Susan E. Rice
Questionnaire
I.Professional Background
(1)Please furnish copies of all resumes and biographical statements you have ever used.
Provided to the extent of my ability.
(2)If you are a member of any licensed profession or occupation, please specify the following: the present status of each license; whether any such license has ever been withdrawn, suspended, or revoked; whether any disciplinary action of any kind has ever been taken in connection with your license.
None.
(3)Please provide the names of all corporations, firms, partnerships, trusts, or other business enterprises, and all non-profit organizations and other such institutions with which you are now, or during the past ten years have been, affiliated with as an advisor, attorney or consultant.
Consultant to: BP, Gates Foundation, BET, MacArthur Foundation, Intellibridge International
(4)Please chronologically list activities, other than those listed on your resume or biography, from which you have derived earned income (e.g., self-employment, consulting activities, writing, speaking, royalties and honoraria) for the past ten years.
See question 3 above.
Plus: Bureau of National Affairs (board of directors) and various speaking engagements 2001-2006, mainly for university audiences (including Cornell, SW Missouri State, University of Delaware, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Reed College, Tufts University, Boston University, Howard University, Clinton School/Univ. Arkansas, University of Michigan)
For writings, including: The Century Foundation, The Washington Post, The NYT, The IHT, Yale Global, LAT, The Globe and Mail.
(5)Have you or your spouse ever registered as a lobbyist or other legislative agent to influence federal or state legislation or administrative acts? If so, please supply details.
No.
(6) If you or your spouse have performed any work for and /or received any payments from any foreign government, business or individuals in the past ten years, excluding investment income, please describe the circumstances. Please specify if you or your spouse have ever been registered as an agent for a foreign principal.
I received payment from British Petroleum for two sets of meetings that constituted brief consultancies (in London, UK 2001 and Cape Town, South Africa 2001) regarding political developments and political risk in Africa.
(7)Briefly describe the most controversial matters you have been involved with during the course of your career.
I was the junior NSC staffer responsible for the UN and peacekeeping during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, and there have been some false public accounts of my role in US policy-making on this issue.
U.S. policy towards Sudan (1995-2000). During which period we sought to increase pressure on Sudan to halt its support for terrorism, its war in the South, use of starvation as a weapon against civilians, continued practice of slavery and religious persecution and efforts to destabilize it neighbors,
U.S. efforts to help resolve the civil war in Sierra Leone in the late 1990s. Though my personal role was minimal, there were some who took issue with US policy at the time.
The (mis)perceived policy of US support for “new African leaders”, many of whom subsequently became embroiled in conflict with one another.
(8)Please provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three professional references. If possible, please furnish names of individuals with whom you have worked as a peer, a subordinate and as a supervisor.
-- Anthony Lake, Former National Security Advisor, currently Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. 202-687-9151
-- Gayle Smith, former Senior Director for African Affairs, NSC; currently Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, 202-682-1611
--Corinne Graff, Fellow, the Brookings Institution, 202-797-6411
II.Publications & Testimony
(9)Writings: Please list and, if readily available, provide a copy of each book, article, column or publication you have authored, individually or with others.
For links to all publications since September 2002, see attached and:
Prior to 2002: see attached
(10)Testimony: Please identify each instance in which you have testified before Congress or other legislative body, and specify the subject matter of the testimony. If available, please provide summaries or transcripts of your testimony.
See attached.
III.Relationships & Affiliations
(11)Please list all corporations, partnerships, trusts, or other business entities with which you or your spouse have ever been affiliated as an officer, director, trustee, partner, or holder of a significant equity or financial interest (i.e. any ownership interest of more than 5%), or whose decisions you or your spouse had the ability to influence. Please identify the entity, your relationship to the entity, and dates of service and/or affiliation.
My husband had a significant equity interest in a private foreign corporation, Newmar. The interest was in the form of non-voting common shares of a privately held investment holding company. My husband’s interest began in 1972. He sold his interest on December 31, 2006.
I have been a Director of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. since 1995.
My husband and I are trustees of our charitable foundation, the Rice-Cameron Family Foundation. We have been trustees since its inception in November 2006.
(12)Please list each membership -- including any board memberships -- you have had with any civic, social, charitable, educational, professional, fraternal, benevolent or religious organization, private club or other membership organization during the past 10 years. Please include dates of membership and any positions you may have had with the organization.
2006-Present Member, Board of Directors, the American Security Project
2005-Present Member, Board of Directors, The Atlantic Council
2005-Present Member, Board of Visitors, Freeman-Spogli Institute of International Studies at Stanford University
2005-2008 Member, the Governing Board, Beauvoir School
2005-Present Member, The Trilateral Commission
2004-Present Director,Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
2004-Present Member of the Board of Directors, The Partnership for Public Service
2002-2008 Member of the Board of Directors, U.S. Fund for
UNICEF
2002-Present Member of the Board of Directors, TheNational Democratic Institute
2002-2005 Member of the Board of Directors, Internews Network
2002-2004 Member of the Board of Directors, Common Sense Media
2001-2004 Member, Advisory Council, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin
2001-Present Member, Aspen Strategy Group, the Aspen Institute
2001-2004 Member, Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs
1999-Present Member, Council on Foreign Relations
(13)Have you or your spouse at any time belonged to any membership organization, including but not limited to those described in the preceding paragraph, that as a matter of policy or practice, denied or restricted membership or affiliation based on race, sex, disability, ethnic background, or religious or sexual preference? If so, please provide details.
No.
(14) Please specifically describe any affiliation you, your spouse or any member of your immediate family have, or have had, with any financial, banking, mortgage or insurance institution that is currently the subject of federal government intervention as part of the ongoing economic crisis. This question includes, but is not limited to, the following: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and Washington Mutual.
