2001 : Susan Rice 's seeming destiny is derailed by GOP opposition over the Nixon attack . Rice was a high school valedictorian and a Rhodes scholar . Her mentor Madeleine Albright recommended her for a top political position in the country . Rice 's work at Oxford , where she earned her masters and later a doctorate in international relations , earned the Chatham House-British International Studies Association Prize for the top doctoral dissertation in the United Kingdom in international relations . Insiders say Rice is aggressive , has sharp elbows and rubbed some the wrong way .
2001 : Susan Rice 's seeming destiny is derailed by GOP opposition over the Nixon attack . Rice was a high school valedictorian and a Rhodes scholar . Her mentor Madeleine Albright recommended her for a top political position in the country . Insiders say Rice is aggressive , has sharp elbows and rubbed some the wrong way .