Condoleezza Rice Taking Over Jeb Bush’s Education Foundation

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday tapped former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to serve as chairman of his education foundation, turning over the organization to the former diplomat and academic who remains popular inside the Republican Party.

Rice, a professor at Stanford University and partner in a consulting firm, has for the past two years served as a board member of the Foundation for Excellence in Education.

“I respect him a lot. I admire him a lot,” Bush told KUTV as he arrived at the Salt Lake City airport. “He’s a great American. I look forward to seeing him.”

The meeting drew laughs on Twitter from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, another likely 2016 contender, who joked online that Bush “apparently gave Mitt Romney a ‘third time’s a charm’ bracelet at their meeting in Utah today.”

The Huffington Post