by Susan Rice
husband Ian and, 133, 154
Lake and, 17, 131, 132, 154–55
Liberia and, 156
New African Leaders, 160, 177
Nigeria and, 156
PDD-25 and, 142–43
Rwanda genocide and, 143–53
as senior director for African affairs, 154–65
Somalia and, 136–41
South Africa and, 155–56
status at, 150
Sudan policy and, 156–60
as U.N. director, 136, 154
U.S. policy on U.N. peacekeeping operations, 142
—1997–2001, Clinton’s assistant secretary of state, 13, 59, 152 African Crisis Response Initiative, 152
African debt relief, 200–201
African education initiatives, for girls, 201–2
age and appearance, impact of, 171–72
Albright’s official African visits and, 161, 172–73
Carson as deputy, 162–63
Chiefs of Mission serving in Africa conference, 170, 171
Clinton appoints, and Senate confirmation, 161–65, 204
Clinton’s Africa trip and, 174–76, 200
Congo War, 193–99
Congo War regional tour, 193–95
direct reports to, 169–70
East Africa embassy bombings and, 186–91, 206, 307, 325
East Africa trip, following embassy bombings, 188–89
goals, Clinton’s agenda, and, 170–71
Great Lakes Justice Initiative, 152
Holbrooke and, 196–200
Lake as advisor, mentor, 186
leaks and, 172–73
maternity leave and, 164, 165
“New Partnership with Africa for the 21st Century,” 170
in Nigeria, Abiola’s death and, 166–69
Nigeria’s Obasanjo and, 202–3
office of, 169
personal mantra of, 171
Pickering’s anger at, 191
press attacks on, 326
professional growth and lessons learned, 203–4
reputation from NSC, 170
Samuel Nelson Drew Memorial Award, 183–84
Sudan trip, 270–71
Summers’s animosity, 201
team, 169
Wolpe’s criticism, advice, 192
—2001–8, between Democratic administrations, 205–37 Asia and Middle East travel, 212
Aspen Strategy Group and, 212
Brookings Institution and, 17, 76, 94, 96, 211–12, 214, 219, 221, 226
career goals and, 211
Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid and, 59–60
Howard Dean’s primary campaign and, 219–20
Elle magazine article and vindication, 209–10
Kerry/Edwards presidential campaign, 17–18, 220–21
leaves government, 205
9/11 terrorist attacks and, 206–11
on nonprofit boards, 212
Obama’s election and, 107–8, 232–33
Obama’s first contacts with, 17, 18–19
Obama’s presidential run, 2007–8 and, 59–61, 76–79, 94–97, 108, 221–24, 228–32
Obama transition team and, 231–32, 233, 237
public assault on integrity and competence, 210
TV appearances, 228–30
Vanity Fair article and false accusations, 207–10
—2009–13, Obama’s U.N. ambassador, 13, 200, 237–337 Africa trips, 269
appointment and Senate confirmation, 129–31, 237–40
Ban Ki-moon and, 252–53
Benghazi embassy attack, 2012 and, 10–12, 87, 247, 293
Benghazi political fallout, 309–31
Benghazi postmortem, leadership lessons, 334–37
bin Laden’s killing, 295–97
bringing Jake to sessions, 257
as chair, UNSC, 300
championing of human rights, fighting global poverty, 244
China and, 256–58
Churkin and, 257, 259, 264, 274–75, 277, 285, 297–98
climate change and, 244
Hillary Clinton and, 239, 246–47
on The Colbert Report, 299
commuting to N.Y. and, 240
on The Daily Show, 334
D.C. office and staff, 246
DS agents for, 240, 247–49, 258, 262, 289, 295, 305, 330
duties, 241, 243
eating habits during tenure, 357
“To enhance our common security, we must invest in our common humanity,” 238–39
family life and, 241, 249–50, 287–90
