Susan Rice

Susan Rice
24t Naitional Security Advisor
In office 1 Julie 2013 – 20 Januar 2017
Preses	Barack Obama
Depute	Tony Blinken
Precedit bi	Thomas Donilon
Succeedit bi	Michael T. Flynn
27t Unitit States Ambassador tae the Unitit Naitions
In office 22 Januar 2009 – 1 Julie 2013
Preses	Barack Obama
Precedit bi	Zalmay Khalilzad
Succeedit bi	Rosemary DiCarlo (Actin)
12t Assistant Secretar o State for African Affairs
In office 9 October 1997 – 20 Januar 2001
Preses	Bill Clinton
Precedit bi	George Moose
Succeedit bi	Walter Kansteiner
Personal details
Born	Susan Elizabeth Rice (1964-11-17) 17 November 1964 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Poleetical pairty	Democratic Pairty
Alma mater	Stanford Varsity New College, Oxford

Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is a U.S. diplomat, umwhile Brookings Institution fellae, umwhile Unitit States Ambassador tae the Unitit Naitions, an umwhile Naitional Security Adviser. Rice served on the staff o the Naitional Security Cooncil an as Assistant Secretary o State for African Affairs durin Preses Bill Clinton's seicont term. Rice wis confirmed as UN ambassador bi the U.S. Senate bi unanimous consent on Januar 22, 2009.

Rice's name wis mentioned as a possible replacement for reteerin Secretar o State Hillary Clinton in 2013 efter Preses Barack Obama's November 2012 re-election, but on December 13, follaein ongangin controversy relatit tae the 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S consulate, she annoonced that she wis widrawin her name frae consideration sayin that if nominatit "the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive, and costly".

Rice succeedit Tom Donilon as Naitional Security Adviser on Julie 1, 2013.