13K views · 405 reactions | If the United States steps back from strengthening its national defense, who steps in to shape the world? "Great powers don't mind their own business," as Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice says. Learn more—read our national defense primer here: https://www.hoover.org/research/myths-and-facts-national-defense | Hoover Institution | Facebook

The Story of Condoleezza Rice

On this day in 2005, Condoleezza Rice ‏became the first African-American woman to serve as secretary of state. Hear her incredible journey from growing up in the Jim Crow South to becoming the highest diplomat in America 👇 | MAKERS