Editorial: The value of the U.S.'s good reputation Nov 4, 2009
In his 2008 book, "The Post-American World," Fareed Zakaria recalls the first meeting Sarkozy had after his election with Condoleezza Rice, then secretary of state. "She asked him, 'What can I do for you?' His response was revealing. 'Improve your image in the world,' he said. 'It's difficult when the country that is the most powerful, the most successful - that is, of necessity, the leader for our side - is one of the most unpopular countries in the world. It presents overwhelming problems for... (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Freed British coup-plotter says he regrets role Nov 4, 2009
Despite U.S. State Department allegations of gross human rights abuses by Obiang's administration, he was invited to Washington in 2006 and met with then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who called him "a good friend.". . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Al Gore: "I am optimistic" Nov 4, 2009
Joe Wilson's a big Condoleezza Rice fan -- or would claim to be. And sure, we left-leaning intellectuals know how to deconstruct that pose; I sometimes think detecting covert racism must be all they teach in American universities anymore. (Salon)
Equatorial Guinea Frees Coup-Plotters Nov 4, 2009
Nothing was done against Obiang, who was invited to Washington by then-President George W. Bush in 2006 and called a "good friend" by then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. MMIX The Associated Press. (CBS News -- World)
Some of My Best Friends are Uncle Toms Nov 3, 2009
No one did more harm to Republican hopes of attracting African Americans to their party than former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, with her unadulterated championing of Bushs shoot-first-talk-later foreign policy. Yet black Republicans persist in dismissing Obamas foreign policy as out-of-hand. (Slate)
Coup Plotter Simon Mann Pardoned In Eq. Guinea Nov 3, 2009
Nothing was done against Obiang, who was invited to Washington by then President George W. Bush in 2006 and called a "good friend" by then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (CBS News -- World)
Report: Karzai's brother gets CIA pay Nov 1, 2009
I would have preferred the first black president to have been somebody ideologically congenial to me, say, Colin Powell (whom I encouraged to run in 2000) or Condoleezza Rice. But I felt truly proud to be an American as I saw him sworn in. (Salon)
Opinion: More black characters for Halloween Oct 30, 2009
For the conservatives, there is always Condoleezza Rice. She may be a little last year, but who can forget the matrix-esque trench coat and those high boots of Germany 2005. (MSNBC -- Race)
A Personal Touch to President Bush Oct 28, 2009
Thankfully, President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and many others will be publishing their own memoirs, providing their own glimpses of truly historic times and their own behind the curtain looks at a momentous presidency. I can't wait to read them. (Townhall.com)
Hillary Clinton's soft power Oct 20, 2009
Mrs Clinton, who already has her own star power from her days as first lady, also presents a stark contrast to Condoleezza Rice, her predecessor, who conducted her foreign policy in a more rigid, academic style, sticking mostly to official meetings during short trips that were run with military precision. Critics say Mrs Clinton's focus on soft power is a result of her being marginalised - town hall meetings about women's rights are all she has left after the major foreign policy files like the... (BBC News -- Americas)
Rushdie coward, immature, says dumped lover Oct 19, 2009
In an interview to the Mail, Glenn, best known for starring as a pole-dancing Condoleezza Rice in a Broadway satire, said, Whatever he wanted from me, he certainly wasnt honest about it. Salman is dysfunctional and immature. (India Times, India)
A guided tour of women pushing for gender equality since the ’60s Oct 18, 2009
It doesn t really matter what you think of Condoleezza Rice today, such a possibility would have been inconceivable to absolutely everyone in 1960. Rice s acceptance into George W. Bush s inner circle and the nation s top foreign policy establishment is in many ways the epitome of the stunningly radical change wrought by the aligned forces of civil rights and feminism - and it is the history of the latter that Gail Collins retells in her engaging account, When Everything Changed: The Amazing... (Boston Globe)
422 and counting... Think tanks boom in India Oct 17, 2009
Condoleezza Rice is a recent example. Strategic affairs guru K Subrahmanyam says that only as a nation begins to look outward will it devote more resources to such fields. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Life Legacy of Princess Diana now a... Oct 16, 2009
