Editing Condoleezza Rice (section)

==Post–Bush administration==
After the end of the Bush Administration, Rice returned to academia and joined the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster?letter=R|title=Membership Roster|work=Council on Foreign Relations|access-date=August 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818110259/https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster?letter=R|archive-date=August 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Public appearances and commentary ===
In October 2010, Rice met with President Obama for a discussion on national security issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2010/10/15/rice-meets-with-obama/|title=Rice meets with Obama|date=October 15, 2010|publisher=Denver Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rollcall.com/2010/10/14/obama-to-hold-oval-office-meeting-with-rice-on-friday/|title=Obama to Hold Oval Office Meeting With Rice on Friday|date=October 14, 2010|publisher=Roll Call}}</ref> In November, Rice participated in the groundbreaking of the [[George W. Bush Presidential Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/news/2010/bush-center-groundbreaking-16nov2010|title=The George W. Bush Presidential Center breaks ground at SMU|date=November 16, 2010|publisher=SMU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cecildaily.com/news/bush-presidential-library-groundbreaking/article_7360fd38-f1e1-11df-b5ef-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Bush presidential library groundbreaking|date=November 17, 2010|publisher=cecildaily.com}}</ref> Two years later, Rice introduced world leaders such as [[Tony Blair]] and [[Jose Maria Aznar]] at the center's dedication ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/general-news-27422e8136294b8d9a0d3e2e8c372529|title=Rice welcomes leaders to Bush library ceremony|date=April 25, 2013|publisher=AP News}}</ref>

In May 2011, after the [[killing of Osama bin Laden]], Rice told [[Zain Verjee]] that bin Laden's death was "gratifying because for our country this brings an important chapter to a close and it shows that the United States can, with patience and persistence, do something like this." She argued against removing troops from Afghanistan until the US finished helping the country "get more decent governance".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/condoleezza-rice-on-bin-ladens-death/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506043359/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/condoleezza-rice-on-bin-ladens-death/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 6, 2011|title=Condoleezza Rice on bin Laden's Death|date=May 3, 2011|publisher=CNN}}</ref> That year, she appeared as herself on the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[30 Rock]]'' in the [[30 Rock (season 5)|fifth-season]] episode "[[Everything Sunny All the Time Always]]", in which she engages in a classical-music duel with [[Jack Donaghy]] ([[Alec Baldwin]]). Within the world of the show, Donaghy had had a relationship with Rice during the show's first season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/04/condoleezza-rices-strange-30-rock-cameo/350146/|title=Condoleezza Rice's Strange '30 Rock' Cameo|first=Ray|last=Gustini|date=April 29, 2011|publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/04/condoleezza_rice_was_pretty_go.html|title=Condoleezza Rice Was Pretty Good on 30 Rock Last Night|date=April 29, 2011|first=Margaret|last=Lyons|publisher=Vulture}}</ref>

In May 2012, Rice served as the keynote speaker at the [[Southern Methodist University]] commencement ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2012/05/13/condoleezza-rice-offers-education-as-inspiration-during-smu-commencement-speech/|title=Condoleezza Rice offers education as inspiration during SMU commencement speech|date=May 12, 2012|publisher=Dallas News}}</ref> Rice delivered a speech at the [[2012 Republican National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/condoleezza-rice-rnc-speech-transcript-080402|title=Condoleezza Rice RNC speech (text, video)|date=August 29, 2012|publisher=Politico}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/condi-rice-speech-republican-national-convention-2012-8|title=The GOP Convention Went Nuts For Condi Rice's Speech|date=August 29, 2012|first=Brett|last=LoGiurato|publisher=Business Insider}}</ref> Daniel W. Drezner of ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'' praised Rice's address as the best speech of the convention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/08/30/if-you-skip-that-first-paragraph-condoleezza-rice-gave-a-great-speech/|title=If you skip that first paragraph, Condoleezza Rice gave a great speech|date=August 30, 2012|publisher=Foreign Affairs}}</ref>

