harpers.org - 1/23/2009
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One thing seems clear regarding Condoleezza Rice’s stewardship of the State Department: she did not command the admiration of many of those who worked with her. The reaction of State Department employees as Hillary Clinton arrived this morning apparently bears comparison to the liberation of ...
mercurynews.com - 1/29/2009
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mercurynews.com —
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is returning
to Stanford University to teach political science and write...
books as a member of the Hoover Institution, according to an interview published in the campus newsletter Stanford Report. "Stanford is ...
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is returning ...
firedoglake.com - 1/30/2009
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firedoglake.com —
So it turns out that like most of
us, Dr. Rice isn't happy about how the whole...
Katrina thing worked out. Well, maybe not quite like most of us Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told hosts of ABC's The View Thursday that she was angry ...
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Katrina fried Rice
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/29/2009
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In an appearance on ABC's "The View" this
morning, just-departed secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she...
regretted that faulty intelligence had reported that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but had no regrets that ...
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Condoleezza Rice regrets there were no weapons of mass ...
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State Department staffers compare Rice to Wicked Witch of the West.
Think Progress —
... Reporting on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s introductory speech at the State Department this morning, Harper’s Scott Horton notes that last week several career State Department staffers compared former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the ...
And your little dog too…
Firedoglake —
Yes, George Bush and Condi Rice, followed the yellow cake road:
There are great hopes for Hillary at State. I met last week with a number of career State Department employees and was surprised when one said she was looking forward to the “Glinda ...
And your little dog too...
Rising Hegemon —
Yes, George Bush and Condi Rice, followed the yellow cake road: There are great hopes for Hillary at State. I met last week with a number of career State Department employees and was surprised when one said she was looking forward to the “Glinda Party” next week. I asked her: if Hillary was Glinda, the Good Witch of the South from the Wizard of Oz, did that make Condoleezza Rice the Wicked Witch of the West? “You’re on to it,” she said. Another person pointed out to me that after Rice’s arrival in 2005 the tone of ...
Shock of the Day
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... Hillary Clinton has been Secretary of State for days. The world survives. Shocking. “The reaction of State Department employees as Hillary Clinton arrived this morning apparently bears comparison to the liberation of Paris at the end of World War II.” ...
Small Vain People
Eschaton —
Aside from the incompetence, I've been struck at just how absurd our rulers have been over the past several years. Another person pointed out to me that after Rice’s arrival in 2005 the tone of official State Department publications changed; they began to praise and glorify Rice. “No prior secretary,” said the twenty-year veteran, “did anything like this.”
Instahoglets for Friday, January 23rd
Newshoggers.com —
... Hillary Clinton arrives at the State Department and it looks like the liberation of Paris. How long has it been since they had their work appreciated? ...
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Clinton Welcomed at State Department
voices.washingtonpost.com 1/22/2009 — By Glenn Kessler Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a rousing welcome this morning when she arrived at Foggy Bottom for the first time, as cheering foreign service and civil service employee packed every inch of the C Street lobby, including ...
Hillary Gets Warm Welcome at State Department
talkleft.com 1/23/2009 — Hillary Clinton went to her new office today and met with State Department employees. She received a warm welcome . Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a rousing welcome this morning when she arrived at Foggy Bottom for the first time, ...
A celebrity welcome for Hillary Clinton at State Department
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/23/2009 —
When a new secretary of State arrives for work at The Building in Foggy Bottom -- which looks like a leftover from the Stalinist school of architecture -- there's an elevator waiting to take the new Cabinet officer from the main entrance on C ...
Make Them Love Us
classicalvalues.com 1/23/2009 — Mr. Obama has given the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, a new mandate. Make the world love us. Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking control of the State Department with a mandate from President Barack Obama to step up diplomatic efforts...