thinkprogress.org - 12/29/2008
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This morning on CBS, Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver interviewed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In a portion of the interview that does not appear to have aired, Braver noted the results of the recent Pew Global Attitudes survey which found that “the U.S. image abroad is ...
thinkprogress.org - 12/29/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
In an effort to “ prevent Palestinians from
attacking towns in southern Israel with missiles,” Israel today
undertook its third day of offensive military airstrikes in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, raising the death toll to more than ...
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Bush Refuses To Interrupt His Final Vacation As Middle ...
cbsnews.com - 12/28/2008
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(CBS) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is a
key member of the administration that leaves office 23
days from now. She's been America's top diplomat at a time of enormous challenges in foreign policy. This past week she shared some of her thoughts ...
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Condoleezza Rice: "I'm Not A Type A", Outgoing Secretary ...
nytimes.com - 12/29/2008
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The attack presents the president-elect with yet another
foreign crisis to deal with when he enters the
White House, even as he has struggled to focus on the country’s economic problems. >
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Obama Defers to Bush, for Now, on Gaza Crisis
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Letting history be the judge
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... that this administration has been concentrating solely on "lay[ing] a foundation for history's judgment," and that if she were giving the administration's foreign policy a letter grade, she'd give "some" of the policy " an A-plus ." First Lady Laura Bush, appearing on Fox News, ...
The legacy tour continues
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By Creature As if hearing from George, Dick, Condi, and Laura weren't enough, here's Alberto Gonzales playing the victim as he tries to shit-shine his forever tarnished image: "What is it that I did that is so fundamentally wrong, that deserves this kind of response to my service? ... "[F]or some reason, I am portrayed as the one who is evil in formulating policies that people disagree with. I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the ...
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