Paul Rahe holds the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage at Hillsdale College and is the author most recently of Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift. He discusses past republics, the administrative state, our place in history, and the 2012 election. Recorded live at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI.
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Condoleezza Rice, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University, discusses foreign policy, Iraq, Iran, terrorism, the Arab Spring, her time as secretary of state, and some of the conflicts she had to deal with to manage the policies and decisions of the Bush administration effectively.

Condoleezza Rice, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University, discusses her time in the White House coordinating policy as secretary of state and some of the conflicts she had to deal with to manage the policies and decisions of the Bush administration effectively.

Condoleezza Rice, the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University, notes that Iraq is not becoming an ally of Iran and offers insight on how to handle Iran's nuclear plans.