Susan Rice

Susan Rice, leaving the administration, talks of what's possible in a divided nation

5:04am May 25, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Rice as she leaves her job as top domestic policy adviser to President Biden. Rice says that on divisive subjects, the best hope was often to take the least bad option.

Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice speaks during a roundtable discussion in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022.

Politics & Government

President Biden says his top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is leaving

2:59am April 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality.

Susan Rice Talks Of Balancing Career And Motherhood, Reflects On Benghazi

10:40pm October 07, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

"What bothers me more than anything is that we lost four Americans," the former U.N. ambassador says of the controversy surrounding Benghazi in an interview about her new memoir Tough Love.

Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, who had warned the Trump administration about Michael Flynn's Russia ties, was fired by President Trump in late January over another controversy.

Sally Yates To Testify In Russia Hearing. Susan Rice? Not So Much

2:59pm May 08, 2017

by Philip Ewing

A Senate panel is scheduled to hear testimony from the former acting U.S. attorney general and the former U.S. spy boss, James Clapper. But former national security adviser Rice declined to appear.

Mark Warner (from left) of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Republican Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina listen to testimony during a March 30 hearing in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Mark Warner: No Evidence To Support Trump's Political Snooping Claims

6:28pm April 06, 2017

by Philip Ewing

But the Trump White House has fallen into a pattern of responding to criticism or inconvenient news with sometimes extreme countercharges, said the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 2015 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington on Monday.

Netanyahu: U.S., Israel Agree On No Nukes For Iran, Split On How To Get There

12:37pm March 03, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

But, the Israeli premier told AIPAC, reports of a decline in ties between the allies were "not only premature, they're just wrong." The remarks come amid tensions between the countries.