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Condi Sits Down With Syria

Rice talks with Syrian Foreign Minister about border security

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2007 5:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of... Read full story »

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