In 2013, Rice charged Iran with having "done everything to make certain that you can't trust them", citing Iran's decades-long hiding of its nuclear program and giving the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] "the runaround."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/condoleezza-rice-iran-absolutely-cannot-be-trusted/|title=Condoleezza Rice: Iran "absolutely" cannot be trusted|date=October 2, 2013|publisher=CBS News}}</ref> In 2015, Rice initially declined taking a public position on the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] "because I know how hard it is to be in there as opposed to out here", but added, "This particular deal I think has some good elements but the price that was paid was pretty high. It's entirely possible that they are already at threshold status and we will never know it."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-administration-attacked-by-condoleezza-rice-over-iran-nuclear-deal-a6714026.html|title=Obama administration attacked by Condoleezza Rice over Iran nuclear deal|date=October 29, 2015|publisher=Independent}}</ref> As the Trump administration weighed pulling out of the agreement, Rice said she would have "stayed in for alliance management reasons more than anything else" and charged the verification methods of the deal as not being "very strong."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/385626-condoleezza-rice-defends-trump-leaving-iran/|title=Condoleezza Rice defends Trump leaving Iran nuclear deal|first=Mallory|last=Shelbourne|work=The Hill|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-05-02/quitting-iran-deal-a-bad-idea-but-not-end-of-world-rice-says?embedded-checkout=true|title=Quitting Iran Deal a Bad Idea But Not End of World, Condoleezza Rice Says|first=Daniel|last=Flatley|date=May 2, 2018|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref>

In August 2015, [[High Point University]] announced that Rice would speak at the 2016 commencement ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highpoint.edu/blog/2015/08/condoleezza-rice-to-serve-as-hpus-2016-commencement-speaker/|title=Condoleezza Rice To Serve As 2016 Commencement Speaker|author=High Point University|date=August 18, 2015|work=High Point University|access-date=August 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825075058/http://www.highpoint.edu/blog/2015/08/condoleezza-rice-to-serve-as-hpus-2016-commencement-speaker/|archive-date=August 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Her commencement address was highlighted by ''[[The Huffington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/condoleeza-rice-high-point-university_us_572fa01ce4b0bc9cb0472f44|title=Condoleeza Rice Tells Grads To Find People They Disagree WIth|date=May 17, 2016|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023123/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/condoleeza-rice-high-point-university_n_572fa01ce4b0bc9cb0472f44|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2016/05/25/women-best-advice-grads/|title=8 Inspiring Women Leaders Share Their Best Advice For 2016 Grads|date=May 25, 2016|website=Fortune|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528121715/http://fortune.com/2016/05/25/women-best-advice-grads/|archive-date=May 28, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Business Insider]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BFy71wpKTPu/|title=Instagram photo by Business Insider • May 24, 2016 at 3:58pm UTC|website=Instagram|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023040/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=%2Fp%2FBFy71wpKTPu%2F|url-status=live}}</ref> [[NBC News]], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/30/rutgers-condoleezza-rice-protest/8508397/|title=Rutgers students decry Rice as commencement speaker|website=USA Today|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219190439/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/30/rutgers-condoleezza-rice-protest/8508397/|archive-date=February 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Condoleezza Rice and Donald Trump in the Oval Office, March 2017.jpg|thumb|Rice with President [[Donald Trump]], March 31, 2017]]
On January 26, 2017, Rice participated in a talk with the [[University of San Francisco]], where she opined that the United States had entered "uncharted territory" with President [[Donald Trump]] due to his lack of government experience and that the new president should be given time to realize the limitations of his powers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Condoleezza-Rice-in-SF-talk-says-Trump-and-10887970.php|title=Condoleezza Rice, in SF talk, says Trump and nation must adjust|first=Erin|last=Allday|newspaper=SFGate}}</ref>
On March 31, Rice met with Vice President [[Mike Pence]] and President Trump at the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/donald-trump-condoleezza-rice-meeting/index.html|title=Trump meets with Condoleezza Rice|first=Jeremy|last=Diamond|date=March 31, 2017|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/03/31/trump-meets-condoleezza-rice-who-called-his-ouster-october/99877200/|title=Trump meets with Condoleezza Rice — who called for his ouster in October|first=David|last=Jackson|date=March 31, 2017|publisher=USA Today}}</ref> In May, Rice said that alleged Russian [[2016 Democratic National Committee email leak|hacking of DNC emails]] should "absolutely not" delegitimize Trump's presidency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/condoleezza-rice-u-s-move-russian-election-interference-164409506.html |title=Condoleezza Rice: U.S. should 'move on' from Russian election interference |work=Yahoo News |date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194747/https://www.yahoo.com/news/condoleezza-rice-u-s-move-russian-election-interference-164409506.html |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rice supported the Trump administration "painting a very bleak picture for the Chinese", opining that the cabinet saw the region as the only country with leverage over North Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349005-condoleezza-rice-supports-administration-painting-a-bleak-picture-of/|title=Condoleezza Rice: Trump right to paint 'bleak picture' of North Korea|first=Josh|last=Delk|date=September 2, 2017|work=The Hill}}</ref> In 2018, Rice called decisions by North Korean leader [[Kim Jong Un]] to make overtures to the South Koreans "clever" and expressed that he was more isolated and reckless than his father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/14/politics/condoleezza-rice-david-axelrod-kim-jong-un-cnntv/index.html|title=Condoleezza Rice: Kim Jong Un is 'actually pretty clever'|date=January 14, 2018|publisher=CNN}}</ref> Ahead of the [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|Singapore Summit]], Rice stated her support for negotiations with North Korea, but warned the US should "go step by step, make sure there's good verification of everything the North Koreans are doing, and keep your eye on the prize of denuclearization. Because what we want to do is stop them short of threatening the American homeland."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/condoleezza-rice-north-korea-kim-jong-un-meeting-with-trump/|title=Condoleezza Rice warns ahead of North Korea talks: "Beware"|date=May 1, 2018|first=Jean|last=Song|publisher=CBS News}}</ref>

