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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.