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No White House Dreams for Rice

Condi tells Harlem class she won't run

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 2, 2007 3:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was grilled yesterday about her dreams, sleep patterns and White House ambitions (she doesn't have any, she claims). It was not nightmarish testimony on Capitol Hill but a visit to a Harlem school and a rare foray into the domestic arena for Rice, who told students that for someone with a powerful job she doesn't often feel very powerful.

But she is often fearless. Asked if she was afraid to go to war zones, Rice responded: "I wouldn't say that I am afraid to go to those places. I have people who take very good care of me." She also ruled out a White House run. "I don't think I am the kind of person who will run for president," she explained.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, joined by Congressman Charles Rangel, (D-NY), left, reacts as 5th grader Amy Sissoko, 10, reads "My Inspiration," her essay about Rice, during a visit to the... (Associated Press)

Fifth grader Miles Figaro, 10, right, gets a reaction from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and an unidentified classmate, as he reads the "Top 10 Reasons We Admire You," compiled by students... (Associated Press)

Principal Elizabeth Jarrett, second from left, leads U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, third from right, to a classroom at the Harriet Tubman School P.S. 154 in Harlem, New York, Monday Oct. 1,... (Associated Press)

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