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
The potential marriage of weapons of mass destruction with terrorism is everyone's nightmare.
We understand this is a transition and we think everybody else understands this is a transitional process.
We are very focused on hoping that these negotiations do succeed,
We've always said that we were not going to have a cookie-cutter approach,
We're going to get this done while I'm here.
We share a concern about events on the Korean Peninsula,
Unfortunately, it came open at the wrong time. Obviously, I'm very busy as secretary of state, and I intend to continue to be secretary of state as long as the president of the United States will have me.
Unless something is done very quickly... it becomes very difficult to see the transformation of Gaza into a peaceful and well-governed place,
unfortunately on a path right now where relations are not improving, but are worsening.
We very much would like to have a deal. We are continuing to work on it.
We're listening to them, but as far as broad-scale U.S. involvement in talks, I don't at this point see that that would be productive.
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday.
The President will take from his commanders their assessment of what the conditions permit, what Iraqi security forces are capable of doing, and then determine troop levels,
The president has always said that when he thought he could give a little impetus to what is going to be a very long and difficult process, he would do so. The president believes that this is a new opportunity for peace at the end of the war in Iraq and particularly with changes in the Palestinian leadership.