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Susan E. Rice
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs
Susan E. Rice was confirmed by the Senate on October 9, 1997,
and sworn in as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African
Affairs on October 22, 1997, succeeding Ambassador George Moose.
Before joining the Department of State, Dr. Rice served at the
White House as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director
for African Affairs, where she was responsible for all aspects
of U.S. policy toward Africa. Prior to this position, she served
as Director of International Organizations and Peacekeeping at
the National Security Council, where she was responsible for the
Administration's policy pertaining to the United Nations system
and regional and United Nations peacekeeping.
In addition to her government experience, Dr. Rice has worked
as a management consultant for McKinsey and Company, Toronto,
Ontario, assisting large international corporations to solve complex
strategic, operational, and organizational problems.
Dr. Rice has a D. Phil. (Ph.D.) in International Relations from
New College, Oxford University, England, where she also obtained
a Masters of Philosophy in International Relations. She graduated
Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, Stanford, California
where she received her Bachelor's degree in History with Departmental
Honors and University Distinction. She is a Rhodes Scholar and
has been awarded the Royal Commonwealth Society's Walter Frewen
Lord Prize for oustanding research in the field of Commonwealth
History and the Chatham House-British International Studies Association
Prize for the most distinguished doctoral dissertation in the
United Kingdom in the field of International Relations.
Dr. Rice is married with one child. She has traveled extensively
in Africa, China, Europe, and Russia and enjoys playing tennis
and basketball, cooking, and writing poetry.
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