farewell party, 298–99
FBI and, 262
hosts UNSC party, 265–66
husband Ian’s participation, 300
inclusion in the cabinet, 246
Iran back channel, 261–63
Iran sanctions and, 263–64
Israel supported by, 252–54
job protocol, rituals, 299–301
learning negotiation, 259–60
LGBT rights and, 244
Libya, Qaddafi, and military intervention, 153, 279–94
Libya trip, 2011, 291–92
love for the job, 303–4, 343–44
member, NSC Principals Committee, 130, 246, 247, 272–73
Mexico trip and cactus mishap, 304–5
Mubarak’s resignation and, 279
North Korean sanctions, 255–60
Obama’s management style, 245
Obama’s objectives, 241, 243
Obama’s view of role, 238
P5 members and, 264–66
Palestinian status at U.N. and, 253
Peres’s friendship, 254–55, 431–32
principal deputy Wolff, 241
relationship building with member states and, 251–52
“right to food” issue, 244
Russia and, 255–57
as secretary of state candidate, 318–31
successor for, 344
Sudan conflict, 270–77
Sudan trips, 273–77
Syria and, 153, 297–98
team for, 241, 317–18
UNSC members and, 252
WAT apartment, 249–51, 302, 328
women’s advancement and, 244
World Bank presidency offer, 303
—2013–17, Obama’s National Security Advisor, 13, 344–452 in Abu Dhabi, 2016, 454
accompanying Obama to Martha’s Vineyard, 350–51
Afghanistan policy, 390–95
Afghanistan trip, 2013, 390–92
appointment of, 342–44
Bergdahl release and, 392–93
bias for action and, 369
Blinken as deputy, 343, 352, 353, 369, 408
brutal demands of the job, 460
China and, 433–41
China-Hangzhou Summit, 2016 and “stair-gate,” 439–41
classified iPad, 1, 352
counterterrorism operations, 372
criticism of, 424
Cuba and, 407–10, 427
daily schedule and routines, 351–57
diversifying the national security workforce, 427–30
DOD and, 372
eating habits during tenure, 357
Ebola epidemic and, 401–7
Egypt, Morsi, and, 347–51
end-of-administration responsibilities, 4–5
family demands and, 460
FBI investigation into Trump campaign and, 449
final APEC Summit, Peru, 457
final overseas trip with Obama, 8
Flynn and, 4, 6, 457–60
Foley killing by ISIS and, 420–21
“The Furies” and, 370–71
G20 Summit, 2013, 358, 364
Haines as deputy, 369–70 (See also Haines, Avril)
health affected by job, 357–58
intelligence briefer for, 1, 2
Iran nuclear deal and, 386, 411–18, 427
ISIS and, 418–23
Israel MOU and, 430–32
Kerry and, 352, 38
5–87
leaking accusations, 469, 470
leaving office, 1–9, 460
Libya policy decisions and, 293
NSC Holiday Party and, 373
Obama at Mandela’s funeral and, 377–79
Obama in Ethiopia, 2015, threat against, 379–81
Obama’s “affirmative agenda” and, 385
Obama’s approach to governing and, 425
Obama’s Fourth Quarter quote, Jan. 2015 and, 426
Obama’s overseas trips, routine and protocol for, 374–77
office of, 4–7, 348
opening pitch, Nationals Park, 341–42
Paris Climate Change Agreement, 385, 427
PDB and, 352
preparation for role, 345–46
as Principals Committee chair, 348–49, 356, 362, 387–90, 400
Putin and, 383
responsibilities of, 345, 346, 369, 384–86, 398
Rose and, 382
Russia, Ukraine, and, 398–401
Russian election interference and, 441–49
Secret Service agents and, 1, 2, 7, 9, 341–42, 384, 440
Secret Service call sign, 384
“snap-back” and sanctions lexicon, 414
Snowden’s leaks and, 358–61
South Sudan and, 395–98
staffing president’s phone calls, 398
Syria and, 153, 362–69
team for, 346–47, 352, 369–74
