She said:

“I can tell you that nothing has really taken me aback more as secretary of state than the way that the politics of energy is–I will use the word `warping’ diplomacy around the world,” Rice told Congress in April. “It has given extraordinary power to some states that are using that power in not very good ways for the international system, states that would otherwise have very little power.”
Coming from a former Chevron board member, Rice’s shock is puzzling.

Puzzling??

I think it is quite reasonable to expect the secretary of state to have a clue prior to taking office!