Susan Rice in Biden Cabinet members actions and issues

On Foreign Policy: As Rhodes Scholar, urged divesting from South Africa

Rice was one of three students in her year at Stanford to win the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which she used to study international relations at New College, Oxford. During her senior year, Rice and fellow recipients leveraged their positions as incoming Rhodes scholars to urge Stanford University and the Rhodes Trust to divest from corporations conducting business in South Africa in protest of apartheid. Source: Stanford Daily on Biden Cabinet Dec 13, 2020

On Government Reform: Provided in-depth information during Trump transition

Former Ambassador Susan Rice frames the danger involved in depriving President-elect Joe Biden of access to top intelligence briefings normally afforded to the incoming commander in chief of our armed forces.

Susan Rice recounts her own experience of working through three transitions, including from Obama to Trump. She describes how she "laid out in depth the numerous challenges (Trump) would confront immediately--from the campaign to defeat the Islamic State to threats posed by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. I stressed the need to be prepared for less obvious threats, like the potentially catastrophic collapse of the Mosul Dam in Iraq and pandemic disease."

The reaction fromÿTrump and his people was typical both in its arrogance and blithe disinterest.

Rice notes that in the current "transition phase," Trump's people have denied the Biden team access to intelligence briefings with respect to national security threats, COVID-19, and related economic issues.

Source: DailyKos blog on Biden Cabinet Nov 11, 2020

On Principles & Values: Pitcher at Morehouse College & Congressional Baseball Game

In Congress, he continued the cross-party friendship with neighboring GOP Rep. Steve Scalise that began when they both served in the state legislature. Richmond would also lead the Congressional Black Caucus from 2017 to 2019. Perhaps most famously, though, Richmond was unquestionably the best player from either party in the annual Congressional Baseball Game, and Democrats dominated almost every game featuring the former Morehouse College pitcher. Source: DailyKos blog on Biden Cabinet Nov 11, 2020

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