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Condi: The Enigma

A word from her to the President could unleash American missiles, terrifying bombing missions or a full-scale invasion that could bring the whole world to the edge of war. But nobody seems to know what really drives her.

"'Condi is not a politician, she's a diplomat,' she said (her old friend Deborah Carson).
'Besides, she's far too private a person to want to have her life scrutinised in that way. Condi has tremendous drive, she sets herself goals then she meets those goals.
'I guess she could do pretty much whatever she wanted in life.
'But President? No, I don't think so.'"