Susan Rice
Susan Rice
Susan Elizabeth Riceis currently serving as the 24th United States National Security Advisor. She was formerly a U.S. diplomat, Brookings Institution fellow, and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. She was confirmed as UN ambassador by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth17 November 1964
CountryUnited States of America
As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.
Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.
I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests
Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.
She'll have to show whether she has the stuff to stand up and fight.
The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.
I spend a lot of time travelling - both by plane and car - and my travel time is never 'down time'. Having the potential to use the phone anywhere sounds attractive. But phones can be a tyranny to the users and fellow passengers. So I'd suggest caution here.
This is a crucial time for her. There is a window of opportunity in this post-conflict era to demonstrate to the people who elected her that democracy can put bread on the table. ... If she can't deliver from here, she'll be off to a bad start.
With me, what you see is what you get.
My hunch is, we're watching a bureaucratic slow-roll take place, but the danger is it's happening as the situation on the ground is getting worse. The administration has been in this knot of having called the situation genocide but then failing to do anything.
In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.
If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive.
When you look at a secretary of defense who has been as forceful and effective as Donald Rumsfeld, for good or for ill, he's a tough customer,
We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the U.S. has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.