Trump and, 382–83, 453–60
unmasking accusation, 468–70
WH briefing, Jan. 5, 2017, 5–6
Rice, Ulysses Simpson (grandfather), 34
Rice, Ulysses Simpson, Jr. (“Suber,” uncle), 34, 35, 36
Rice, Walter Allen Simpson (great-grandfather), 32–33, 227, 428
Rice-Cameron, John “Jake” (son), 11, 18, 77–78, 107, 213–18, 228, 232 birth of, 164, 213
college acceptance, 461
interests of, 265–66, 471
at Maret School, 216
mixed-race heritage of, 219
Obama and, 472
politics of, 471–74
prekindergarten school, 214–15
SR as NSA and, 357
SR as parent and, 205, 471
SR away from family, 287–88
SR’s Africa trip and, 173, 174
SR’s withdrawal as secretary of state candidate and, 328–29
Sudan trip (2011), 275–77
unmasking controversy and, 471
U.N. sessions and, 257
Rice-Cameron, Maris (daughter), 7, 107, 216–19, 228, 232, 287, 309, 461 Benghazi controversy and, 10, 11, 316, 334
mixed-race heritage of, 219
political opinions of, 472–73
SR as U.N. ambassador and, 239, 240, 266, 287–88
SR’s withdrawal as secretary of state candidate and, 328–29
Trump election and, 455
unmasking controversy and, 470–71
Richards, Laura, 87, 90, 112, 125
Ried, Curtis, 7
Rivlin, Alice, 57
Rizza, Tom, 7, 440
Robinson, Mary, 172, 173
Roecklein, Trinka, 87, 125
Romney, Mitt Benghazi and SR, 308, 315–17
presidential bid, 2012, 308
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 33
Rose, Charlie, 382
Rose, David, “The Osama Files,” 207–9, 210–11
Rouhani, Hassan, 269, 411, 412, 413
Rousseff, Dilma, 358
Rubin, Robert, 131–32, 133, 200
Russia. See also Churkin, Vitaly “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections” (ICA), 5
Côte d’Ivoire and, 269–70
Crimea and, 299, 398, 399, 400
cyber espionage by, 442
election interference by, 441–49, 478
expelled from the G8, 399
G20 Summit, 2013, 358, 364
invasion of Ukraine, 299
Iran sanctions and, 267, 413
Libya, Qaddafi, and, 284, 285–86, 291
Obama presidency and, 243
sanctions on, 399, 400, 447–48
Snowden in, 359, 361
South Sudan and, 396–97
SR’s travel and, 116
Sudan and, 270, 272, 274
Syria and, 297–98, 299, 364–65, 367, 368, 369, 423
Trump and, 400, 448, 449
Trump-Russia collusion allegations, 5–6
Ukraine and, 398–401, 448, 449
UNSC, North Korean sanctions and, 255–56, 257
U.S. relations with, 291, 299, 361, 364–65, 366
Russwurm, John Brown, 27
Rwanda, 136, 142, 160, 172, 326 Belgian U.N. peacekeepers killed, 144, 145
Clinton Foundation in, 146
Clinton visit, with SR, 175
Congo War and, 193, 195
evacuation of U.S. citizens, 144
French forces in, 149–50
genocide in, 143–53, 195
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 152
Kigali, 143, 144
president’s plane shot down, 143–44
Radio Mille Collines, 144, 147
recovery from genocide, 151
refugees from, 150–51, 193
SR affected by, 151–53
SR witnesses genocide in, 143
UNAMIR, 145, 147
UNAMIR II, 148
U.S. Operation Support Hope, 150
U.S. policy in, 146–47, 152–53
Ryu, Rexon, 246
Sadat, Anwar, 82
Saddam Hussein, 367
St. Albans School, 50, 84, 92, 102, 342 the Little Sanctuary, 123
St. John, Bonnie, 113
Salehi, Ali Akbar, 414
San Bernadino massacre, 420
Sanqcu, Baso, 278
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 95, 287, 292
Saudi Arabia, 279, 381, 417, 450, 477
Schieffer, Bob, 311–12, 314
Schiff, Adam, 320
Schneidman, Witney, 169, 201
Scotsman, The, 230
Scowcroft, Brent, 424
