Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza "Condi" Riceis an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush. Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State, as well as the second African American secretary of state, and the second female secretary of state. Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 November 1954
CityBirmingham, MI
CountryUnited States of America
I think I can honestly say that without Ms. Parks, I would probably not be standing here today as (U.S.) secretary of State, ... made America face up to its greatest defect.
The vote today is an important milestone. They will have elections in December for a permanent government. Every time the Iraqi people have been given an opportunity to express themselves politically they have taken it,
History's long arc is different than the today's headlines.
Today's headlines and history's judgement are not the same.
Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks, I would not be standing here today as secretary of state.
The sole purpose of this trip is to express support for the Lebanese people and for the Lebanese government as they try to recover fully their sovereignty and they continue their efforts to reform.
The United States is not going to support any particular political candidate or any particular party or list.
The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid.
The United States does have, in fact, productive relations with Russia.
The Russians . . . want to do what we all want to do, which is they want to pursue a diplomatic path and see if the Iranians will come along.
Even an initial reading of the report is deeply troubling.
The resources we commit must empower developing countries to strengthen security, to consolidate democracy, to increase trade and investment, and to improve the lives of their people.