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We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

Condoleezza Rice

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Academic
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Political Scientist
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Birmingham
Alabama
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