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Susan Rice Withdraws Name For Sec. Of State: Why She REALLY Did It (CHART)

Why Susan Rice REALLY Withdrew Her Name
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to the media after a U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria on May 30, 2012 in New York City. The Security Council held discussions following a massacre of more than 100 civilians in Houla. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

After a lengthy campaign against Susan Rice's qualifications at the hand of the man who wanted Sarah Palin to be vice president, the U.N. ambassador shocked the media when she told President Obama that she was withdrawing her name from consideration to be nominated the next Secretary of State.

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