Condoleezza Rice (1954) American Republican politician; U.S. Secretary of State; political scientist
Press conference http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-03-30-questions-usat_x.htm, May 16, 2002.
“[T]he twenty-first century truly began on September 11, 2001, ten years later, when planes slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.”
Source: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009), p. 18
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