Hey everyone. This is Jonathan Kapart. Welcome to K-Up. This

week's episode comes to you from the West Wing of the White House and the Office of

Susan Rice, The National Security

advisor to President Obama and I covered a lot of ground. Syria, Russia,

Benghazi, race, the talk. How she met her husband, and whether she's played basketball with the president.

We had just 20 minutes with Ambassador Rice, but you can for being on Cape Up.

Ambassador Rice, thanks so much for being on Cape Up.

It's good to be with you,

Jennifer.

So there's this tradition of the outgoing president leaving a letter for his successor.

Does something like that happened between national security advisors?

No, because if the transition is working as it should be, I will have had the opportunity to spend hours sitting down probably at this very table with my successor. I will have

shared reams of paper and briefing materials and had the opportunity to go

through in depth my best assessment of what would be most helpful for

my successor to have at his fingertips.

And what are the three things that will occupy the incoming national security advisors time?

And broadly speaking?

Three things?

Three things.

Why do you think they're only three?

Well I'm just trying to limit it. We don't have that much time. I wish I had the luxury of only three things occupying my time.

Well, the three, like top of my North Korea, Russia, China, Syria, ISIS?

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