Editing Condoleezza Rice (section)

=== 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>