Riedel also served in the Clinton White House, and under the first President Bush.
That is something that South Asia specialist Bruce Riedel has been forcefully advocating in recent months.
Now, Riedel says Rice is facing a test that many secretaries before her have taken.
Traveling the world, preaching the gospel of using proper stemware, Mr. Riedel is indeed a true believer.
Bruce Riedel, who served on President Bush's National Security Council from 2000 to 2002, agrees with this assessment.
"Musharraf's return adds one more dangerous dynamic to Pakistan's already incendiary politics, " said Brookings Institution scholar Bruce Riedel.
Efforts in Afghanistan will be made militarily and through civilian support, followed by "very intensive regional diplomacy, " Riedel said.
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"We've seen a transformation in President Bush in the last couple weeks that I think is really remarkable, " Riedel said.
Riedel is preparing for his first solo museum exhibition that opens in his native Frankfurt at Schirn Kunsthalle in June.
According to Riedel, Modelo proved its staying power during Mexico's last big recession in 1995, just after the peso crisis.
Together, Pakistan and Afghanistan represent a single region and a single challenge for U.S. policy, said Riedel, a former CIA officer.
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The heady conceptualism that Riedel uses relies on a wry sense of humor that, at first glance, is easy to miss.
Stephanie Riedel, who traveled to the pot celebration from Pittsburgh, said she was dancing with a hula hoop when she heard pops.
Riedel, a former CIA officer and National Security Council official and now senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, has been advising Obama.
Indeed, Riedel does put some love into every wine glass they make.
Riedel said Obama's aim was to ensure that U.S. planners set clear, concise goals for what they want to accomplish in the region.
CNN: Officials: Afghanistan strategy formed with great deliberation
Bruce Riedel, a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, says it's too late for the U.S. to rely on Musharraf alone.
But Riedel said the benchmarks and strategy needed to be flexible.
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Mr. Riedel said the Boston attack was likely the new profile.
Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution says the School of Hard Knocks has brought Rice around to this more realistic approach to the Middle East.
Speigelau, which is a subsidiary of Riedel, launched an IPA glass this past February with the blessing of producers such as Dogfish and Sierra Nevada.
That's one reason David Riedel of Riedel Research is recommending shares of Mexico's Grupo Modelo, brewer of Corona beer and distributor of Anheuser-Busch, Tsingtao and Carlsberg in Mexico.
Michael Riedel created a site-specific installation for the gallery booth.
Riedel confesses to having a favorite stem and for good reason.
Mr. RIEDEL: This is will be a major test of whether she leaves the office of the secretary of state having moved the ball forward or having fumbled it.
"If this means they're going to cooperate even more, it's almost like a multiplication of the threat posed by each, " said Bruce Riedel, a counterterrorism expert at the Brookings Institution.
Bruce Riedel of Brookings says part of Rice's legacy will be the role she played as national security adviser when the White House undercut Powell, including on the Middle East.
"The glass must be lead crystal, " Mr. Riedel said.
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Though Mr Lieven knows Pakistan from the inside, Mr Riedel, who has advised no fewer than four American presidents, knows power from the inside something he is keen to share with the reader.
And yet, most of us cannot afford to purchase a wine stem for every grape varietal (currently Riedel offers wine glasses for everything from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon).
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