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at Miami University. Dr. Rice served in two important positions in recent as the
national security adviser and secretary of state. She played a very critical role in
anti-Iraq war.
In the very beginning, she mentioned about her early life as a college student. It
was definitely a good place to share her college stories. From her stories, we knew
that even like a great person like Dr. Rice, used to have a period of time struggling
with the classes she didn’t like in her college, however she still exceeded at last.
Everyone needs to find what he or she interested in. Later she became a specialist
on the Soviet Union. At that time, the Cold War was still going on between U.S. and
Soviet Union. “Her special knowledge of Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made her
a valuable consultant to the federal government.” (Cooper, 2011) It was her special
knowledge that made her irreplaceable and critical in her early political career.
When she became a special assistant to President Bush and later the secretary of
State, she was no longer a junior college girl who kept worrying about her future.
Nowadays, college students are always asking the same question: “how can I to
make myself more valuable? “ Tonight, Dr. Rice gave the answer.
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She put most of her speech on talking about the role of United States in
state after 9.11, her opinions are aggressive. She indicated that the U.S. policies on
terrorism. United State will no longer stand apart and tolerate terrorism. Dr. Rice
said it would be U.S. responsibility to protect people at home and abroad from
terrorism. Indeed, many things changed after 9.11. American citizens were shocked
by the attack of terrorists and those heartbreaking images; soon they realized that
the world is not as peaceful as they thought. For a long time after the crash of the
Soviet Union, both American citizens and their government thought there were no
longer any threat to them, however, in fact just as Dr. Rice said, the threats that
U.S. is facing are not from the powerful but from those weak dictated nations. The
Although most of the audiences showed their respects to Dr. Rice, stood up and
paused for her, there is still a question in my mind: What U.S. will bring to the
world? This nation showed its most aggressive face to the world after 9.11 and
triggered the anti-terrorism war. After months of pouring bombs and bullets to
Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. army occupied these two countries. The years of war
didn’t solve any problem but pushed U.S. into a very embarrassing situation. Being
obviously not welcomed by the world. The so-called international order should be
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Bibliography
Cooper, M. (2011, 03 28). Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headlines
Anderson Lecture. Retrieved 04 07, 2011, from Miami University:
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/14656