Condoleezza Rice Biography and Timeline

Birth of Condoleezza Rice

Birth of Condoleezza Rice in Birmingham, Alabama.

Education

Moves to Denver, Colorado, attends St. Marys Academy, a private all-girls Catholic high school in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado

Bachelor Degree

Receives her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Denver

Education

Obtains her Masters Degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Works in the State Department during the Carter administration, as an intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Education

At the age of 26, receives a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate School of International Studies at Denver

Education

Hired by Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in Political Science (1981-1987)

Education

Was a Democrat until 1982 when she changes her political affiliation to Republican Party after growing averse to former President Carters foreign policy

Joint Chiefs of Staff

While an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Rice serves as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Education

Appointed Associate Professor (1987-1993)

National Security Council

From 1989 through March 1991 serves in President Bushs administration as Director then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President

Election

Appointed Adviser to the Bush administration on foreign policy and military issues

Role range: 1989-1991

Professor

Appointed full Professor (1993-present)

Senior Fellow

Named a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution

Military Training

Sits on the Federal Advisery Committee on Gender-Integrated Training in the Military

Election

Appointed Adviser for the Bush election campaign

Government

Appointed Adviser for the Bush election campaign

National Security Adviser

Appointed to serve as National Security Adviser, earns the nickname of "Warrior Princess," reflecting strong nerve and delicate manners, the first woman to occupy the post

Role range: 2001-

National Security Adviser

Rice headed Chevrons committee on public policy until she resigned on January 15, 2001, to become National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush

Role range: 2001- – 2001-2004

Two State Solution

Helps shape the administration's policy linking a Palestinian state to accountable government and security reform.

Role range: 2001-2005

Invasion of Iraq

States regarding Iraqi WMD: "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud". After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice writes an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying"

Role range: 2003-2003 – 2001-2004

Invasion of Iraq

After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice wries an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying"

Role range: 2001-2004

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice writes an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying. After Iraq denied weapons of mass destruction to the United Nations, Rice writes an editorial for The New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying"

Role range: 2001-2004

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Testifies that there was no concrete evidence to show the 9/11 attack was imminent, the first sitting National Security Adviser to testify on matters of policy

Role range: 2001-

Election

Rice becomes the first National Security Adviser to campaign for an incumbent President

Role range: 2001-

Secretary of State

Bush nominates Rice to be Secretary of State

Role range: 2001- – 2004-

Secretary of State

Appointed Secretary of State, replaces outgoing secretary Colin Powell

Role range: 2001- – 2004-

Civil Rights

Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement

Role range: 2001- – 2004-

Reform of Civil Rights

Condoleezza Rice Attends a memorial service in Montgomery, Alabama, in Rices home state, for Rosa Parks, an inspiration for the American Civil Rights Movement

Role range: 2001- – 2004-

Secretary of State

Senate confirms her nomination by 85-13, the negative votes, the most cast against any for Secretary of State since 1825, came from Senators who wanted to hold Rice and Bush accountable for failures in Iraq and terrorism. Confirmed by Senate by 85-13 as the 1st African-American woman Secretary of State

Role range: 2001- – 2004-

Sharm el Sheikh Summit

Supports the understandings announced by Sharon and Abbas after Arafat's death.

Role range: 2005-2009

Nuclear Power

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei should either toughen his stance on Iran or fail to be chosen for a third term as IAEA head

Role range: 2004-

Nuclear Power

US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes

Role range: 2004-