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Now Condoleezza Rice on democracy. [inaudible conversations] [applause] and actor price is going to be interviewed for us by one of the best interviewers i know who has his own show on bloomberg or National Book festival cochair and very generous supporter mr. David rubenstein. [applause] please welcome both of them. Plea [applause] and thanks, and enjoy. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you very much or having me here and welcome everybody. Yo thanks for being here. Its a great event, great event. [applause] its hard to believe but youve now been out of government for about nine years bo so before we get into your new book on democracy which i highly recommend that we will talk about it tell us what you been doing since he left government other than writing three a selling books, this is the third but other than that you were teaching at stanford and what ozzy doing . Ive gone back to what i consider to be my real profession are they had thatat digression in washington. I started
Thank you very much for having me here and welcome to everybody. Thank you for being here. Its a great event. Great eventment. Host so, hard to believe but you have now been out of government for about nine years, just before we get into your new book on democracy, which i highly recommend, and well talk about in a few moments, tell us what you have been doing since you left government other than writing three bestselling book. Youre tetching at stanford. Guest ive gone back to my real risk had that digression into washington, but ive actually been at stanford sis i was 25. I start thread as an assistant professor and returned to stanford. My appointment is in the Business School but i teach both Business School students and undergraduates. Teach a course in American Foreign policy. Ive been able to do a little bit of work in the private sector, little consulting, and im spending a lot more time practicing the piano than i did when i was in the government. Thats really a great love and
Best interviewers i know who has his own show on bloomberg. Our National Book festival cochair in a very generous supporter mr. David rubenstein. Please welcome both of them. [applause] thank you and enjoy. Thank you veryer much for coming. Thank you for having me here. Thank you for being here. Back. Hard to believe that you have now been out of government for nine years so before we get into your new book on democracy which i highly recommend it will talk about it in a few moments, tell us what you have been doing the left government other than writing three best level selling books. You teach at stanford and what else . Ive gone back toar what i consider my real profession. I hadan that digression into washington but i have been at stanford since i was 25 years old and i started there as an assistant professor and i have returned to stanford. My appointment is in the Business School but i teach both business students and undergraduates and ive teach a course of american policy. I ha
Now four former national. Ecurity advisers susan rice and Tom Donnellan and Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley talk about threats posed by russia, china, and north korea. Welcome, everybody, and this is pretty much what the essence of the Aspen Institute has been and should always be about, and what our nation should be about, a notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. It is under the auspices of the Aspen Strategy Group. I want to thank joe nye, who is cochair with secretary Condoleezza Rice, with her first year on the job. [applause] isaacson we also have Stephen Hadley and tom donlon, the first time four national have beendvisers together. It shows what aspen can do. You notice that susan rice is missing. She will be here in seven minutes. She is just on her way from the airport. Just like bob gates last year, always a buddy who wants to make a dramatic enters. Let me turn it over to a person everybody knows, nick burns, the