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Susan Rice - Wikipedia
The Director of the Domestic Policy Council during President Joe Biden Administration
Susan Elizabeth Rice an American diplomat, policy advisor, and former public official who 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 served on President Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff from 1993 to 1997 and was the assistant secretary of state for African affairs at the State Department from 1997 to 2001. Appointed at age 32, Rice was at the time the youngest person to have served as a regional assistant secretary of state. Rice's tenure saw significant changes in U.S.–Africa policy, including the passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, support for democratic transitions in South Africa and Nigeria.

Served as a foreign policy advisor to Democratic presidential nominees Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, and Barack Obama. After Obama won the 2008 presidential election, Rice was nominated as Ambassador to the United Nations. The Senate confirmed her by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009.

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Condoleezza Rice - Wikipedia
United States Secretary of State Served during President George W. Bush Administration Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th United States Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009 and as the 20th United States National Security Advisor from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.

Condoleezza Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.

Until the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008, Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, were the highest-ranking African Americans in the history of the federal executive branch (by virtue of the Secretary of State standing fourth in the presidential line of succession).
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Kamala Harris - Wikipedia
Kamala Devi Harris is an American attorney and politician who is the vice president-elect of the United States during President Joe Biden Administration 2021 and the junior United States senator from California. Prior to her election to the Senate, she served as the attorney general of California.
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Michelle Obama - Wikipedia
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American attorney and author who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady.
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Michelle Obama First Lady of the United States Vogue
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady.
 
Black Women Running for Office in the U.S.
Black women are running for office all around the country and we need to know who they are. 2018 is especially important because midterm elections are coming up. This is a database of over 400 Black women candidates running for federal, state and local seats. Know who they are so you can do more research.
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Chisholm Effect Black Women In Politics
Before Kamala Harris, many Black women aimed for the White House
Ever heard of Shirley Chisholm? What about Charlene Mitchell and Lenora Fulani? They are among the many African American women who've run for president despite enormous political barriers.
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Kamala Harris - Vice President of the United States - Vogue
Vice President of the United States during President Joe Biden Administration
Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who is the vice president-elect of the United States and the junior United States senator from California. Prior to her election to the Senate, she served as the attorney general of California. A member of the Democratic Party, she will become vice president upon inauguration on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated the incumbent president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence, in the 2020 election. She will be the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
 
Judy Smith - Wikipedia
Judy A. Smith (born October 27, 1958) , Smith served as Special Assistant and Deputy Press Secretary to President George H. W. Bush in March 7, 1991

In 1989, she was appointed Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, serving as principal adviser to the U.S. Attorney on media relations and chief spokeswoman.[5]

Starting March 7, 1991, Smith served as Special Assistant and Deputy Press Secretary to President George H. W. Bush. While there, she earned a reputation for being straightforward, honest and hard working. She was reportedly instrumental in guiding the Bush administration through the controversies surrounding the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Judy A. Smith (born October 27, 1958) is an American crisis manager , lawyer, author, and television producer. She is known as the founder, president, and CEO of the crisis management firm Smith & Company. Her work in crisis management is the inspiration for the ABC television series Scandal .
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