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Condoleezza Rice on returning to campus
Condoleezza Rice on returning to campus
After serving two terms in the Bush administration—first as national security adviser and then as secretary of state—Condoleezza Rice plans to return to Stanford in the next few months. It's a welcome homecoming for the country's former top diplomat, who started teaching political science at the ...
Condoleezza Rice meets with some students (video)
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Condoleezza Rice meets with some students (video)
youtube.com — Condoleezza Rice was at my dorm for a reception/dinner with some students, and this is some of the footage I got. (more) Condoleezza Rice meets with some students (video)
Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
huffingtonpost.com — Condoleezza Rice was recently speaking at Stanford when students asked her an excellent question on waterboarding and torture. They have her answer on tape and it isn't pretty. Condi Rice absolutely pulls a Nixon. Here are the relevant ... (more) Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President ...
Condi’s Really Bad Day—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
harpers.org — Scott Horton For eight years, Condoleezza Rice dealt with the Beltway punditry and the access-craving White House press corps. The reception she got, with a handful of exceptions, was fawning. Which leaves her totally unprepared for a return to an ... (more) Condi’s Really Bad Day—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
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Rice Channels Nixon: Since The President Authorized Torture, That Makes It Legal
Think Progress — ... Recently, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with some students at Stanford University, where she is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute. When a student asked whether Rice had authorized torture, she refused to take responsibility, saying only that she "conveyed the authorization of the administration." She added that, "by definition," once the president authorized "enhanced interrogations," they were automatically legal: ...

Andrea Chalupa: Condi Rice vs. college kid smackdown: Who's smarter?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... As the issue of torture devastates the PR of the Republican party, one person has stayed quiet. Condoleezza Rice, the former Secretary of State, has returned to Stanford University, after eight years of public service, and is settling into a life of ease and book writing. Too bad about those pesky college kids. ...

Nick Turse: Where Are They Now?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... a deal for the William Morris Agency to represent her for "business initiatives in media, sports and communications." Rice also returned, as a professor of political science, to her old stomping grounds at Stanford University, where she had long taught and also, from 1993-1999, served as provost. Presumably in her spare time, she serves as the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Stanford's conservative Hoover Institution. ...

Ex-Bush Loyalists Cash In
Commondreams.org Views — ... a deal for the William Morris Agency to represent her for "business initiatives in media, sports and communications." Rice also returned, as a professor of political science, to her old stomping grounds at Stanford University, where she had long taught and also, from 1993-1999, served as provost. Presumably in her spare time, she serves as the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at Stanford's conservative Hoover Institution. Rice is actually following in the footsteps of Rumsfeld who ...

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