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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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There is no living politician who compares with Condoleeza Rice when it comes to her accomplishments, certainly not Hillary. Thank god she has been wise enough to avoid the rat race of running for political office up to now.

Condoleeza Rice grew up in Birmingham during the hottest period of the civil rights movement. She was taught by her parents that the cards were stacked against her but she could succeed if she would work to be twice as good as her competition, which she is.

No one knew about her during Bush one presidency but he gave her credit for making the cold war transition run relatively smooth. Her University emphasis had been on understanding the relationship between civilians and the military in the Soviet Union. Do you remember how awful all the civil conflict was after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Me neither. Bush gave Rice credit for that and advised his son to hire her as Secretary of State. She was a fantastic Secretary of State and wisely returned to academia after that. She has accomplished many things that the public never hears about. She was breaking through glass ceilings before the term even existed.

July 28, 2010 - Plays the piano during a performance with the "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin and the Philadelphia Orchestra for a charity event to raise money for inner city music education.

October 12, 2010 - Rice's memoir "Extraordinary, Ordinary People" is released. The book details Rice's childhood in segregated Alabama.

November 1, 2011 - Rice's book, "No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington," is published.

August 20, 2012 - Along with Darla Moore, becomes the first woman admitted as a member to Augusta National Golf Club.

· She was appointed as an assistant professor of political science in the Stanford University in 1981 and was promoted to associate professor in 1987. She held this post till 1993.

· During the late 1980s she became the Soviet expert on the United States National Security Council under Brent Scowcroft who was the National Security Advisor.

· She was a very intelligent and determined young woman and was made the Provost of Stanford University in 1993, making her the first female and the youngest Provost in Stanford history. In this post she was responsible for managing the university's multi-billion dollar budget.

· She took a one-year leave of absence from Stanford University to help George Bush as a foreign policy advisor during his 2000 presidential election campaign.

· She supported the invasion of Iraq by America in 2003 after Iraq declared its weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations. She became the first National Security Advisor to campaign for an incumbent president during the 2004 presidential election.

· Bush nominated Rice to be Secretary of State in November 2004. The Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13 in January 2005. She initiated many diplomatic efforts on behalf of the Bush government during her tenure as the Secretary of State.
She worked for the expansion of democratic governments and advocated that the U.S. should advance democratic reforms throughout the Middle East. She was a strong supporter of ‘Transformational Diplomacy’ to maintain security, fight poverty and establish democratic reforms.

· She traveled widely as the Secretary of State and visited 83 countries all over the world. She holds the record for the maximum miles traveled by someone holding her position. She stepped down in 2009 at the end of the Bush Administration and rejoined the academia.

· She returned as a professor of political science to Stanford in 2009. She is also the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution.

· She is an accomplished pianist and has performed at diplomatic events at embassies.
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