If my memory serves me right, and I think it does, Condi Rice is fluent in the Russian language. There ought to be some fun times when she gets together with Vladimir Putin over in Russia. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when those two get together. I'll bet you dollars to donuts the two of them will get along swimmingly.
Not only Russian, but she learned Latin and French as a child. French is worthless and evil, but Latin is cool. In many ways she was "homeschooled", insofar as her mother insisted on these extra homework assignments for Condi--like learning foreign languages outside of school. The Rices' are prime models for American parenting, the way all children should be raised. Expect success from your children, give them challenges, and more often than not they will meet the challenge. Condi Rice is evidence of that.
God bless the Rice family...