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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|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/|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>
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 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 [[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|publisher=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 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 web|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|publisher=SFGate}}</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|publisher=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 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 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 web|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|publisher=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|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 [[Anthony 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|publisher=The Hill}}</ref>
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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/|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|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|publisher=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|publisher=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|publisher=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>
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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]]|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 web|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|publisher=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|publisher=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>
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