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[on people confusing her with fellow politician Condoleezza Rice]: The funniest time was when I was visiting China for the first time as national security adviser on my own mission on behalf of President Obama. And I met with President Xi and I'm setting up a summit and CCTV, there's a whole big spread in the nightly news, And they say, you know, 'Susan Rice is in China to see President Xi' and they put up Condi's picture. This s--- happens to black folks.

[on Condoleezza Rice]: We have ties to Stanford University. We were both national security adviser, we're both black women named Rice. And so, you know, it happens to me in airports and happens to me all over the place where people say, 'You work with President Bush, President Bush's national security adviser and secretary of state.' -- No.