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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Academic
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Birmingham
Alabama
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There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it.
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Differences can be a strength.
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The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.
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