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Condoleezza Rice stories: 191 news summaries

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Condi: Want a Terror Attack? Abandon Afghanistan

She says liberals are wrong about wanting to pull out

Sep 22, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the GOP is serious about overcoming its current status as the party of naysayers and talk-show cranks, it should try to get Condoleezza Rice back in the game, writes Nina Easton for Fortune. At a recent women's summit, Rice earned a standing ovation from a diverse crowd after proving... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • GOP • candidate • Fortune • liberal

OPINION

 Save the Trauma Excuses: 
 You Failed on 9/11 

Cheney, Rice too often resorted to the extreme without doing their homework

May 31, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ironically, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice have defended their post-9/11 decisions by appealing for empathy, arguing that only those in charge on that bleak day could understand. “I have little sympathy for this argument,” Richard Clarke, who was there, retorts in a withering piece for the Washington Post,... More »

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Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Condoleezza Rice • Richard Clarke • terror suspects • George W. Bush • wiretapping • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - A Democratic state lawmaker in Rhode Island thinks George W. Bush and some of his top cronies should be waterboarded for charity, reports the Westerly Sun. State Rep. Rod Driver sent letters via certified mail to Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice offering to donate $100 for every second they... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • Rhode Island • waterboarding • George W. Bush • enhanced interrogation techniques • Rod Driver

analysis

Torture Convictions
Would Be a Long Shot

Prosecution possible, but nailing Cheney a legal headache

May 4, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York. Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • conviction • lawyer • waterboarding • John Yoo • Steven Bradbury • Eric Holder • Obama administration • prosecutions • Jay Bybee

4th Grader
Grills Condi
on Torture

We were terrified by 9/11 but did nothing illegal, Rice says

May 4, 09 2:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fourth grader took Condoleezza Rice to task on torture yesterday, asking her about President Obama's criticism of "methods" used by the Bush administration. The question— drafted with the help of teachers—was toned down from what the student originally planned to say, the Washington Post notes. The child... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Washington DC • Condoleezza Rice • detainees • primary school

OPINION

 Dowd: GOP 
 Has Short 
 Memory 

'Quaint' calls for balance follow reign of 'Boy Emperor'

May 3, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - As their party contracts with the defection of Arlen Specter, the GOP is complaining about a disappearing balance of power: “How quaint,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times—this from the party whose “arrogant” previous administration “did its best to undermine checks and balances.... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Condoleezza Rice • Arlen Specter • Constitution • Maureen Dowd • professor • waterboarding • George W. Bush • President Obama • balance of power

 Condi Was 
 First to OK 
 Waterboarding 

Condi gave go-ahead before Rumsfeld, Powell even knew about it: Senate

Apr 23, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice played a greater role than she has acknowledged in the CIA's harsh interrogation program, and approved the use of waterboarding, according to a newly released report from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The report finds that Rice, as national security adviser, verbally approved the CIA's request to waterboard a... More »

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Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • Senate Intelligence Committee • waterboarding • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation • torture memo

Condi Commands Same Speaking Fee as Ex-Boss

$150,000 price tag shows Bush may not be  biggest star of his own administration

Apr 17, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice isn't playing second fiddle to George W. Bush any longer: The former secretary of state charges a $150,000 speaking fee—the same as her old boss, The Hill reports. Rice will even get a jump on the former president later this month when she addresses the Economic... More »

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Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • Laura Bush • David Plouffe • Tucker Carlson • speaking engagements • Paul Begala • George W. Bush • speaking fee • Washington Speakers Bureau

(Newser) - The George W. Bush administration is planning a reunion in honor of the former president’s nascent policy institute, the New York Times reports. Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, speechwriter Michael Gerson, and White House counsel Dan Bartlett will meet the former president next week in Dallas for dinner and... More »

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Bush administration • democracy • Condoleezza Rice • Dan Bartlett • Karen Hughes • George W. Bush • AIDS epidemic • Michael Gerson • George W. Bush Policy Institute

 Condi Last Hope for 
 'Suicidal' Bush: Tabloid 

'Midnight calls' to Rice sustain ex-president, 'estranged' from Laura

Apr 1, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the brink of suicide and estranged from his wife, George Bush is leaning on his former secretary of state to ease his pain, the Globe tabloid reports. The "broken and desperate" Dubya has been dialing Condoleezza Rice, who, of course, "many believe was his secret lover,"... More »

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suicide • Condoleezza Rice • Laura Bush • tabloids • George W. Bush

 Condi Nabs 
 3-Book Deal 

Former secretary of state will earn at least $2.5M

Feb 23, 09 7:51 AM CST
(AP) - Condoleezza Rice has agreed to a three-book deal officials say is worth at least $2.5 million, starting with a memoir about her years in the administration of President Bush. The former secretary of State “will combine candid narrative and acute analysis to tell the story of her time... More »

