Word: condoleezza
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...When Condoleezza Rice boarded the plane for Europe last week, it marked the first time in almost two years that an American diplomat had come to the Continent accompanied by good news out of Iraq. As the newly minted Secretary of State began a weeklong tour of eight European countries plus Israel and the West Bank, she was relieved that the Iraqi election had seen an unexpectedly high turnout and relatively low violence. Rice also brought with her a reassuring message: "President Bush has emphasized his desire to reinvigorate our relations across Europe," she said at the British Foreign Office...
...time for diplomacy is now," said Condoleezza Rice at her swearing-in last week, and the new Secretary of State has put together an absolutely first-rate team of diplomats to prove...
...sharp Venezuelan shortfall, "as this could have serious consequences for our nation's security." Other Senators are urging the Bush Administration to mend fences with the democratically elected Chávez, whom it accuses of trying to destabilize Latin America, as Castro once was. But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, at her confirmation hearings, showed no signs of softening on Chávez, calling him a "negative force" in the hemisphere. Chávez, who claims that Bush backed a failed 2002 coup attempt against him (the Administration denies it), called Rice "an illiterate" who "seems to dream about me." Washington's bigger...
...Democrats' new attack dog? First, California's BARBARA BOXER was the only Senator to vote to challenge Ohio's voting irregularities. Then last week she took on Secretary of State-- designate CONDOLEEZZA RICE with surprisingly tough remarks at Rice's confirmation hearing. Challenged by Boxer about her "respect for the truth," Rice replied, "I really hope that you will refrain from impugning my integrity...
...time for diplomacy is now," Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice declared during Tuesday's confirmation hearings, adding that "our interaction with the rest of the world must be a conversation, not a monologue." While those sentiments may be taken as cause for comfort in the capitals of some of the many traditional U.S. allies alienated by the Bush administration's foreign policy, there was little in her answers to suggest the administration plans to alter any of the policies that had prompted the breakdown in relations in the first place...