As President-Elect Barack Obama begins his transition, the Bush administration seem to be focusing much of their time on their legacy. We know that Bush wants to think he kept the nation safe (while artfully dodging shoes), but what of the rest of his cabinet?

Condoleezza Rice, his Secretary of State, seems to already have it all planned out. Rice is already looking for a home near Palo Alto's Stanford University, AFP Reports. Rice, who was teaching and researching at the University when Bush brought her into his administration, plans to return and continue her career in academia.

Beyond working at the Hoover Institution (specializing in International Relations), Rice also plans to not only publish a book about her work in politics, but write a memoir about her parents as well:

She plans to write two books, one a tribute to her African American parents at the time of the racially-segregated South and the other on international affairs.

 

"I will write a book on foreign policy as every secretary of state is obliged to do," she said.

 

But the second one might have to simmer for a while because it "has been such a turbulent time and such a consequential time that it may take a little reflection," she added.

That second book will focus mostly her "parents, who were incredible people of emblematic really of a whole generation of black parents..." Rice noted. As many know, Rice was the first African-American female secretary of state. She also seems very determined herself to be remembered in a positive light

While I certainly commend Rice's achievements for the African-American community, I can't help but think that her own book idea sounds a bit familiar... I also wonder why Stanford, after seeing everything this administration has done with foriegn relations, is deciding to bring Rice into to discuss tactics and policies for building such relations. I guess, though, that they do have a whole tower named after President Hoover, so their qualifications may not be quite what we expect.