Condoleezza Rice to helm Stanford public policy think tank

Rice, who will begin her new position on September 1, has been a longstanding fixture both in national security policy and at Stanford, where she was first appointed to the faculty as a professor of political science in 1981.

"I'm honored to be named as Hoover's next director," Rice said in a statement. "Both the Hoover Institution and Stanford University are places that believe in the study and creation of ideas that define a free society."