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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the Bush administration was dismissive toward her concerns over security in a post-war Iraq, according to excerpts from her autobiography that Rice tweeted about Sunday.

"When I finally arranged a briefing on the issue before the President in early February 2002, he started the meeting in a way that completely destroyed any chance of getting an answer," Rice wrote in an excerpt that appears in Newsweek.

Rice also butted heads with former Vice President Cheney, and tweeted about their clashes. Rice linked to a New York Times article that quotes her as threatening to resign after a perceived slight by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who authorized military commissions for detainees without informing her. The same article also chronicl! es clashes with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumfeld, whom Rice believes did not see her as an equal.

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