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AFP/Getty Images/File U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington,
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7 hours ago JERUSALEM (AFP) US Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice was left shame-faced after President George...
W. Bush ordered her to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday. "She was left shamed. A ...
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israeli forces shelled the
United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday,...
setting fire to the compound filled with hundreds of refugees as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel 's ...
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip I live alone in
my office. My wife and two young children moved...
in with her father after our apartment was shattered. The neighborhood mosque, where I have prayed since I was a child, had its roof blown off. All the government ...
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Condoleezza Rice Bedeviled by Bush Again
Taylor Marsh —
... Though I’m no fan of Condi, mainly because she’s proven woefully incompetent
in her positions, particularly as national security advisor, she’s trying to get a ceasefire agreement pushed through at
the UN Security Council. But
on a phone call from Olmert, George W. Bush made Rice abstain from voting
on the measure, the only one on the U.N. Security Council not voting in favor
of the ceasefire. The Israeli leader gloated in typical machismo satisfaction,
revealing why so many detest Israeli leaders during military actions. Their
rhetoric is ...
Defending Condi: Ohlmert Shames Himself in Kick-in-the-Teeth Attack on Rice
The Washington Note —
... No matter what one may think of Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic record -- which I think is better than many liberal critics gauge -- the fact that Israel Prime Minister Ehud Ohlmert gave her a kick in the teeth as she departs her office is obnoxious and harmful all around. ...
Steve Clemons: Defending Condi: Olmert Shames Himself in Kick-in-the-Teeth Attack on Rice
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... No matter what one may think of Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic record -- which I think is better than many liberal critics gauge -- the fact that Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave her a kick in the teeth as she departs her office is obnoxious and harmful all around. ...
After Receiving Phone Call From Olmert, Bush Ordered Rice To Abstain On Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
Think Progress —
... But in reality, Rice was essentially ready to support the resolution — until a last-minute intervention from President Bush. In a speech in Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert bragged that he called Bush at the last minute, urging that the U.S. not vote to support the resolution. Bush acquiesced to Olmert’s demands: ...
Oh No He Di’in’t!
The Poor Man Institute —
... Ehud Olmert posterizes Condi Rice:
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was left shame-faced after President George W. Bush ordered her to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
“She was left shamed. A resolution that she prepared and arranged, and in the end she did not vote in favour,” Olmert said in a speech in the southern town of Ashkelon.
The UN Security Council passed a resolution last ...
White House Criticizes ‘Some Of The Reporting’ On Olmert’s Call To Bush On U.N. Gaza Resolution
Think Progress —
... that President Bush ordered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to abstain from voting for a UN ceasefire resolution on Gaza due to pressure from Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert. “I told him the United States could not vote in favor. It cannot vote in favor of such a resolution. He immediately called the secretary of state and told her not to vote in favor,” Olmert said. ...
Who Are Ya Gonna Believe...
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... Olmert got Bush off a podium in Philadelphia to order him to instruct her not to vote for a cease fire that could've helped save hundreds of lives.
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Olmert Says He Made Rice Change Vote
nytimes.com 1/13/2009 — WASHINGTON In an unusually public rebuke, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a ...
Rice: People will thank Bush for what he's done
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(CNN) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush's low approval ratings, people will soon "start to thank ...
No Thanks: Condoleezza Rice Thinks You'll Thank George Bush Someday
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Condoleezza Rice Bedeviled by Bush Again
taylormarsh.com 1/14/2009 — 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 ...
When Olmert Calls ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/13/2009 — ... the president of the US jumps. I can't be the only one to have been struck by this :
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza ...
Rice, Clinton to meet for dinner
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/12/2009 — Clinton and Rice will meet for dinner on the eve of the New York senator's secretary of state confirmation hearing.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley will host a private ...
Condoleezza Rice ‘especially proud’ of Obama victory.
thinkprogress.org 11/5/2008 — During a press conference this morning, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said John McCain was “gracious” and “a great patriot,” while Barack Obama was “inspirational” and “will continue to be.” A jubilant Rice added that she was proud of her ...
Obama planning quick move to close Gitmo —
CNN Political Ticker 1/12/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President-elect Barack Obama is planning to move as early as his first week in office to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to try and show a dramatic break from the Bush administration's approach to the war on ...
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