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Condoleezza Rice Bedeviled by Bush Again
taylormarsh.com - 1/14/2009
Condoleezza Rice Bedeviled by Bush Again
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BY TAYLOR MARSH Have Israel’s politicians lost their collective mind? Banning Arab parties in the upcoming election ? Stunning. ...and incredibly stupid. The good news is that it actually makes Olmert’s move on Bush against ...

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Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 1/12/2009
Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — AFP/Getty Images/File U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, (more) Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert - ...

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washingtonpost.com - 1/15/2009
10 Take Aways From the Bush Years
— washingtonpost.com — Sunday, January 18, 2009; B01 Coming Sunday in Outlook There's actually a lot that President-elect Barack Obama can learn from the troubled presidency of George W. Bush . Over the past eight years, I have interviewed President Bush for nearly 11 ... (more) 10 Take Aways From the Bush Years

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Rice cites Iraq declaring Christmas a national holiday as a sign of success.
thinkprogress.org - 1/13/2009
Rice cites Iraq declaring Christmas a national holiday as a sign of success.
— thinkprogress.org — The Washington Post reports on its recent interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: In a conversation that stretched to 75 minutes — and which Rice seemed reluctant to end — the secretary of state said she was counting the ... (more) Rice cites Iraq declaring Christmas a national holiday ...

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