<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Owayengumngane weBrookings Institution, uRice wakhonza njengomeluleki wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle kulabo abaqokelwe ubumongameli beDemocratic uMichael Dukakis, uJohn Kerry, noBarack Obama. Ngemva kokuba u-Obama enqobe ukhetho lukamongameli lwango-2008, uRice waqokwa njengoNxusa eZizweni Ezihlangene. ISenate yamqinisekisa ngazwi linye ngoJanuwari 22, 2009. Ngesikhathi esebenza eZizweni Ezihlangene, uRice wagqugquzela amalungelo abantu kanye nohlelo lokulwa nobuphofu, waphakamisa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye namalungelo e-LGBT kanye nabesifazane njengezinto eziza kuqala emhlabeni jikelele, futhi wazibophezela e-US ezivumelwaneni ezinjengeSivumelwano Sokuvimbela Ukusabalala Kwezikhali Zenuzi, i-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, kanye ne-UN Millennium Development Goals. Uphinde wavikela u-Israyeli eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha, waphoqelela ukuthi kubekwe izijeziso ezinzima ngokumelene ne-Iran neNyakatho Korea, futhi wakhuthaza ukungenelela kwe-US ne-NATO eLibya ngo-2011  <response>: . futhi. 