Susan Rice
Susan Rice was the domestic policy adviser in the Biden administration.[1] Rice resigned from her position in the administration on May 26, and was replaced by Neera Tanden.[2][3]
Rice was the national security adviser for the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017.[4]
She previously served as the assistant secretary for African affairs from 1997 to 2001. She was also the first Black woman to serve as U.S. representative to the United Nations, holding the post from 2009 to 2013.[4][5]
Rice was considered a leading contender for secretary of state for Obama's second term as president. She withdrew her name from consideration on December 13, 2012, saying that the confirmation process would be too lengthy and disruptive to the administration's policy goals.[6]
Biography
Rice was born in 1964, in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in history. Selected to be a Rhodes scholar, Rice continued her education at New College, Oxford University, where she earned her M.Phil and D.Phil in international relations.[4][7]
Before entering public service, Rice worked as an international management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Toronto, Ontario. In 1993, she returned to Washington, D.C., to work at the National Security Council in the Clinton administration. She became a special assistant to the president and senior director for Africans affairs in 1995.[4]
In 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright recommended Rice for assistant secretary for African affairs. After serving in this post until 2001, Rice became a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institute.[4]
Rice entered the public sphere again in 2008 when she served as a senior foreign policy adviser for Obama's first presidential campaign. In his administration, she served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 and national security adviser from 2013 to 2017.[4]
White House Domestic Policy Council
- See also: Joe Biden presidential transition
On December 10, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden (D) announced he would appoint Rice to serve as domestic policy advisor and director of the Domestic Policy Council in his administration.[1] She resigned from the position on May 26, 2023.
Noteworthy events
Potential 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee
- See also: Presidential election, 2020, Democratic National Convention, 2020, and Vice presidential candidates, 2020
Rice was identified as a potential vice presidential candidate in the 2020 presidential election. Politico reported on July 27, 2020, that she was at the top of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's list:
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[Former colleagues] describe Rice as a highly able government operator, the type who can hold the reins on foreign policy as a President Biden tackles the consuming domestic crises of a pandemic and a cratered economy. Having a Republican son speaks to her open-mindedness, these supporters say, further arguing that Benghazi is a spent issue that isn’t likely to swing any votes. Perhaps most important? Rice has a long-standing — and by all accounts warm — relationship with Biden.[8] |
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| —Nahal Toosi, Politico[9] | ||
Some conservative commentators said that Rice would be polarizing given her record as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the 2012 terrorist attack on Benghazi.[10]
In an interview on August 4, 2020, Rice said she was honored to be on Biden's shortlist. "I think I could bring my experience of almost now 20 years in the senior levels of the executive branch to bear to help tackle the most pressing problems we face," Rice said. "If there's an opportunity to serve again, I'm certainly eager to do so, but not because it's something that I want for myself."[11]
Personal
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Rice is married to Ian Cameron, a Canadian-born television producer. The couple has two children.[4]
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biden-Harris Transition, "President-elect Biden Announces Key Members of His Administration," December 10, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Susan Rice to Step Down as Biden’s Domestic Policy Adviser," April 24, 2023
- ↑ White House, "President Biden Announces Key White House Personnel," May 5, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Biography.com, "Susan Rice," accessed August 11, 2020
- ↑ Office of the Historian, "Susan Rice," accessed August 11, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "Rice withdraws for secretary of state," December 13, 2020
- ↑ WhiteHouse.gov, "Ambassador Susan Rice," accessed September 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Politico, "‘It's absolutely serious’: Susan Rice vaults to the top of the VP heap," July 27, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "‘She is absolutely our No. 1 draft pick’: GOP pines for Rice as Biden VP," August 5, 2020
- ↑ NPR, "Touting Her Experience, Susan Rice Makes Her Case For Biden's VP Slot," August 4, 2020
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Tom Donilon |
National Security Advisor 2013-2017 |
Succeeded by Michael Flynn |
| Preceded by Zalmay Khalilzad |
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. 2009-2013 |
Succeeded by Samantha Power |
