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Condoleezza Rice assumes office as National Security Advisor

Condoleezza Rice took office as President Bush’s National Security Advisor on January 20, 2001.

Rice immediately became the president’s top foreign policy and national security aide, directing White House security policy during a period that would soon include major international crises.

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