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Condoleezza Rice

Powerful Women of the Decade 2000 - 2009

National Security Advisor, 2001-2005, and Secretary of State, 2005-2009; widely thought might be 2008 candidate for president or vice president
Condoleezza Rice at United Nations December 2008

Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, at a United Nations press conference, December 15, 2008

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Gallery Index: Powerful Women of the Decade 2000-2009

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