By September 2019, Rice had publicly stated her dislike for Trump's rhetoric, especially on immigration, and warned that Trump needed "to be a lot more careful in the way that he speaks about these things because race is a very delicate and raw nerve in America."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://defendernetwork.com/news/national/condoleezza-rice-wants-trump-to-be-more-careful-with-his-rhetoric-insists-we-need-to-all-back-off/|title=Condoleezza Rice wants Trump to be 'More careful' with his Rhetoric, insists we 'need to all back off'|date=September 18, 2019|publisher=defendernetwork.com}}</ref> In November, as House Democrats moved forward with their impeachment inquiry into President Trump for his correspondence with Ukraine, Rice commented that she did not "like for the President of the United States to mention an American citizen for investigation to a foreign leader" and that she was troubled by "a state of conflict between the foreign policy professionals and someone in Rudy Giuliani who says he was acting on behalf of the President."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/12/politics/condoleezza-rice-donald-trump-zelensky-call-joe-biden/index.html|title=Condoleezza Rice says Trump asking Ukraine to investigate Biden is 'out of bounds'|first=Devan|last=Cole|date=November 12, 2019|publisher=CNN}}</ref>

In August 2021, Rice wrote an op-ed arguing that the United States withdrew from Afghanistan too quickly and called claims that Afghans were to blame for the Taliban takeover a "corrosive and deeply unfair narrative".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/condoleeza-rice-bush-afghanistan-taliban-b1904679.html|title=Condoleezza Rice speaks out on Afghan withdrawal: 'The Afghan people didn't choose the Taliban'|date=August 18, 2021|publisher=Independent}}</ref> In October, Rice appeared as a guest cohost on ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]'', where she asserted that Americans were more interested in household issues than continuing to investigate the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/condoleezza-rice-january-6-riot-move-on-lawmakers-economy-2021-10|title=Condoleezza Rice says Jan. 6 riot was 'wrong' and yet lawmakers should 'move on' as Americans are more concerned about 'their kitchen-table issues'|date=October 24, 2021|publisher=Business Insider|first=John L.|last=Dorman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/10/21/condoleezza-rice-the-view-time-move-on-jan-6/6116419001/|title=Condoleezza Rice says that while Jan. 6 Capitol riot was 'wrong,' it's time to move on|first=Gabriela|last=Miranda|date=October 21, 2021|publisher=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/21/condoleezza-rice-the-view-capitol-riot/|title=Condoleezza Rice said she cried on Jan. 6, but it's time to 'move on'|date=October 21, 2021|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> In December, Rice joined [[Governor of Alabama]] [[Kay Ivey]] in Birmingham to announce the recommendations of the Alabama Innovation Commission, which had worked with the Hoover Institution, on means of advancing statewide technology and entrepreneurship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/gov-kay-ivey-condoleezza-rice-share-plans-to-grow-states-economy/|title=Gov. Kay Ivey, Condoleezza Rice share plans to grow Alabama's economy|date=December 14, 2021|first=Michael|last=Clark|work=CBS 42 |publisher=CBS42}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/12/gov-ivey-condoleezza-rice-tout-vision-for-innovation-in-alabama.html|title=Gov. Ivey, Condoleezza Rice, tout vision for innovation in Alabama|date=December 14, 2021|publisher=AL.com}}</ref>