The Female Force series has presented the life stories, the triumphs and tragedies, of women including Hillary Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, Stephanie Meyer, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Condoleezza Rice, J.K. Rowling, Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey and more. For the Princess Diana project, Arrant searched out every source he could locate on the former Diana Spencer. (Suite101.com)
Obama Cuts Human Rights, Democracy Funds for Iran Oct 15, 2009
" Word that the administration was planning to cut the pro-democracy programs leaked out in June, when the draft budget for the State Department sent to Congress zeroed out the funds. The aid cut-back became public last week, when the executive director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, which is affiliated with Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., disclosed that her centers request for a grant of $2.7 million had been denied. If there is one time that I expected to get... (Newsmax)
Moonstruck over Water? Oct 14, 2009
But those are phrases coined by ex-secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and ex-President George W Bush, respectively, and as such hardly likely to inspire the newly-enNobelled incumbent. What are scientists really over the moon about. (India Times)
Skinner: Nobel award recognizes U.S. dominance Oct 13, 2009
She is the co-author, along with Serhiy Kudelia, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Condoleezza Rice, of "The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin.". Kiron Skinner says the Nobel Committee recognizes the predominant power of the United States. (CNN -- US)
If Tehran Gets the Bomb Oct 10, 2009
The George W. Bush administration decided that the Arab political culture that had engendered Osama Bin Laden was nonetheless ripe for democracy, and so it is not surprising that amid the carnage of Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discerned the "." In fact, that war was just the old Middle East explaining itself, as the region usually does, through patterns of violence. Many were surprised when Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the other Sunni powers quietly... (Slate)
Cardinal Insider: Stanford's Weekly Sports Notebook Oct 8, 2009
The last one is Condoleezza Rice. Those classic Stanford moments should only get better for Ditto, a two-time NCAA qualifier in distance freestyle, who enhances Stanford s scoring potential in those events and provides leadership. (Gostanford.com)
Survey says: Georgia producing the most SEC players Oct 8, 2009
Speaking of Jones, there s a great story in the San Jose Mercury News about how Stanford graduate and current teaching assistant Condoleezza Rice , as she has with numerous Stanford recruits. FirstCoastNews. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Peter Schjeldahl: A Luc Tuymans retrospective. Oct 5, 2009
His 2005 painting of Condoleezza Rice both demands and rejects answers. Tuymans articulates a modern tradition that gives equal weight to the dazed German Romanticism of Friedrich and the wide-awake Parisian modernity of Manet. (New Yorker)
Today in history Oct 4, 2009
In 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi, where they lauded but did not sign a new agreement opening up US nuclear trade with India. The US military said it had killed an Al Qaeda in Iraq leader (Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi) suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad, several other recent bombings, and the 2006 videotaped killing of a Russian official. (Boston Globe)
Condoleezza Rice to be Regions Financial adviser Oct 1, 2009
Condoleezza Rice will serve as senior advisor for Regions board and executive management team ... Former Secretary of State and Birmingham native Condoleezza Rice will serve as a senior adviser to s board of directors and executive management, the bank announced Tuesday. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Libya: Is Gaddafi a Liability? Ask the Gracious But Tired UN Delegates Sep 30, 2009
In 2008, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a ground-breaking visit to Tripoli, opening the floodgates to other western powers keen on business with oil-rich Libya to follow suit. comments. (allAfrica.com)
Condoleezza Rice to serve as advisor to Regions board, executive team Sep 30, 2009
Condoleezza Rice to serve as adviser to Regions board - Birmingham Business Journal ... Condoleezza Rice to serve as adviser to Regions board ... Condoleezza Rice will serve as senior advisor for Regions board and executive management team. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
COLUMN: When the darkness descends, look for a light Sep 25, 2009
He is being resisted by the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and the defense secretary, Robert Gates. Last year Mr Bush came down in favor of Ms Rice, who along with Britain, France and Germany has been putting a diplomatic squeeze on Iran. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
'We Must Embrace A New Era': Obama Pushes International Cooperation Sep 24, 2009
