WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated that she has no intention to run for the president of the United States in the future.

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    In an interview taped in London, Rice said in US TV network NBC's "Meet the Press" program late Sunday that the presidential bid is "not what I want to do with my life, it's not what I'm going to do with my life."

    She was responding to a Republican TV campaigning ad aired in New Hampshire which calls for a Rice candidacy.

    New Hampshire is the traditional site of the country's first presidential primary and the ad will also be broadcast soon in Iowa where the national Republican convention will take place.

    Asked by NBC anchor Tim Russert whether she would run for president in 2008, Rice said she is flattered but would definitely refuse to do so.

    Saying she is "not somebody who wants to run for office," Rice said now she only thinks of what she needs to do, which is, "to try and promote American foreign policy, American interests, the president's democracy agenda at an extraordinary time."

    Talking about her party's plan in the next presidential election, she said, "I'm quite certain that there are going to bereally fine candidates for president from our party, and I'm looking forward to seeing them and perhaps supporting them.

    "After concluding the current post, Rice said she wanted to become the commissioner of the National Football League. Another choice will be returning to the teaching job as a professor, which she used to be before being invited by Bush to join his administration in 2001.

    "Unless I go to the NFL, I'm going back to Stanford (University)to teach," said Rice.

    Despite her persistent dismissal of any presidential plan, US opinion polls have portrayed the top US diplomat as a leading potential Republican candidate. Enditem