In April 2022, Rice attended Madeleine Albright's funeral, where she delivered a reading from the Bible.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-clintons-lead-tributes-deceased-secretary-state-madeleine-albright-2022-04-27/|title=Biden, Clintons herald Madeleine Albright as force for good at Washington funeral|date=April 27, 2022|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> In July, Rice participated in an Aspen Security Forum with fellow former National Security Advisors [[Thomas E. Donilon]] and [[Stephen Hadley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/07/condoleeza-rica-aspen-security-forum-israel-saudi-arabia/|title=Rice: Israel's booming tech sector key to warming relations in region|date=July 25, 2022|first=Melissa|last=Weiss|publisher=Jewish Insider}}</ref> In October, Rice met with Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] at the Hoover Institution Hauck Auditorium and asked the incumbent about issues such as protests in Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stanforddaily.com/2022/10/17/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-visits-campus-seeks-to-harness-technology-to-solve-global-challenges-on-americas-terms/|title=Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits campus, seeks to harness technology to solve global challenges on America's terms|date=October 17, 2022|publisher=Stanford Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-sits-down-with-condoleezza-rice-at-stanford|title=Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits down with Condoleezza Rice at Stanford|first=Ann|last=Rubin|date=October 17, 2022|publisher=ktuv.com}}</ref>

In 2023, after former President Trump and [[Governor of Florida]] [[Ron DeSantis]] criticized US support for Ukraine, Rice stressed the need for any potential presidential candidates to understand the essence of the conflict, which she defined as "defending a rules-based system that says might doesn't make right, you can't just extinguish your neighbor."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3874824-condoleezza-rice-warns-gop-candidates-against-pulling-back-from-ukraine-these-conflicts-always-come-home/|title=Condoleezza Rice warns GOP candidates against pulling back from Ukraine: 'These conflicts always come home'|date=February 26, 2023|work=The Hill}}</ref>

=== Author ===
In February 2009, it was announced that Rice had signed a three-book deal with [[Crown Publishers]] worth at least $2.5 million. Crown reported that Rice would "combine candid narrative and acute analysis to tell the story of her time in the White House and as America's top diplomat, and her role in protecting American security and shaping foreign policy during the extraordinary period from 2001-2009."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/condoleezza-rice-agrees-three-book-deal-wbna29333317|title=Condoleezza Rice agrees to a three-book deal|date=February 22, 2009|publisher=Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2009/02/23/rice-crown-agree-to-3-book-deal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214115805/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2009/02/23/rice-crown-agree-to-3-book-deal/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2024|title=Rice, Crown agree to 3-book deal|date=February 23, 2009|publisher=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref> In 2010, Rice released ''Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family'', an account of her upbringing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stanforddaily.com/2010/11/05/review-extraordinary-ordinary-people/|title=Review: 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People'|first=Micah|last=Siegel|date=November 5, 2010 |publisher=The Stanford Daily}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/12/rice.memoir/index.html|title=Condoleezza Rice's civil rights era memoir goes on sale|date=October 12, 2010|first=Pamela|last=Sellers|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/condoleezza-rice-reveals-details-of-first-memoir/|title=Condoleezza Rice Reveals Details of First Memoir|date=January 26, 2010|first=Dave|last=Itzkoff}}</ref> [[John McWhorter]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' summarized, "If there is a lesson from Rice's book, it is that the civil rights revolution made it possible for an extremely talented black person (a woman, no less) to embrace a race-neutral subject and ride it into service as secretary of state, all the while thinking of herself largely as just a person."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/books/review/McWhorter-t.html|title=A Life Between|date=October 15, 2010|work=The New York Times|first=John|last=McWhorter}}</ref> In 2011, Rice wrote ''No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington'', a memoir of her time in the Bush administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2011-nov-04-la-et-1105-book-20111105-story.html|title=Book review: Condoleezza Rice is thorough in 'No Higher Honor'|date=November 4, 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204528204577009732948841296|title=Present at the Re-creation|date=November 1, 2011|first=Stephen F.|last=Hayes|publisher=Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rice-reflects-bush-tenure-gadhafi-memoir/story?id=14846833|title=Rice reflects on Bush tenure, Gadhafi in new memoir|date=October 30, 2011|publisher=ABC News}}</ref> In an interview with [[George Stephanopoulos]], Rice explained that she chose the title "because there really is no higher honor than serving your country" and named the Bush administration's attempts to consider "a different kind of Middle East" the hardest challenge they faced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/full-transcript-george-stephanopoulos-and-condoleezza-rice|title=Full Transcript: George Stephanopoulos and Condoleezza Rice|date=November 2, 2011|publisher=ABC News}}</ref> Susan Chira wrote that the book "shows us two Condoleezza Rices: one, the impatient unilateralist who was national security adviser, the other the born-again diplomat who, as secretary of state, worked to repair some of the damage that had been done to American credibility by its unilateralism."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/no-higher-honor-a-memoir-of-my-years-in-washington-by-condoleezza-rice-book-review.html|title=Condoleezza Rice Looks Back|first=Susan|last=Chira|work=The New York Times|date=December 9, 2011}}</ref>