None
(15)Other than the entities identified in questions 11-14 above, please provide the names and details of any organizations with which you or your spouse have been associated with which might present a conflict of interest with your proposed federal office.
None
IV.Financial & Tax Information
(16)Please provide copies of all state and federal tax returns filed by you and your spouse for the past three years (i.e., 2005-2007).
(17)Please provide copies of all financial disclosure statements you have been required to file as an elected official, if applicable.
(18)Have you and your spouse filed all required federal, state and local income tax returns?
Yes
(19)Have you or your spouse ever filed a late income tax return without a valid extension? If so please describe. Also, please specify if you or your spouse has ever paid any tax penalties or paid taxes late, or if a tax lien, garnishment or other collection procedure has ever been instituted against you or your spouse by federal, state or local authorities.
No. However, in 2002, we filed amended tax returns for the tax years 1993-2000. Our original returns inadvertently omitted Form 8621 – Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund. At the time of our original filing our accountant was unaware of filing requirements for a PFC. A subsequent accountant identified the error. We notified the IRS voluntarily and submitted amended returns. The IRS charged us and we paid interest on taxes owed.
(20)Please describe all real estate held in your name or in your spouse’s name during the last ten years. Please include real estate held in combination with others, held in trust, held by a nominee, or held by or through any other third person or title-holding entity.
-- Primary Residencesince August 2001: 5020 Millwood Lane NW, Washington, DC 20016
-- Primary Residence (1993-2001): 1784 Lanier Place NW, Washington, DC 20009
-- Trustee (since 2005) under a QPERT of a condominium unit in which my mother resides part of the year at: Ducktrap Residences # 29, Harbor Drive, Lincolnville, ME 04849
(21)Please describe the mortgage terms for any properties listed under question 16, including the rate, date, holder, service entity, and any special circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the mortgage(s).
Primary Residence – 5.625%
Maturity – May 1, 2034
Homecomings Financial
No mortgage on house in Maine
(22)Please list all loans made to you or your spouse, or by you or your spouse, in the last ten years that are in excess of $10,000. Please include the name and address
of the creditor or debtor, the principal amount, the interest rate, and the date of repayment or discharge.
Mortgage Loan:
Creditor: Homecomings Financial
PO B ox 205
Waterloo IA 50704-0205
Principal: $942,054.15
Interest rate: 5.625%
Maturity: May 1, 2034
(23)Please describe any contractual or informal arrangement you may have made with any person or business enterprise in regard to future employment or termination payments or financial benefits that will be provided to you if you enter federal government employment or you leave your current employment.
None.
(24)Do you, your spouse, or any member of your immediate family, or business in which you, your spouse, or immediate family member have a substantial interest, have a significant relationship with the federal government through contracts, consulting services, grants, loans or guarantees? If yes, please provide details.
None
IV.Legal and Administrative Proceedings
(25)Have you or your spouse ever been investigated by any federal, state, military or local law enforcement agency? If so, please provide details.
No.
(26)Have you or your spouse ever been arrested for or charged with, or convicted of violating any federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance (excluding traffic offenses for which the fine was less than $100)?
No.
(27)Have you or your spouse ever been accused, formally or informally, of any violation of government or agency procedure (specifically including security violations)?
No.
(28) Please list any complaint ever made against you by any administrative agency, regulatory body, professional association or organization, or federal, state or local ethics agency, committee, or official.
None.
(29)Please list and describe any administrative agency proceedings in which you have been involved as a party.
No.
(30)Please list any lawsuits you or your spouse have brought as a plaintiff or which were brought against you or your spouse as a defendant or third party. Include in this response any contested divorce proceedings or other domestic relations matters.
No.
(31)Have any civil judgments or liens been rendered against you or your spouse? If so, please provide details.
No.
(32)Have you or your spouse ever filed a petition under any chapter of the bankruptcy code?
No.
(33)With regard to each obligation of child support and/or alimony owed by you or your spouse, please state the following: Have any payments been made late or have there been any lapses in payment? Have any motions or court actions for modification of child support or alimony been filed or instituted? If yes, please provide details.
No.
V.Domestic Help
(34)Do you presently have or have you in the past had domestic help? (e.g., a housekeeper, babysitter, nanny or gardener) If yes, please indicate the name and years of service for each individual and also provide a brief description of the services rendered.
Housekeeper – Maria Montiel. 8 years of service. Provides housekeeping service twice weekly.
Child Care Giver – Maria Adela Jimenez. 11 years of service. Fulltime childcare provider.
(35)Were all individuals listed in Question 27 legally eligible to work in the U.S. at the time that you employed them?
Yes.
(36) Have you paid all taxes and social security obligations applicable to the employment of the individuals listed in question 27? Have you complied with all federal, state and local laws and regulations related to the employment of these individuals?
Yes.
VI.Miscellaneous
(37)If applicable, please list the names, addresses and phone number of cohabitants within the last ten years. A cohabitant is a person with whom you share bonds of affection, obligation, or other commitment, as opposed to a person with whom you live for reasons of convenience (a roommate).
n/a
(38)Please provide the URL address of any websites that feature you in either a personal or professional capacity (e.g., Facebook, My Space, etc.)
(39) Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used – even unfairly – to impugn or attack your character and qualifications for government service?
No.
(40) Do you know anyone or any organization, either in the private sector or government service, that might take steps, overtly or covertly, fairly or unfairly, to criticize your nomination, including any news organization? If so, please identify and explain the potential basis for criticism.
As explained orally: Amb. Tim Carney, Mansour Ijaz, Milton Bearden
(41)Please provide any other information, including information about other members of your family, that could suggest a conflict of interest or be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the President-Elect.
Brother in law’s drug use, as explained orally.
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