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Susan Rice
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
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Susan Elizabeth Rice
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I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.
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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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Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.
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It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.
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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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I am straight forward I am not manipulative I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.
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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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I am blunt when I want to be.
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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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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 don't worry about how folks want to characterize me.
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We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.
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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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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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