It was announced in 2013 that Rice was writing a book to be published in 2015 by [[Henry Holt & Company]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Condoleezza Rice to Write Book for Henry Holt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/business/media/condoleezza-rice-to-write-book-for-henry-holt.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Leslie |last=Kaufman |date=March 19, 2013 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023027/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/business/media/condoleezza-rice-to-write-book-for-henry-holt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, Rice released ''[[Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom]]'', a book in which she makes the case for democracy over totalitarianism or authoritarianism.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mead|first1=Walter Russell|title=America First? No, Says Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/books/review/democracy-stories-long-road-to-freedom-condoleezza-rice.html|accessdate=January 1, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=May 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ikenberry|first1=G. John|title=Democracy: Stories From the Long Road to Freedom|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2017-08-15/democracy-stories-long-road-freedom|accessdate=January 1, 2018|work=Foreign Affairs|date=September–October 2017}}</ref> In an interview, Rice said she began writing the book three years before its release and pondered that her desire to write about democracy stemmed from her youth in Birmingham "when black citizens did not experience full democracy" under segregation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/15/condoleezza-rice-the-full-transcript-215133/|title=Condoleezza Rice: The Full Transcript|date=May 15, 2017|first=Susan B.|last=Glasser|publisher=Politico}}</ref>

===College Football Playoff Selection Committee===
In October 2013, Rice was selected to be one of the thirteen inaugural members of the [[College Football Playoff]] selection committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://college-football.si.com/2013/10/16/college-football-playoff-committee/?sct=cf_t2_a9|title=College Football Playoff officially unveils 13-member selection committee|publisher=SI.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019142849/http://college-football.si.com/2013/10/16/college-football-playoff-committee/?sct=cf_t2_a9|archive-date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=September 12, 2018 }}</ref> Her appointment caused a minor controversy in the sport.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20131016/condoleezza-rice-college-football-playoff/index.html |title=Condoleezza Rice discusses her role on the selection committee |publisher=SI.com |date=October 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330022935/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20131016/condoleezza-rice-college-football-playoff/index.html |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |access-date=September 12, 2018 }}</ref> In October 2014, she revealed that she watched "14 or 15 games every week live on TV on Saturdays and recorded games on Sundays."<ref>{{cite news |first=Heather |last=Dinich |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11665259/condoleezza-rice-talks-ins-outs-college-football-playoff-committee |title=Condi Rice talks committee ins, outs |work=[[ESPN]] |date=October 8, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140305/http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11665259/condoleezza-rice-talks-ins-outs-college-football-playoff-committee |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her term on the committee expired at the conclusion of the [[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016 college football season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CFP SELECTION COMMITTEE |url=https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2017/10/16/selection-committee.aspx |access-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512034945/https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2017/10/16/selection-committee.aspx |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Cleveland Browns Head Coach rumors===

