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Susan Rice

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Diplomat

The Resume

    (November 17, 1964- )
    Born in Washington, District of Columbia
    U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (January 22, 2009-July 1, 2013); later named National Security Advisor
    Served on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration

Why she might be annoying:

    She attended a private high school for girls.
    Her basketball teammates called her Sportin' (Spo for short).
    She's known for being blunt, and admits she doesn't have a lot of 'patience for b.s.'
    She worked on the failed presidential campaigns of Michael Dukakis and John Kerry.
    She opposed a possible U.N. resolution recognizing Palestine as a state, arguing that achieving statehood this way would have negative consequences for Palestinian people.
    She reportedly 'stormed out' of a meeting after China and Russia refused to vote for a resolution condemning Syria (October 2011).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was her high school's valedictorian and student council president.
    She earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, where she earned her Master's. She did her undergrad work at Stanford.
    Madeleine Albright described her as 'fearless.'
    While working with the Brookings Institution, one of her focuses was global poverty.
    She was the first African American female to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
    Her official biography boasts that she helped bring the stiffest United Nations sanctions ever against Iran and North Korea.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 260 Votes: 77.31% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 338 Votes: 49.11% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 519 Votes: 59.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2401 Votes: 58.23% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 924 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1484 Votes: 64.76% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 73508 Votes: 50.47% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 421 Votes: 79.81% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1984 Votes: 64.42% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 2927 Votes: 79.30% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3277 Votes: 67.78% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 2164 Votes: 75.83% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 211 Votes: 54.98% Annoying