Editing Condoleezza Rice (section)

===Terrorism===
During the summer of 2001, Rice met with [[CIA]] director [[George Tenet]] to discuss the possibilities and prevention of terrorist attacks on American targets. On July 10, 2001, Rice met with Tenet in what he referred to as an "emergency meeting"<ref name = "NYTimes-20061002 Tenet">{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Shenon |author2=Mark Mazzetti |title=Records Show Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Qaeda Threat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/washington/03ricecnd.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 2, 2006 |access-date=November 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027033848/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/washington/03ricecnd.html |archive-date=October 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> held at the White House at Tenet's request to brief Rice and the NSC staff about the potential threat of an impending [[al Qaeda]] attack. Rice responded by asking Tenet to give a presentation on the matter to Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jonathan S. |last=Landay |author2=Warren P. Strobel |author3=John Walcott |author4=Matt Stearns |author5=Drew Brown |title=Rumsfeld, Ashcroft said to have received warning of attack |url=https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/special-reports/iraq-intelligence/article24458509.html |work=[[McClatchy]] |date=October 2, 2006 |access-date=November 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527091618/https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/special-reports/iraq-intelligence/article24458509.html |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rice characterized the August 6, 2001, [[President's Daily Brief]] ''[[Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US]]'' as historical information. Rice indicated "It was information based on old reporting."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/testimony.htm |date=April 8, 2004 |title=Excerpts from April 8, 2004 Testimony of Dr. Condoleezza Rice Before the 9/11 Commission Pertaining to The President's Daily Brief of August 6, 2001 |access-date=November 3, 2008 |work=[[9/11 Commission]] |publisher=[[National Security Archive]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825001321/http://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/testimony.htm |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sean Wilentz of [[Salon magazine|''Salon'' magazine]] suggested that the PDB contained current information based on continuing investigations, including that Bin Laden wanted to "bring the fighting to America."<ref>{{cite news |first=Sean |last=Wilentz |author-link=Sean Wilentz |title=Don't know much about history |url=https://www.salon.com/2004/04/14/rice_12/ |work=[[Salon.com]] |date=April 13, 2004 |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527111824/https://www.salon.com/2004/04/14/rice_12/ |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 11, 2001, Rice was scheduled to outline a new national security policy that included missile defense as a cornerstone and played down the threat of stateless terrorism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/04/01/top-focus-before-911-wasnt-on-terrorism/a8def448-9549-4fde-913d-b69a2dd2bf25/ |date=April 1, 2004 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Robin |last=Wright |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921170408/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/04/01/top-focus-before-911-wasnt-on-terrorism/a8def448-9549-4fde-913d-b69a2dd2bf25/ |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:President George W. Bush addresses the media at the Pentagon on Sept. 17, 2001.jpg|thumb|President Bush addresses the media at the Pentagon on September 17, 2001]]

When asked in 2006 about the July 2001 meeting, Rice asserted she did not recall the specific meeting, commenting that she had met ''repeatedly'' with Tenet that summer about terrorist threats. Moreover, she stated that it was "incomprehensible" to her that she had ignored terrorist threats two months before the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name = "NYTimes-20061002 Tenet"/>

In 2003, Rice received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.multiplyinggood.org/what-we-do/jefferson-awards/past-award-recipients |title=Past Winners |website=Jefferson Awards Foundation |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416061843/https://www.multiplyinggood.org/what-we-do/jefferson-awards/past-award-recipients |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2010, Rice received the U.S. Air Force Academy's 2009 Thomas D. White National Defense Award for contributions to the defense and security of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/115766/dr-condoleezza-rice-receives-2009-td-white-award/ |title=Dr. Condoleezza Rice receives 2009 TD White Award |date=August 30, 2010 |last=Branum |first=Don |website=[[US Air force]] |access-date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012102215/http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/115766/dr-condoleezza-rice-receives-2009-td-white-award/ |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>