On November 18, 2018 [[ESPN]]'s [[Adam Schefter]] reported that a league source had told him that Rice was being considered as a candidate in the [[Cleveland Browns]]' head coach search.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25310452/cleveland-browns-want-interview-condoleezza-rice-head-coaching-job|title = Source: Browns eye Condi Rice for HC interview|date = November 18, 2018 |work = ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1064180915679707138|user=AdamSchefter|title=Browns interested in interviewing Condoleezza Rice for head coaching job, source tells ESPN.|date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> This report sparked jokes at the expense of the Browns and outcry due to both Rice's lack of any experience in coaching and Rice being a woman. Shortly after the initial report, the Browns and General Manager [[John Dorsey (American football)|John Dorsey]] denied the report saying, "Our coaching search will be thorough and deliberate, but we are still in the process of composing the list of candidates and Secretary Rice has not been discussed."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/18/cleveland-browns-reportedly-want-interview-condoleezza-rice-head-coach/ |title=Condoleezza Rice and Browns deny ESPN report that team wants to interview her for head coach |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 18, 2018 |accessdate=2022-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/adam-schefter-shares-story-behind-browns-condoleeza-rice-report/95-18ef1659-531b-43de-8350-353a1b63d292|title = Adam Schefter shares story behind Condoleezza Rice-Browns report|date = March 3, 2020}}</ref> Rice, who is a lifelong Browns fan, also denied the reports but joked that she "would like to call a play or two next season if the Browns need ideas."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/condoleezza-rice-addresses-old-reports-of-browns-interest-i-certainly-dont-wanna-be-a-head-coach/ | title = Condoleezza Rice addresses old reports of Browns' interest: 'I certainly don't wanna be a head coach' | first=Cody | last=Benjamin | date=November 22, 2021 | work=CBS Sports}}</ref>

===Speculation on political future===
[[File:Secretary Blinken Talks With Former Secretary of State Rice (52436440128).jpg|thumb|Rice speaks with Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] at Stanford University in 2022]]
As early as 2003, there were reports that Rice was considering a run for [[governor of California]], while ruling out running for the Senate in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Security-adviser-Rice-weighs-run-for-governor-2631745.php |last=Marinucci |first=Carla |title=Security adviser Rice weighs run for governor |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=February 27, 2003 |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023107/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Security-adviser-Rice-weighs-run-for-governor-2631745.php |url-status=live }}</ref> There was also speculation that Rice would run for the Republican nomination in the 2008 primaries, which she ruled out on ''[[Meet the Press]]''. On February 22, 2008, Rice played down any suggestion that she may be on the Republican vice presidential ticket: "I have always said that the one thing that I have not seen myself doing is running for elected office in the United States."<ref>{{cite news |title=Rice says has no plan to run for vice president |date=February 22, 2008 |work=Reuters |access-date=March 28, 2008 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2262518020080222?rpc=22&sp=true |quote=I have always said that the one thing that I have not seen myself doing is running for elected office. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122032607/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2262518020080222?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true |archive-date=January 22, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During an interview with the editorial board of ''[[The Washington Times]]'' on March 27, 2008, Rice said she was "not interested" in running for vice president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Transcript of Secretary Condoleezza Rice's Interview with the Washington Times Editorial Board |work=The Washington Times |publisher=United States Department of State |date=March 28, 2008 |access-date=March 28, 2008 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/03/102757.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205075814/http://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/03/102757.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=live }}Question: "And would you consider vice president?" Rice: "Not interested."</ref> In a [[Gallup poll]] from March 24 to 27, 2008, Rice was mentioned by eight percent of Republican respondents to be their first choice to be [[John McCain]]'s Republican vice presidential running mate, slightly behind [[Mike Huckabee]] and [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/04/gallup_polls_on_gop_vp_prefere.html |title=Gallup Polls on GOP VP Preferences |work=[[RealClearPolitics]] |date=April 4, 2008 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023027/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/04/gallup_polls_on_gop_vp_prefere.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Republican strategist [[Dan Senor]] said on ABC's ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week]]'' on April 6, 2008, that "Condi Rice has been actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning for" the vice presidential nomination. He based this assessment on her attendance of [[Grover Norquist]]'s [[Americans for Tax Reform]] conservative leader's meeting on March 26, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mary |last=Bruce |title=Dan Senor: Condoleezza Rice Is Pursuing the VP Spot |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=April 6, 2008 |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/dan-senor-condo.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407194621/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/dan-senor-condo.html |archive-date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=September 12, 2018 }}</ref> In response to Senor's comments, Rice's spokesperson denied that Rice was seeking the vice presidential nomination, saying, "If she is actively seeking the vice presidency, then she's the last one to know about it."<ref>{{cite news|first=Glenn |last=Kessler |author-link=Glenn Kessler (journalist) |title=Rice: Still Not Running for VP |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/04/07/rice_still_not_running_for_vp.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=November 3, 2008 |quote=[[Sean McCormack|McCormack]] dismissed both as perfectly ordinary. 'I think if you look back at her tenure, in terms of her activities, you will find all of these activities perfectly normal and consistent with the way she has done her job over the past three years or so,' he said. 'If she is actively seeking the vice presidency, then she's the last one to know about it.' |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326212451/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/04/07/rice_still_not_running_for_vp.html |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }}</ref>