In an interview Tuesday at Fortune's most powerful women summit, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice underlined. "The last time we left Afghanistan, and we abandoned Pakistan ... that territory became the very territory on which al Qaeda trained and attacked us on September 11. ... It's that simple," she told Fortune. (ABC News)
Basketball recruit feels pull of Duke, UNC Sep 23, 2009
That was Condoleezza Rice, the former U.S. secretary of state. That was impressive, said Shirley Barnes, who works in the music department at Iowa State. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Democrats' double standard Sep 23, 2009
He should then appoint either Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice or that great American, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as vice president. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Sep 22, 2009
I'd like to see an equal standard applied here, Jon, with Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice Clarence Thomas and a number of other African-American Republicans in a Republican administration. No one ever suggested that criticism by the liberal Democrats and the liberal media was somehow racist. (Fox News)
NYT: Missile defense shifts from Star Wars goal Sep 19, 2009
20, 2008: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Sikorski sign a deal to install 10 U.S. interceptor missiles in Poland. msnbc. (MSNBC -- Politics)
'Reset' Translates as 'Capitulation' Sep 19, 2009
Despite efforts by the then-Bush administration Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Foggy Bottom counterpart, Condoleezza Rice, to try to find some programmatic accommodation with the Russians, in the end President Bush stood firm. And fierce opposition in certain quarters domestically did not preclude the Polish and Czech governments from doing the same. (Townhall.com)
President Obama Scraps Bush Missile-Defense Plan Sep 19, 2009
Christian Brose, who was a speechwriter for Bush Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, wrote recently on foreignpolicy. com: "Our NATO allies have passed on sending more troops to Afghanistan and on lifting restrictions on those already there ... India and China don't share any of Obama's enthusiasm for a climate change deal. ... Pakistan is still dysfunctional and supporting terrorism. Iran and North Korea are all middle fingers and no unclenched fists. ... Rarely has a U.S. administration been... (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Obamas Blame Game Reveals True Character Sep 18, 2009
Watching the 1984 Democratic National Convention that nominated Walter Mondale for president, Condoleezza Rice became turned off by an endless refrain of appeals to women, minorities, and the poor, which basically means helpless people and the poor, she has said. She did not see herself as a victim in need of government help. (Newsmax)
Cheney: Georgia will be in our alliance Sep 18, 2009
In announcing the Georgia aid package, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice emphasized the money is intended for humanitarian aid and reconstruction -- not to rebuild the Georgian armed forces the Russians rolled over in early August. Russian leaders have raised questions about U.S. intentions about providing Georgia with arms. (CNN -- International)
The Racism Card Sep 17, 2009
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, African-American like President Obama, grew up in Birmingham, Ala. at the time of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by members of the Ku Klux Klan, which killed some of her friends. (Townhall.com)
Q&A: US missile defence Sep 17, 2009
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed an agreement with the Czech government to build the radar station at Brdy, south-west of Prague, but this has to be ratified by parliament. The Czech government will need the support of some opposition parties to see the measure through. (BBC News -- Europe)
Condoleezza Rice Joins 2 Private Ala. Golf Clubs Sep 16, 2009
Condoleezza Rice Joins 2 Private Ala ... Condoleezza Rice Joins 2 Private Ala ... -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined two exclusive golf clubs in Alabama. (Newsmax)
Foolishness surfaces with health care topic Sep 16, 2009
Carol Shea Porter was removed from numerous town hall meetings and that Condoleezza Rice was physically threatened by Code Pink protesters. Simply not true in any way. (Nogales International, AZ)
Oppose the Iraq War? You Must Be a Racist Sep 12, 2009
Anyone remember when Condoleezza Rice told a convention of black reporters that they of all people should know how wrong it was to assume that democracy couldn t take hold in Iraq. I ll never forget asking a black friend what he thought of that, and his simple and elegant response: That she learned to bullshit from the master. (The American Conservative)
United States of Paranoia Sep 11, 2009
While Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conceded that definitive proof of an Iraqi nuclear program did not exist, she followed that up with we don t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney sounded like a man with one foot in the bunker: we re at the point where we think time is not on our side. (The American Conservative)
Overscene: Condoleezza Rice, Jamie Foxx Sep 11, 2009
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dining on filet mignon at Morton s The Steakhouse in Buckhead. We hear that Rice ate with an AT&T executive who successfully bid on the charity dinner with the former White House insider as a benefit for the Make a Wish Foundation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Timeline of Terror Sep 11, 2009
Also special interviews with press spokesman Ari Fleisher who was in Florida with the President, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who were in the White House. ADVERTISEMENT. (Fox News)
They're throwing tantrums Sep 10, 2009
He shou 00004000 ld then appoint either Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice or that great American, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as vice president. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The nations daddy speaks to children Sep 9, 2009
There are examples on the right just as powerful such as Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Sen. Chuck Grassley to name a few. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Eyeing Senate seat, Schilling states his platform Sep 6, 2009
"I believed in Dick Cheney, I believed in Colin Powell, I believed in Condoleezza Rice," Schilling wrote. "I voted as much, if not more, for the team President Bush had assembled as I ever did for the man.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Rice warns on Israel settlements Sep 5, 2009
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Jewish settlement building was having a "negative effect" on efforts to forge a Middle East peace deal. Ms Rice was referring to Israeli plans to build 1,300 new homes in Ramat Shlomo, an area of the West Bank that Israel considers part of Jerusalem. (BBC News -- Africa)
College Football Friday Sep 4, 2009
Scott, 44, was a surprise choice after names like Sandy Alderson and Condoleezza Rice were rumored to be the next Pac-10 czar. But he is a marketing and TV guy, which is exactly what the conference needed after Tom Hansen retired. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Timeline: Nuclear stand-off Sep 4, 2009
19 January: Condoleezza Rice, President George W Bush's nominee as secretary of state, identifies North Korea as one of six "outposts of tyranny" where the US must help bring freedom ... 9 July: North Korea says it will rejoin nuclear talks, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a tour of the region ... 24 July: The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets her North Korean counterpart, Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, for informal talks at an Asean summit in Singapore - the first... (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Miss Cougar accepts prize in Palo Alto Sep 2, 2009
"Look at Sotomayor, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton, pushing the boundaries in the working world. The Bay Area is the perfect place for this. The Bay Area has lots of transplants, people looking for the perfect storm of opportunities, if you will. Women are more empowered here.". For more photos, go online to SFGate. (San Francisco Chronicle)
On Aug. 20, 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over Aug 30, 2009
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal to put a U.S. missile defense base in Poland. In Beijing, Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19. (FOX61, CT)
Health care reform as a tribute to Edward Moore Kennedy? Aug 27, 2009
and just for the record Condoleezza Rice could do a much better job than the guy in office now. A FEMALE and B-L-A-C-K the horror. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
2 Administrations, 2 Views of CIA Report Aug 26, 2009
After the CIA report was provided to the White House in 2004, then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Stephen J. Hadley, suggested that the CIA directorate of operations organize a fresh review of the program. But neither interfered with the program when then-CIA Director Porter J. Goss reported back to them in mid-2004 that it was working as it should, according to former White House officials and documents provided to Congress. (CBS News)
Hero's welcome a mistake Aug 26, 2009
Last summer, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a historic trip to Libya to meet with Gadhafi. If relations had continued in this vein, Libya might have proved to be a va 00004000 luable ally in thwarting terrorism, particularly in North Africa. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Was Oil Part of a Deal for the Lockerbie Bomber? Aug 23, 2009
The U.S. lifted sanctions in 2004; last year, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid Gaddafi a visit. Relations with London have also warmed. (Time.com)