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Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • memoir • book deal

 Rice Regrets 
 Bad Iraq Intel, 
 But Not Invasion 

Former State chief also denies that race clouded Bush Katrina response

Jan 29, 09 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice appeared on The View today to defend Bush administration policies, and lament a few key mistakes, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rice expressed regret that weapons of mass destruction never surfaced in Iraq—but stands behind the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Rice also said Hurricane Katrina was “... More »

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Bush administration • Saddam Hussein • Hurricane Katrina • The View • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • WMD • weapons of mass destruction • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush and Condi Find Something to Celebrate

Crisis, what crisis? It's all backslapping at Foggy Bottom

Jan 16, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - India and Pakistan are at loggerheads, Afghanistan is a narco-state, and the Middle East is almost unspeakably troubled—so how did George W. Bush's diplomatic team see off their president? With yesterday's "Ceremony to Commemorate Foreign Policy Achievements," a State Department lovefest complete with billowing flags and commemorative... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Laura Bush • ceremony • George W. Bush

OPINION

 Bush Can Teach 
 Obama What 
 Not to Do: 
 Woodward 

Woodward has seen all the mistakes and lived to tell about it

Jan 15, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush’s presidency could teach Barack Obama many lessons—about what not to do. Bob Woodward lays out 10 of them in today’s Washington Post:
  • "Presidents need to draw people out and make sure bad news makes it to the Oval Office": Bush
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Iraq • Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Condoleezza Rice • Bob Woodward • Bush legacy • Colin Powell • George W. Bush

Olmert: I Made Condi Abstain on Gaza Vote

Israel PM claims he 'embarrassed' Rice
in urgent call to Bush

Jan 13, 09 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s prime minister says an urgent call to President Bush last week resulted in Condoleezza Rice changing her vote on a UN Gaza resolution, the New York Times reports, with Ehud Olmert adding that the secretary of State “was left pretty embarrassed.” Rice helped draft the measure... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Condoleezza Rice • vote • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

Arab Leaders Shower Condi With Jewelry; Bush, Meh

State chief got $316K in gifts last year, to about $100K for Bush

Dec 23, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice scored $316,000 worth of lavish jewelry from Arab royals last year, the AP reports. Jordan’s King Abdullah treated Rice to an emerald and diamond necklace, ring, bracelet, earrings, and other finery; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a ruby and diamond necklace and earrings, bracelet and ring.... More »

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King Abdullah • King Abdullah II • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • gift • jewelry • Arab • George W. Bush

ANALYSIS

Shoe-Throw Is Arab World's Heartiest Insult

Journo's sole assault on Bush would likely have meant death under Saddam

Dec 15, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Throwing a shoe at someone is hardly a positive gesture anywhere, but in Arab and Islamic countries, footwear is viewed as ritually unclean: Even mentioning your shoes while insulting someone carries vile significance, the BBC reports. Accidentally displaying an exposed sole is also considered insulting, so yesterday’s loafer-launching aimed... More »

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Iraq • Islam • Condoleezza Rice • shoes • Muslim • journalist • Arab • George W. Bush • insult • Muntadar al-Zaidi

Sunday Morning Shows: 
Parade of the White Dudes

Morning talk doesn't show as much diversity as the nation does

Dec 14, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As women and minorities increasingly head up the US government, Face the Nation isn't showing a very accurate sample of the nation's faces anymore, and This Week is looking more like Last Century. Across the Sunday morning political shows, 80% of the guests are white, and 80% are men,... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • Fox News • talk show • Colin Powell • Meet the Press • racial diversity • white men • Sunday Morning • Face the Nation • This Week

Talk Show Roundup

Obama: Dark Days Ahead, but Cultural Focus Will Re-Emerge

Condi makes rounds; UAW pleads for bailout

Dec 7, 08 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama stressed that the economy will see darker times before things turn around, but promised in a Meet the Press interview that his White House will bring back a focus on culture and science. The president-elect also vowed to kick his smoking habit for good. Elsewhere on the talk... More »

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Barack Obama • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • Fox News • Chris Dodd • Ron Gettelfinger • Rick Wagoner • Meet the Press • weapons of mass destruction • Iraq war • President Obama

(Newser) - India’s new home minister said today that the response to the Mumbai terror attacks was lackluster, the New York Times reports. “There have been lapses,” said Palaniappan Chidambaram. “I would be less than truthful if I said there had been no lapses.” Meanwhile, PM ... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Manmohan Singh • terror attack • Palaniappan Chidambaram

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