In August 2008, the speculation about a potential McCain–Rice ticket finally ended when then-Governor [[Sarah Palin]] of Alaska was selected as McCain's running-mate.

In early December 2008, Rice praised President-elect Barack Obama's selection of New York [[United States Senate|senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]] to succeed her as Secretary of State, saying "she's terrific". Rice, who spoke to Clinton after her selection, said Clinton "is someone of intelligence and she'll do a great job".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/12/rice-on-hillary.html|title=Rice on Hillary: 'She's Terrific'|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|first=George|last=Stephanopoulos |author-link=George Stephanopoulos|date=December 7, 2008|access-date=December 7, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208212642/http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/12/rice-on-hillary.html|archive-date=December 8, 2008}}</ref>

Rumors arose once again during the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential race]] that presumptive nominee [[Mitt Romney]] was looking into vetting Rice for the vice presidency. Rice once again denied any such intentions or desires to become the vice president, reiterating in numerous interviews that she "is a policy maker, not a politician."<ref>{{cite web|title=Condoleezza Rice's thoughts on a vice presidency|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6r4mqNmjXo|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-01-13|website=YouTube|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230233702/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6r4mqNmjXo}}</ref> Speculation ended in August 2012 when Romney announced that Representative [[Paul Ryan]] was chosen as his running-mate.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 11, 2012 |title=Mitt Romney chooses Paul Ryan as running mate |url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/08/11/mitt-romney-chooses-paul-ryan-as-running-mate}}</ref> Rice campaigned for the Romney-Ryan ticket in the general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/condoleezza-rice-joins-paul-ryan-on-the-campaign-trail|title=Condoleezza Rice Joins Paul Ryan on the Campaign Trail|date=October 17, 2012|first=Shushannah|last=Walshe|publisher=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2012/10/17/condoleezza-rice-gives-paul-ryan-a-boost/|title=Condoleezza Rice gives Paul Ryan a boost|first=Felicia|last=Sonmez|date=October 17, 2012|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

According to [[Bob Woodward]]'s 2018 book ''[[Fear: Trump in the White House]]'', then-[[Republican National Committee]] chairman [[Reince Priebus]] told then Republican nominee Donald Trump, that he should drop out of the race for the good of the party following the release of the [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|''Access Hollywood'' tapes]]. During these discussions, it was revealed that [[Mike Pence]], the vice presidential nominee, had agreed to replace Trump on the top of the ticket as the Republican presidential nominee, with Rice agreeing to be Pence's running mate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Here are the top takeaways from Bob Woodward's new book on Donald Trump|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-takeaways-bob-woodwards-book-donald-trump/story?id=57611974|date=September 4, 2018|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>

While promoting his book ''[[Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants]]'', former President Bush revealed he wrote-in Rice in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]] and said that although Rice was aware of the vote, she told him she "would refuse to accept the office."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/23/george-w-bush-2020-presidential-election-vote-condoleezza-rice|title=George W Bush reveals he voted for Condoleezza Rice in 2020 US election|date=April 23, 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/george-w-bush-condoleezza-rice-2020-election/index.html|title=Bush says he wrote in Condoleezza Rice for president in 2020|first=Veronica|last=Stracqualurs|date=April 23, 2021|publisher=CNN}}</ref>