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I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.

Susan Rice

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Susan Rice
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
Politician
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United States Ambassador To The United Nations
Washington
District of Columbia
Susan Elizabeth Rice
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There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.
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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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I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.
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The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.
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We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.
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If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or who have a stake in the status quo. And if they approach that through ad hominem criticism of you, you've got to have enough confidence and thickness of skin to be able to endure.
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Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.
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Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.
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We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
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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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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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Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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The youth thing never really, from my vantage point, slowed me down. I think the harder audience for me to gain acceptance from was the career diplomatic corps that worked with and for me in the Africa Bureau.
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The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent.
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It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.
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South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.
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There are no cookie-cutter solutions that you can apply from one circumstance to another. They're different. Our interests, as implicated, are different. The tools we have at our disposal are different.
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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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