Word: rice
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...RICE If they were actually engaged in reconstruction in a useful way for Iraqis, that would be fine. But, of course, we don't believe that's what the Iranians recently detained by the U.S. were doing ... This is all about making sure that Iranian networks that are building or assisting people in building these highly explosive IEDs can't do it. Nobody challenges that [Iran] can be a part of reconstruction. In fact, it's one reason they're included in the international compact. That would be fine. But that's not what these agents were doing...
...RICE The President absolutely believes this can be done through diplomacy. But it requires a couple of things. It requires the international community to remain united and strong. It requires tools like the [U.N. Security Council] resolution. It requires [financial tools], so that you have leverage to bring the Iranians to the table. The point here is to get the Iranians to change their behavior, to get them to change their strategy, to get them to negotiate in good faith on their nuclear program. I've heard people say, "Well, you're escalating." Well, this is responding, really...
...RICE We will definitely continue to press the democracy agenda because we think it's in our interest to do so. I've done it in public. I've done it a lot in private. That will continue to be the cornerstone of our policy because we believe it's the way the Middle East is going to change. Now, that doesn't mean that you can't enlist countries with which you are continuing to press for reform ... in what is also a very clear struggle, a struggle between extremists and more responsible states...
...RICE Indianapolis. [Laughs] I'm fine either way. I like Chicago. I like Lovie Smith. I like Indianapolis. I like Tony Dungy. But, for me, I'd like Peyton Manning to get this done. Great quarterbacks ought to have the Super Bowl...
Here's what it's like to face Condoleezza Rice. When she walks into the room, she opens a slim leather notebook and pulls out a couple of 3-by-8 note cards imprinted with the words SECRETARY OF STATE and filled with half a dozen key words distilled from hours of speed readings and briefings. She will let her hosts do most of the talking while she tries to assess their bottom lines. In a negotiation, she sits archer-straight, lowers her voice and deploys a laser-like glare. "You need to do better than that," she will...