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Thursday, 6 June 2013

Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser to Obama

Susan Elizabeth Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013. She replaced Tom Donilon. The announcement of her appointment was made by Obama in a ceremony at Rose Garden.

About Susan Elizabeth Rice

• Susan Elizabeth Rice was born on 17 November 1964 in Washington D.C.
• She is an American diplomat and was as of now, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
• She is the second youngest person to represent US at United Nations.
• She served as staff of National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the second term of President Bill Clinton.
• She is said to be the first Jamaican-American woman to hold the office of UN ambassador.
• She was the principal and Managing Director at Intellibridge from 2001 to 2002.
• In the year 2002, she joined Brookings Institution as the senior fellow in the foreign policy program.
• She remained the foreign policy adviser to John Kerry during 2004 presidential campaign.
• She left Brookings Institution in the year 2008 to serve as senior foreign policy adviser to Senator Barack Obama in the presidential campaign.
• She is said to be the first high-profile foreign policy staffers that signed onto Obama's campaign.
• She was named in the advisory board of the Obama–Biden Transition Project on 5 November 2008.
• Susan Elizabeth Rice received one of the Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Awards in the year 2009.
• In the year 2002, she was also indicted into Stanford's Black Alumni Hall of Fame.

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