Obama urges no hero's welcome for Lockerbie bomber Aug 21, 2009
Last summer, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an historic trip to Libya and met Gadhafi, whom President Reagan once famously called the "mad dog of the Middle East." Rice was the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the country in more than half a century. The U.S. then opened a trade and commercial office in the Libyan capital and the Bush administration installed Gene Cretz as the first U.S. ambassador to Tripoli since 1972. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Australia's woman with clout: Gail Kelly Aug 21, 2009
In 2005, then secretary of state Condoleezza Rice was rated the world's most powerful woman. US commentators have been raising questions over how much influence and power Mrs Clinton wields over international issues in the US Administration. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Mubarak meets Obama to patch up US-Egypt relationship Aug 19, 2009
The regime was shocked when former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a public dressing-down of Mubarak in a June 2005 speech in Cairo, saying, "it is time to abandon the excuses that are made to avoid the hard work of democracy.". Though the Bush administration quickly backed off from its democracy push after the Muslim Brotherhood won 20 percent of parliament in November 2005 and Hamas won Palestinian elections in January 2006, the chill on US-Egypt relations remained. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Through the (North Korean) looking glass Aug 19, 2009
Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice (January 2005): "There remain outposts of tyranny - and America stands with oppressed people on every continent ... in Cuba, and Burma [Myanmar] and North Korea. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (February 2009): "South Korea's prosperity and democracy stood in stark contrast to the tyranny and poverty across the border to the North. " Reaction Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post (2007): "Rice had already made the diplomatic impasse worse with a rookie misstep... (Asia Times Online)
Afghan race becomes Karzai's cliffhanger Aug 15, 2009
Karzai saw through Abdullah's growing ambitions and sacked him - to the dismay of the Americans - when he was on a visit to Washington in 2006 at the invitation of the then-secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Abdullah's political life seemed to have ended prematurely. (Asia Times Online)
George DohrmannVIEWPOINT Aug 15, 2009
"I was all set to go to Stanford. I went to their elite camp and one day Condoleezza Rice was there," Howard says. "I thought, if you are going to go somewhere to make connections this is the place. But then when Harvard started calling me, I looked into all the people who graduated from there. It's amazing.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Women's rights key issue for Clinton Aug 15, 2009
She mentioned ''women'' or ''woman'' at least 450 times in public comments in her first five months, twice as often as her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice. Her interest in global women's issues is personal, a mission she adopted as first lady after the defeat of her health-care policy forced her to take a lower profile. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
2 U.S. architects of harsh tactics in 9/11's wake Aug 14, 2009
In 2006, in fact, when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her legal adviser, John B. Bellinger III, pushed back against the CIA's secret detention program and its methods, the director at the time, Michael V. Hayden, asked Mitchell and Jessen to brief State Department officials and persuade them to drop their objections ... In 2006, in fact, when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her legal adviser, John B. Bellinger III, pushed back against the CIA's secret detention program and its... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Syria pulls some strings in Iran Aug 14, 2009
Bush thus approved some contact with Syria, notably at the Sharm al-Sheikh summit in Egypt of 2007, when then-secretary of state Condoleezza Rice met with her Syrian counterpart, Walid al-Mouallem. The Syrians at the time, however, reasoned that any meaningful breakthrough with Bush was close to impossible, so they kept all their cards close to their chests until Obama entered the White House in January. (Asia Times Online)
Clinton’s agenda makes women’s issues a priority Aug 14, 2009
Clinton mentioned women or woman at least 450 times in public comments in her first five months, twice as much as her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice. Clinton s interest in global women s issues is deeply personal, a mission she adopted when her husband was in the White House after the stinging defeat of her health care policy forced her to take a lower profile. (Boston Globe)
