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Condoleezza Rice, PhD Biography
Title:	Former US Secretary of State
Position:	Pro to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:	"Saddam Hussein was a threat, yes, because he was trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. And, yes, we thought that he was - that he had stockpiles, which he did not have... But it wasn't just weapons of mass destruction. He was also a place -- his territory was a place where terrorists were welcomed, where he paid suicide bombers to bomb Israel, where he had used Scuds against Israel in the past, and so we knew what his intentions were in the region, where he had attacked his neighbors before and, in fact, tried to annex Kuwait, where we'd gone to war against him twice in the past. It was the total picture, Senator, not just weapons of mass destruction, that caused us to decide that post-September 11th, it was finally time to deal with Saddam Hussein." Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jan. 19, 2005
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy, Hoover Institution Professor, Political Science, Stanford University US Secretary of State, 2005-2009 Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor), 2001-2005 Member, Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training in the Military, 1997 Provost, Chief Budget and Academic Officer, Stanford University, 1993-2000 Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, 1993-2000 Director/Senior Director, Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, 1989-1991 Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 1989-1991 Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, 1987-1993 Special Assistant to the Director of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, 1986 Assistant Director, Arms Control Program, 1981-1989 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, 1981-1987
Education:	PhD, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, 1981 MA, Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1975 BA, Political Science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, University of Denver, 1974
Other:	Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (by courtesy), Hoover Institution Member, Center for International Security and Arms Control Founding Boardmember, Center for a New Generation Former Boardmember, Chevron Corporation Former Boardmember, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Former Boardmember, University of Notre Dame Former Boardmember, International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan Other past boardmemberships: Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the RAND Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED Recipient, School of Humanities and Science Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Stanford University, 1993 Recipient, Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University, 1984
Quoted in:	1. Has the Iraq War made America safer? 2. What are the 2002 and 2006 US National Security Strategies? 3. Has the United States condoned the use of torture tactics on prisoners captured in Iraq?

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