansion of democratic governments, and championed the idea of "Transformational Diplomacy," which sought to redistribute U.S. diplomats to areas of severe social and political trouble, address such issues as disease, drug olaglig transport and human trafficking, and reemphasize aid through the creation of the position of Director of utländsk Assistance.
Rice helped successfully negotiate several agreements in the Middle East, including Israeli withdrawal from and the opening of the Gaza border crossings in 2005 and the August 14, 2006 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. Rice organized the Annapolis Conference of November 27, 2007, which focused on finding a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem.
Rice also worked actively to improve human rights issues in Iran and supported the passage of a United Nations Securit
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Condoleezza Rice
American diplomat and political scientist (born 1954)
Condoleezza Rice | |
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Official portrait, 2005 | |
| In office January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Colin Powell |
| Succeeded by | Hillary Clinton |
| In office January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Deputy | Stephen Hadley |
| Preceded by | Sandy Berger |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Hadley |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office September 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas W. Gilligan |
| In office September 1, 1993 – June 30, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Lieberman |
| Succeeded by | John L. Hennessy |
| Born | (1954-11-14) November 14, 1954 (age 70) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (after 1982) Democratic (before 1982) |
| Education | University of Denver (BA, PhD) University of Notre Dame (MA) |
| Signature | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science |
| Thesis | The |