February 11 UN Susan Rice

Susan Rice will be Secretary of State. She is bright and accomplished. To get to that position, you have to have made grave errors that seemed right at the time. It's the way of the world. The current Secretary of State was surely involved in the US and the UN not intervening in Rwanda in 1994. Rice was involved in the 1999 Lomé Accords which not only legitimized one of the 20th Century's most horrific rebel wars, but rewarded its leader with control over the country's diamond exports. Nonetheless, she is a fascinating speaker and, as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, one of Obama's most powerful foreign policy team players. Rice speaks as guest of the Portland World Affairs Council. Tickets www.worldoregon.org/events/registration/susan_rice.php At the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1126 SW Park. 7PM $20, $10 students