Susan Rice
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"Susan Elizabeth Rice" is the United States National Security Advisor (United States)/National Security Advisor. Rice is a former U.S. diplomat, former Brookings Institution fellow, and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the United States National Security Council/National Security Council, and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's presidency of Bill Clinton#Second Term/second term. Rice was confirmed as UN ambassador by the United States Senate/U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009.

Rice's name was mentioned as a possible replacement for retiring Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton/Hillary Clinton in 2013 after President Barack Obama's United States presidential election, 2012/November 2012 re-election, but on December 13, following ongoing controversy related to the 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S consulate, she announced that she was willingly withdrawing her name from consideration saying that if nominated "the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive, and costly".

Rice succeeded Tom Donilon as National Security Advisor (United States)/National Security Advisor on July 1, 2013.

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We hope this is a break in this case.

Whatever happens (Monday), whether there is a signing, whether there is a partial signing of pieces of the agreement that the parties are prepared to put their names to at this point or whether there is no signing at all, we will be still experiencing tomorrow another step in the process.

He is focused; he is totally focused on this preparation and on this debate, ... It is an opportunity for the American people to see that he is a strong, smart, tough leader.

When you look at a secretary of defense who has been as forceful and effective as Donald Rumsfeld, for good or for ill, he's a tough customer.

This is a crucial time for her. There is a window of opportunity in this post-conflict era to demonstrate to the people who elected her that democracy can put bread on the table. ... If she can't deliver from here, she'll be off to a bad start.

We have come a very long way in a very short period of time.

Reminds us of the serious continuing threat we face, and that we are not as safe as we could or should be.

That arc of conflict has created a sort of regional super failed-state that terrorists and criminals have used to base their operations and to exploit the very precious diamond resources there.

She'll have to show whether she has the stuff to stand up and fight.