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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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Susan Rice
Age: 59
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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Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent.
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Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.
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Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.
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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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I am blunt when I want to be.
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Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
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I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
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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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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.
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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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We have to know who we are and know what we believe.
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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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I was working with a number of African heads of state. And after their initial surprise, I think many of them just treated me as they would anybody else. They had to deal with me as a representative of the United States of America, and the United States of America was too important to be dismissed or ignored on any grounds.
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South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.
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Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal asset
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Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
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