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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

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Susan Rice
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
Politician
Screenwriter
United States Ambassador To The United Nations
Washington
District of Columbia
Susan Elizabeth Rice
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It is manifestly in the interest of the United States to deal with the very real threat that climate change poses. And that's why President Obama has worked so hard to reduce our own emissions and to lead internationally in forging the Paris climate agreement.
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Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a repressive government that responded by basically killing the protesters. It's not a genocide, it's a war, and there's a difference. Genocide is a preplanned attack on people because of who they are. This is a interstate conflict.
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Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.
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Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.
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I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.
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What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time.
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President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.
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I am blunt when I want to be.
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We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
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I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.
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I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.
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Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
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I don't worry about how folks want to characterize me.
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I'm apologetic when I feel like I've made a mistake. And when I have done a disservice to myself or someone else. But I don't feel a need to apologize for doing or saying something that I think needs to be said, just because it may not sit comfortably with somebody else.
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I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.
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I am blunt sometimes I am diplomatic sometimes I am all things in between. Abrasive, you know, I guess it's in the eye of the beholder.
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I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.
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I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.
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Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
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I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.
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