Susan Rice

Susan Rice is a former public official and foreign policy analyst. Moreover, she is also a democratic policy advisor who has served as the 27th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 and as the 24th United States national security advisor from 2013 to 2017. She said that her parents taught her to "never use race as an excuse or advantage," and as a young girl she "dreamed of becoming the first U.S. senator from the District of Columbia." Starting her career by serving on President Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff from 1993 to 1997 and being the assistant secretary of state for African Affairs at the State Department from 1997 to 2001; she became the youngest person in U.S. history to serve as an Assistant Secretary of State. She has even defended Israel at the Security Council, pushed for tough sanctions against Iran and North Korea, and advocated for U.S. and NATO intervention in Libya in 2011. She was on the shortlist to become Joe Biden's vice-presidential running mate as of 2020 but Kamala Harris was announced as Biden's running mate on 11th August 2020.