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I never much cared for politics. I love policy, and I love international policy in particular. I got to be Secretary of State it really doesn't get much better than that. I love what I do. I love being a professor.

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they are doing these things with minimal help, that we are going to be able to bring down the levels of our forces. And I have no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.
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I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.
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