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...sources in Washington tell TIME that a flinty Condi Rice plans to be very assertive about the U.S. government's responsibility to act in the interests of its own security and its citizens in her reply to the EU request,expected early Monday before she takes off for Europe. Aides indicate that she will exhort European leaders to remind their own constituents that they, too, are targets of jihadists and that close cooperation with the US is essential to prevent more attacks like those suffered by Madrid and London...
...honest: I am probably not the intended audience of Dick Morris’s latest political issue “Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race.” I like Hillary Clinton.But I love political trash, and Dick Morris embodies the genre. He has worked as a political strategist and pollster for a variety of colorful characters, including Bill Clinton, Trent Lott and, currently, FOX News—along the way showing he has no philosophical core. And even though tabloids alleged in 1996 that Morris sucked a high-priced call girl’s toes...
...round of "elevator diplomacy" between Israeli and Palestinian delegations ensconced on different floors of the hotel. While she waited for one group to go and the next to arrive, Rice, full of nervous energy, paced the hall, popping in on junior staffers as they typed or proof-read. ?Condi never got tired, never lost her edge or here sense of humor,? says a State Department negotiator. By 4:30 am the parties had agreed in principle. Rice allowed herself a two-hour nap, then went back into meetings until the six-page agreement was ready for release, shortly after...
...Condi Rice put her reputation on the line for this mission and, for the moment, it appears to have paid off. ?That we could get this done opens an international passage for the Palestinians, the first time since 1967,? says a State Department official. ?For 38 years, Israel has controlled entry and egress for every Palestinian in the territories. And now they get to do it themselves, approximately 60 days after the Israelis departed Gaza...
...Condi Rice is at her best when she throws away the script, forgets the acronyms and euphemisms of diplo-speak, and uses words of one syllable. She knows it. And sometimes, when she?s piqued, she snaps out a sharp phrase that everybody understands...