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  • September 2008

    • Don't Pity This Woman

      Salon  |  Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Don't Pity This Woman

      (Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon , because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel bad for you.” To her, Palin isn’t some wilting victim, she’s a governor who doesn’t care enough about her country “to cram effectively for the test.” More »

    • Russia Snubs US, Sells Arms to Iran

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 19, 08 8:29 AM CDT

      Russia Snubs US, Sells Arms to Iran

      (Newser) - Defying the objections of the United States, Russia has announced plans to sell military hardware to Iran and Venezuela. In the latest escalation of the diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West, the state arms exporter will sell anti-aircraft systems to the two countries, the Times of London reports. "Contacts between our countries are continuing and we do not see any reason to suspend them," said the director of the arms company. More »

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      Russia  • Iran  • Condoleezza Rice  • Venezuela  • missile  • arms deal  • weapons

    • Rice: Russia Aimed for Georgia Overthrow

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 18, 08 2:37 PM CDT

      Rice: Russia Aimed for Georgia Overthrow

      (Newser) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blasted Russia today as “increasingly authoritarian at home and aggressive abroad,” accusing Moscow of trying to overthrow the Georgian government during its recent invasion, the Guardian reports. The harshest US condemnation of Russia yet comes as Moscow refuses to allow European observers into South Ossetia, the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region. More »

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      Russia  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Georgia  • Condoleezza Rice  • South Ossetia  • Mikheil Saakashvili

    • Rice Laments Lack of Black Diplomats

      CNN  |  Sep 9, 08 12:15 PM CDT

      Rice Laments Lack of Black Diplomats

      (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice may be the second African American to become secretary of state, but she remains unimpressed by the number of blacks in the foreign service. "I can go into a whole day of meetings at the Department of State and actually rarely see somebody who looks like me. And that is just not acceptable," said the nation's top diplomat. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • State Department  • colleges and universities  • blacks  • African-Americans

    • About-Face on Libya Signals Hope for Iran, N. Korea: Rice

      AFP  |  Sep 5, 08 2:34 PM CDT

      About-Face on Libya Signals Hope for Iran, N. Korea: Rice

      (Newser) - Iran and North Korea, take heed: America’s reconciliation with Libya proves that Washington has no permanent enemies, Condoleezza Rice said today. The secretary of state, meeting in Tripoli with onetime international pariah Moammar Gadhafi, said her historic trip “demonstrates that when countries are prepared to make strategic changes in direction, the United States is prepared to respond,” AFP reports. More »

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      Iran  • United States  • Condoleezza Rice  • Middle East  • North Korea  • Ronald Reagan  • Libya  • Moammar Gadhafi

    • Rice Set for Historic Meet With Gadhafi

      Voice of America  |  Sep 3, 08 3:13 AM CDT

      Rice Set for Historic Meet With Gadhafi

      (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice will become  first US secretary of state to visit Libya since the Eisenhower administration when she meets Friday with leader Moammar Gadhafi, reports the Voice of America. The meeting demonstrates the radical improvement in relations between the two nations since Gadhafi turned away from terrorism and scrapped Libya's weapons of mass destruction program in 2003. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Darfur  • State Department  • Libya  • Human Rights Watch  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Lockerbie  • Pan Am  • Dwight Eisenhower  • David Welch

  • August 2008

    • US Will Be Out of Iraq by 2011, PM Says

      Reuters  |  Aug 25, 08 11:19 AM CDT

      US Will Be Out of Iraq by 2011, PM Says

      (Newser) - The US has agreed to a timeline that forces all foreign troops out of Iraq by 2011 as part of a proposed pact, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said today. "There is an agreement actually reached, reached between the two parties on a fixed date, which is the end of 2011, to end any foreign presence on Iraqi soil," Maliki told tribal leaders. But the US said the deal had not yet been sealed, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop withdrawal  • deal  • military agreement

    • Rice Arrives in Baghdad for Troop Deal Talks

      CNN  |  Aug 21, 08 6:19 AM CDT

      Rice Arrives in Baghdad for Troop Deal Talks

      (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Iraq on an unannounced trip, where she will meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and other top officials to continue talks to keep American troops in the country after their UN mandate expires. While sources in both the US and Iraq have said that an agreement has already been drafted, Rice insisted that "all of the reports and rumors and chatter, it really ought to be ignored," reports CNN. "When we have a deal, we'll have a deal." More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Iraq exit strategy  • timetable  • troop levels  • UN mandate

    • Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

      BBC  |  Aug 20, 08 8:23 AM CDT

      Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

      (Newser) - Russia has rejected a draft Security Council resolution seeking to end the violence in Georgia, reports the BBC, by rejecting the UN body's call to return to its pre-conflict positions. Russia, which wants to keep its troops inside South Ossetia, said that the clause contradicts last week's ceasefire. Moscow holds a permanent veto. More »

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      Russia  • United Nations  • Georgia  • Condoleezza Rice  • ceasefire  • Security Council  • NATO summit  • UN resolution

    • Rice, Polish Counterpart Sign Missile Defense Deal

      Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 08 6:56 AM CDT

      Rice, Polish Counterpart Sign Missile Defense Deal

      (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal today that will put an American missile defense base in Poland, a plan that has provoked increasingly belligerent opposition from Russia. The formal signing comes 6 days after the two countries agreed to the agreement that would locate 10 US interceptor missiles just 115 miles from Russia's border. More »

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      Russia  • United States  • Condoleezza Rice  • Poland  • Missile defense