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Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.
Condoleezza Rice
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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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