As Secretary of State, Rice was involved in the negotiation of this agreement and declared "India's society is open and free, transparent and stable. "[133], Rice has promoted the idea that counterterrorism involves not only confronting the governments and organizations that promote and condone terrorism, but also the ideologies that fuel terrorism. In the 1970s, she dated and was shortly engaged to a professional American football player known as Rick Upchurch. "[90], In 2015, citing her role in authorizing the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques", Human Rights Watch called for the investigation of Rice "for conspiracy to torture as well as other crimes. In August 2008, the speculation about a potential McCainRice ticket finally ended when then-Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was selected as McCain's running-mate. John, her late father, was a national security adviser to George W. Bush, the former US President. In 1992, Rice founded the Center for New Generation, an after-school program created to raise the high school graduation numbers of East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, California. She "came into my office, sat down in the chair next to my desk, and tearfully admitted I had been right," Cheney wrote. 47 following. Condoleeza has never been married and has no kids. 109 posts. Web357 Dr. Condoleezza Rice Premium High Res Photos Browse 357 dr. condoleezza rice photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. (Photo: Rice family, via Associated Press) AP/Wide World Photos. "[91], On November 16, 2004, Bush nominated Rice to be Secretary of State. Led Zeppelin. [140] In 2014, Rice criticized the Obama administration from seeking to approve immigration reforms through executive action. Image source. However, the list contains people who have the influence to change for better or for worse, and Time has also accused her of squandering her influence, stating on February 1, 2007, that her "accomplishments as Secretary of State have been modest, and even those have begun to fade" and that she "has been slow to recognize the extent to which the U.S.'s prestige has declined. [citation needed], During George W. Bush's 2000 presidential election campaign, Rice took a one-year leave of absence from Stanford University to serve as his foreign policy advisor. Condoleezza is not married, though, and enjoys a single life free of her partner and love interests as of 2019. [70] In a January 10, 2003, interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Rice made headlines by stating regarding Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities: "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. Rice is currently single and has never married. Her dissertation centered on military policy and politics in what was then the communist state of Czechoslovakia.[24]. She however dated and was briefly engaged to professional American football player Rick Upchurch during the 1970s but called it quits saying the relationship wouldn't work. "[177][178][179][180], On August 20, 2012, Rice was one of the first two women to be admitted as members to Augusta National Golf Club; the other was South Carolina financier Darla Moore. [41] Condoleezza Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution; and a professor of political science at Stanford University. Its multiethnic and multi-religious democracy is characterized by individual freedom and the rule of law. Condoleezza Rice Children/kids: As said above, she has no children. 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WebShe has never been married and has no children, two topics that have caused intense scrutiny over the course of her political career. Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up while the South was racially segregated. Following her confirmation as secretary of state, Rice pioneered the policy of Transformational Diplomacy directed toward expanding the number of responsible democratic governments in the world and especially in the Greater Middle East. Late that year, California governor Pete Wilson appointed her to a bipartisan committee that had been formed to draw new state legislative and congressional districts in the state. At age 15 Rice entered the University of Denver. [103], In August 2015, High Point University announced that Rice would speak at the 2016 commencement ceremony. "[74], After the invasion, when it became clear that Iraq did not have nuclear WMD capability, critics called Rice's claims a "hoax", "deception" and "demagogic scare tactic". Rice is only the second black person and the second woman to be appointed US Secretary of State. Rice was a Democrat until 1982, when she changed her political affiliation to Republican, in part because she disagreed with the foreign policy of Democratic President Jimmy Carter,[27][28] and because of the influence of her father, who was Republican. [131][132], Rice's policy as Secretary of State viewed counter-terrorism as a matter of being preventative, and not merely punitive. She has stated that her favorite composer is Johannes Brahms, because she thinks Brahms's music is "passionate but not sentimental." View 4 Condoleezza Rice Pictures . [66], In August 2010, Rice received the U.S. Air Force Academy's 2009 Thomas D. White National Defense Award for contributions to the defense and security of the United States. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Denver and her master's degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame. Rice was hired by Stanford University as an assistant professor of political science (19811987). [161] In 2011 she responded, saying that Rumsfeld "doesn't know what he's talking about. However, in the 1970s, Condoleezza dated American football player, Rick Upchurch but left later because the relationship wasnt going to work. Condoleezza is not married, though, and enjoys a single life free of her partner and love interests as of 2019. She first worked in the State Department in 1977, during the Carter administration, as an intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. 