Senegal, 120, 161 Goree Island, 176
Sessions, Jeff, 457, 468
Sewell, Terri, 113, 416
Shah, Uttamlal T., 492n189
Shalev, Gabriela, 252
Shalgham, Abdurrahman, 280, 302
Shalit, Ruth, “J’Accuse!,” 209–10
Shange, Ntozake, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, 113
Sherman, Wendy, 159, 411, 416
Sidwell Friends, 214
Sidwell Tennis Camp, 73
Sierra Leone, 200, 401, 403, 405
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” (song), 232
Simon, Paul, 115 Graceland, 115
Singh, Priya, 292
Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 348, 351
60 Minutes, SR interview, Dec. 2013, 413–14
Smith, Adam, 320
Smith, Gayle, 19, 76, 177, 178, 195, 203, 216, 380 NSC’s Ebola response effort and, 401–2, 405
as NSC senior director for African affairs, 181, 201
Obama’s development programs and, 385
SR and, Congo War regional tour, 193–95
threat against Obama in Ethiopia and, 380, 381
Smith, Sean, 306–7
Snowden, Edward, 341, 358–61, 451 PPD 28, “Signals Intelligence Activities” and, 360
Soderberg, Nancy, 119, 131
Somalia, 136–42, 160, 177, 269 Black Hawk Down, 138, 140
influence on U.S. Rwanda response, 144, 145, 146, 147
Mogadishu, 137, 138
Operation Restore Hope, 136
U.N. peacekeepers in, 137
U.S. and U.N. casualties, 136, 137, 138, 139
U.S. Congressional response, 138–39
U.S. policy, 137–38
Sotloff, Steven, 420
South Africa, 105, 172, 194 anti-apartheid movement and, 102, 104–5, 115
ARMSCOR case, 202
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bsp; Clinton administration and, 202
Clinton visit, with SR, 175–76
cultural boycott of, 115
Libya, Qaddafi, and, 285, 286
Mandela government, 155–56
Mandela’s prison cell and, 175
Obama’s and SR’s trip, Mandela’s funeral, 377–79
U.N. ambassador Sanqcu, 278
U.S.-South Africa Binational Commission, 202
South Korea, 252, 256, 258, 259, 345, 434, 451
Souza, Pete, 354, 371
Sperling, Gene, 119, 131
Stanford Business School, 228
Stanford University, 102, 106 “America in the 1960s,” 101
Amy Biehl Foundation, 105
Free South Africa Fund, 105
“Group Communication,” 102–3
King’s papers at, 101
Oxford University vs., 110
Rhodes Scholars, 1986, 104
SR and campus anti-apartheid movement, 102, 104–5
SR attends, 96–106
SR meets Ian Cameron, 97–98
SR receives scholarship, 103
SR’s decision to attend, 91–92
SR’s graduation from, 105
SR’s Oxford quarters, 101–2
Jake Rice-Cameron at, 472
Stanford-Berkeley game, 1982, 94, 98–99
Ujamaa at, 102
victory song, 296
Stevens, J. Christopher, 10, 293, 306–7, 308, 322, 475
Stevenson, Adlai, 43
Stewart, Jon, 334
Strickler, Adam, 7
Suber, Pratt (great-grandfather), 34
Sudan, 156–60, 161, 177 Al Shifa factory bombed, 189–90
atrocities in, 270–71
bin Laden in, 190
Clinton administration and, 156–60, 270
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005), 271, 273
Darfur genocide, 271–74
gum arabic exports, 158–59
human rights violations in, 158
Lui (hospital), 270
Marial Bai (village), 270
Mubarak assassination attempt, 157
National Islamic Front government, 158
NGO expulsions, 273
9/11 terrorist attacks information, 207, 208, 326
Obama policy and, 270–77
Rumbek (town), 270
Russia, China, and, 270, 274
sanctions against, 158
South Sudan, 270–77, 395–98
SR trips, 270–71, 273–77
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), 159
terrorism and, 156–57, 207–8, 210–11