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People are consuming the news that is comfortable for them, not necessarily the news that is real or that they need to know.

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Susan Rice
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
Diplomat
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United States Ambassador To The United Nations
Washington
District of Columbia
Susan Elizabeth Rice
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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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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 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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I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.
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Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.
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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
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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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I like to think that with me, what you see is what you get, and you can like or dislike it, it's up to you, but it's straight. That's something that I pride myself on.
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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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For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was to work towards disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, is something that manifestly serves our national security interests.
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I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.
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Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
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President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.
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I don't worry about how folks want to characterize 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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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.
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Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.
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Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential.
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Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
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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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