Condoleezza Rice wrote in her autobiography No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington that the reports were funny, though misdirected, and that they were funny, though misplaced. Neither couple, however, formally acknowledged their relationship. "[142], While Rice does not support same-sex marriage, she does support civil unions. Her particular expertise of Soviet politics also helped her become an advisor to former President George H.W. Chevron honored Rice by naming an oil tanker Condoleezza Rice after her, but controversy led to its being renamed Altair Voyager.[46][47]. The speech asserted that " America's armed forces are not a global police force. [136], Rice has taken a centrist approach to "race and gender preferences" in affirmative action policies. Photo Credit: Mark Lennihan/AP Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, and Madeleine Albright are two of the few women who have filled that position; Clinton is married, Albright is divorced. In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice served as special assistant to the director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There, she later said, she met students of greater talent than herself, and she doubted her career prospects as a pianist. [30] In 1992, Shultz, who was a board member of Chevron Corporation, recommended Rice for a spot on the Chevron board. [152], Rice has appeared four times on the Time 100, Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. Condoleezza Rice was born in the United States to Rev. Rice said, "I didn't authorize anything. She began to consider an alternative major. [61], In 2003, Rice received the U.S. "From sexual siren to race traitor: Condoleezza Rice in political cartoons." She does not have a child too. The UN Security Council demanded North Korea suspend the program. I've called myself at times mildly pro-choice. She impressed Bush, who later introduced her to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, as the one who "tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union."[54]. "[29][55][56], On December 16, 2000, Rice was named as National Security Advisor,[57] upon which she stepped down from her position at Stanford. Rice responded: "It certainly doesn't sound like me, now, does it? A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 19th U.S. national security advisor from 2001 to 2005. Condoleezza Rice Parents: She was born to Angelena Rice and John Wesley Rice. Rice discovered on the PBS series Finding Your Roots[13] that she is of 51% African, 40% European, and 9% Asian or Native American genetic descent, while her mtDNA is traced back to the Tikar people of Cameroon. [109], In October 2013, Rice was selected to be one of the thirteen inaugural members of the College Football Playoff selection committee. Though, she is 1.72 m tall, she weighs about 62 kg. At age 15 Rice entered the University of Denver. She has not entered any other relationship since. She also helped develop Bush's and Secretary of State James Baker's policies in favor of German reunification. Rice's rise within the George W. Bush administration initially drew a largely positive response from many in the black community. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio. [122], Republican strategist Dan Senor said on ABC's This Week on April 6, 2008, that "Condi Rice has been actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning for" the vice presidential nomination. [92] The negative votes, the most cast against any nomination for Secretary of State since 1825,[92] came from Senators who, according to Senator Barbara Boxer, wanted "to hold Dr. Rice and the Bush administration accountable for their failures in Iraq and in the war on terrorism. "[112] Her term on the committee expired at the conclusion of the 2016 college football season. Despite various romantic situations, there were rumors about her sexuality, including that she was a lesbian. "[164], Rice has also been criticized by other conservatives. Moreover, she stated that it was "incomprehensible" to her that she had ignored terrorist threats two months before the September 11 attacks. [8][9][10], Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the only child of Angelena (ne Ray) Rice, a high school science, music, and oratory teacher, and John Wesley Rice, Jr., a high school guidance counselor, Presbyterian minister,[11] and dean of students at Stillman College, a historically black college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She traveled to Kazakhstan on Chevron's behalf and, in honor of her work, in 1993, Chevron named a 129,000-ton supertanker SS Condoleezza Rice. "[89], In a conversation with a student at Stanford University in April 2009, Rice stated that she did not authorize the CIA to use the torture. 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