Susan Rice

December 14, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

The Edmund Hillary of foreign policy climbers falls short

Featured image Last month, I posed this question: Should the Secretary of State be a dupe? The answer turned out to be, not this dupe. Rice is a special kind of dupe — the kind who is willing, indeed anxious, to be duped in the service of those who can advance her career. Is this the unduly harsh assessment of a “right-winger”? Not really. Jacob Heilbrunn, from the other side of the »
December 13, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

Obama wisely opts for no drama

Featured image Let me offer my thoughts about Susan Rice’s withdrawal from consideration as Secretary of State. First, this decision probably came from the White House. Susan Rice, from everything I’ve heard, isn’t the kind of person who simply walks away from a job like Secretary of State in order to spare the country a contentious confirmation hearing. Second, pushing Rice out, assuming that’s what happened, is a wise decision on Obama’s »
December 2, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

Distorting the facts to aid Democratic candidates comes naturally to Susan Rice

Featured image In a 2001 article about Rwanda in the Atlantic Monthly, called “Bystanders to Genocide,” Samantha Power wrote: At an interagency teleconference in late April [1994], Susan Rice, a rising star on the NSC who worked under Richard Clarke, stunned a few of the officials present when she asked, “If we use the word ‘genocide’ and are seen as doing nothing, what will be the effect on the November [congressional] election?” »