BACKGROUND
Rice is a long-standing friend of the Bush family and a former professor at Stanford University where the Soviet Union was her academic area of expertise. Prior to joining the Administration, she served as the Provost of Stanford. She worked in areas of national security for the President's father when he was the President.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
SPADES are members of President George W. Bush's Administration, either Cabinet members or Advisors. The departments they lead implement the rules and policies established by the Administration as well as by the laws passed by the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. They are in power as appointees of the President who is in office because of the choices made in the 2000 Presidential election by the voters and the U.S. Supreme Court.

LINKS
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