Author Glenn Kessler of Washington Post Offers Critical Assessment of Condoleezza Rice
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Glenn Kessler
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Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler spoke with guest moderator Margaret Carlson, Washington editor of
The Week Magazine, about his new book,
The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy (St. Martin's Press, September 2007), at the Aspen Institute on Friday, September 28. At this roundtable conversation, a part of the Institute's ongoing Aspen Roundtable Series sponsored by the Chrysler Foundation, Kessler provided a glimpse into Rice's decisions and decision-making process as both NSC advisor to President Bush and as his Secretary of State. Kessler — who traveled extensively with Rice and witnessed first-hand her dealings with Iran, North Korea, Russia, Israel, and Lebanon — detailed Rice's attempts to improve both her public image and her legacy to become what many consider the most powerful woman in the United States. After the conversation with Carlson, Kessler took questions from roundtable participants including
Los Angeles Times bureau chief Doyle McManus; Ellen Laipson, president and CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center; and Amb. Joseph Gildenhorn, chairman of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Margaret Carlson
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The Aspen Roundtable Series continues October 12 with a roundtable on "Creating Infrastructure for Peace: MEII: A Public-Private Partnership for Palestinian Economic Growth," featuring Robert Mosbacher, Jr., president and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Berl Bernhard, Aspen Institute chairman emeritus and chairman of the Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII); Toni G. Verstandig, executive director of the MEII; and Martin S. Indyk, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
