<prompt> Rice aimbova mushandi weBrookings Institution, akashanda semupi wezano wezvekunze kune vakasarudzwa vemutungamiri wenyika veDemocratic Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, naBarack Obama. Mushure mokunge Obama akunda sarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika muna 2008, Rice akasarudzwa semumiriri kuUnited Nations. Dare reSeneti rakamubvumidza nomwoyo wose musi waJanuary 22, 2009. Munguva yaaive kuUnited Nations, Rice akatsigira kodzero dzevanhu uye kurwisa hurombo, akasimudza shanduko yemamiriro ekunze uye kodzero dzeLGBT nevakadzi sekutanga kwepasirese, uye akazvipira kuUS kuzvibvumirano zvakaita seNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Chibvumirano cheKodzero dzeVanhu Vane Kuremara, uye UN Millennium Development Goals. Akadzivirirawo Israeri kuSecurity Council, akakurudzira zvirango zvakaoma kuIran neNorth Korea, uye akatsigira kupindira kweU.S. neNATO muLibya muna 2011  <response>: . 