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Rice, Eager to Depart, Heartily Defends Record
Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 13, 2009; A06 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice didn't blink. Told that Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora recently said the United States simply can't deliver on its promises because of deference to Israel, Rice explained away the diplomatic ...
Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert - Yahoo! News
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 - ...
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
Rice cites Iraq declaring Christmas a national holiday as a sign of success.
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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Condi: We may look really bad now, but give us 30 years
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Just in time for Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing, which is today, and in advance of her leader's farewell address to the nation, which is Thursday, Condi Rice spent some time with the Washington Post. She's desperately trying to spin the record of failure: ...

Rice cites Iraq declaring Christmas a national holiday as a sign of success.
Think Progress — 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 hours until Jan. 20. But she yielded little ground in defense of her record or the administration’s performance over the past eight years. After being peppered with questions about regrets, she joked, “Aren’t you going to say, ‘Aren’t you thrilled that . . .?’ ” ...

Rice Slams Non-Inclusive United States
Matthew Yglesias — The Washington Post writes up an interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: Arguing that Iraq shows signs of becoming an inclusive state — it even “declared Christmas a national holiday” — Rice said that if the country eventually emerges as a democratic, multiethnic state that has friendly ties with the United States, “that will be more important than what anybody thought in 2002 or 2003.” My colleague Amanda Terkel observes that here in the US we don’t meet Rice’s standard of inclusiveness. ...

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