Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice stories: 191 news summaries

21 - 40 of 191 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 10 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

OPINION

No Country for Single Women?

Praising Napolitano as 'perfect' for Homeland Security because of 'no family' really a diss

Dec 4, 08 10:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Single? Career woman? Then you must be a cold, power-hungry spinster perfect for the 24/7 job of securing our nation's borders from terrorists. Or at least according to Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell, writes Gail Collins in the New York Times, who damned his unmarried Arizona counterpart Janet Napolitano as “... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Condoleezza Rice • Ed Rendell • Janet Napolitano • single women • Homeland Security

Alleged Mumbai Masterminds Test Pakistan

Banned terror group has operated for years with elite backing

Dec 4, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - As evidence mounts that the Mumbai attackers had links to a Pakistani militant organization, the nation's new civilian government is facing the toughest test yet of its ability—and its will—to stop terrorism. Pakistan has banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the attacks. But the Islamist group has operated... More »

MORE ABOUT:
War on Terror • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • terrorist groups • Pakistan intelligence services • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Rice: Pakistan's Ready
  to Crack Down on Terror 

India issues airport terror alert after new threats

Dec 4, 08 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan is prepared to take urgent action against terrorists, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after talks with leaders today. The meeting stressed Pakistan's duty to combat "those who may use Pakistani territory, even if they are non-state actors," in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, she said.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • Yousaf Raza Gilani • Lashkar-e-Taiba

Condi Arrives in New Delhi
in Bid to Quell Clamor

Rice aims soothe tensions between India and Pakistan over Mumbai

Dec 3, 08 3:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in India today to help quell rising tensions between India and Pakistan, Reuters reports. Rice is to meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is under heavy political pressure to respond firmly to last week's Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan denies any involvement in... More »

MORE ABOUT:
terrorism • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba

US Renews Push to Bring Georgia, Ukraine Toward NATO

Summit to focus on membership, Russia 

Dec 2, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The US will urge NATO today to put Georgia and Ukraine on the road to membership, Reuters reports. France and Germany, worried about Russia’s response, blocked a similar move at an April summit. Though members agreed in principle that the two former Soviet republics could someday be members, Secretary... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • NATO • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • Ukraine

 'You Won't 
 Hear From Me' 

A Clinton fan, Rice plans to hand off, then back off

Dec 2, 08 1:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will offer some private advice to her successor—then get out of Hillary Clinton's way, she tells AP. Rice briefed Clinton on the terrorist attacks in India before leaving for Mumbai on what is likely to be her last official trip overseas.  More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hillary Clinton • terrorism • India • Condoleezza Rice • State Department

OPINION

 Rice Has Nothing Left to Prove 

Rice focuses on being an educator, writing books

Nov 27, 08 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice is headed back to Stanford, ready for a new challenge and harboring no obvious regrets. "I'm an educator who took a detour," she tells Washington Post op-ed columnist David Ignatius, who hears echoes of Dean Rusk, LBJ's embattled secretary of state. "I have no desire... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • education • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • secretary of State • racism • foreign policy • President Obama

Tehran Outpost Looks More Likely Before Bush Leaves

Though Obama team hasn't been consulted, move could insulate Dem from criticism

Nov 7, 08 5:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bush administration is moving ever closer to establishing a long-rumored diplomatic office in Iran, Newsweek reports, with a decision possible by Thanksgiving on putting an “interests section” inside another embassy in Tehran, likely the Swiss. The move might signal a victory for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iran • Dick Cheney • diplomacy • Tehran • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • negotiations • interests section

Bush Won't See Mideast Deal During Term

In region, Rice aims to keep process on track for Obama's team

Nov 6, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel and the Palestinians won’t likely reach a peace agreement by the 2009 deadline set at the Annapolis negotiations a year ago, the White House said today. The Bush administration began to question the feasibility of the deadline when a corruption scandal ousted PM Ehud Olmert and set the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • White House • Condoleezza Rice • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast • peace deal • President Obama

 Rice 'Especially 
 Proud' of Obama 

Secretary of State 'especially proud' of Obama

Nov 5, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice delivered emotional congratulations to Barack Obama today, saying that as an African American she is “especially proud” of his victory. The secretary of State called the Democrat an inspiration, the AP reports. “Americans are not going to be satisfied until they really do form that perfect... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Barack Obama • equality • Condoleezza Rice • racial equality • Election 2008 • Obama administration

 Bush: US 
 Should 
 Be Proud 

Obama election 'triumph of the American story,' president says

Nov 5, 08 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - All Americans, no matter who they voted for, should be “overcome with pride” at Barack Obama’s historic victory, President Bush said today, calling it “a triumph of the American story.” Bush promised he’d give Obama his “complete cooperation” in preparing for the transition. He... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Barack Obama • Condoleezza Rice • transition • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • President Obama

Analysis

Rice Could Be Lone Survivor
of Bush Years

Avoiding public scorn leaves open political avenues for confidante

Oct 29, 08 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice might be the lone Bush confidante to escape with a political career intact, Marc Hujer writes in Der Spiegel, ironic because if “anyone, besides Bush …ought to be held accountable for the failings of the current administration, it is Rice.” As national security adviser then... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • Bush legacy • Brent Scowcroft

 Bono Joins 
 Op-Ed Page 
 of NYT 

U2 singer joins Grey Lady's ranks as columnist

Oct 23, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bono may have finally found what he’s looking for: the New York Times’ op-ed section will be the U2 singer’s new print home, Radar reports. Editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal announced his newest columnist last night, telling Columbia's School of Journalism that the activist/sunglasses aficionado will pen between... More »

MORE ABOUT:
newspaper • New York Times • Condoleezza Rice • Bono • U2 • columnists • Megan McArdle • William Kristol

OPINION

 Don't Pity 
 This Woman 

Palin deserves our scorn, and that's it

Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(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... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hillary Clinton • Katie Couric • feminism • Condoleezza Rice • Elizabeth Dole • Christine Todd Whitman • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate

 Russia Snubs US, 
 Sells Arms to Iran 

Rice blasts belligerence as Moscow sells surface-to-air missiles

Sep 19, 08 8:29 AM CDT
(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. "... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iran • Russia • Venezuela • Condoleezza Rice • missile • arms deal • weapons • surface to air

 Rice: Russia Aimed 
 for Georgia Overthrow 

US broadside comes as Moscow refuses to allow observers into South Ossetia

Sep 18, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(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... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Russia • Nicolas Sarkozy • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • Mikheil Saakashvili • South Ossetia

 Rice Laments 
 Lack of Black 
 Diplomats 

Calls shortage of African-Americans 'unacceptable'

Sep 9, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(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.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Condoleezza Rice • State Department • colleges and universities • African-Americans

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

Secretary hails historic trip as US officially renews ties with former foe

Sep 5, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Rice Set for
 Historic Meet
 With Gadhafi

First secretary of state visit to Libya in 55 years

Sep 3, 08 3:13 AM CDT
(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... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Darfur • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • David Welch • Lockerbie • Human Rights Watch • Pan Am • Dwight Eisenhower • Western Sahara

US Will Be Out
of Iraq by 2011,
PM Says

Maliki firm on 'fixed date,' though US says deal isn't finalized

Aug 25, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • US military • troop withdrawal • deal • military agreement • security pact

21 - 40 of 191 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 10 Next >>


from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press