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Condoleezza Rice stories: 191 news summaries

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Rice Arrives in Baghdad for Troop Deal Talks

In surprise visit, secretary seeks new mandate for US military

Aug 21, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

Moscow refuses call
to withdraw troops
to pre-conflict lines

Aug 20, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Rice, Polish Counterpart Sign Missile Defense Deal

But American base is decried by Russia

Aug 20, 08 6:56 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Russia • Poland • Condoleezza Rice • United States • missile defense system • Radek Sikorski

US Tells Russia Not to Redraw Borders

Rice takes hard line
at NATO meeting on Georgia invasion

Aug 19, 08 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia’s “strategic objective” won’t be met by its invasion of Georgia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow today during a NATO gathering, the Guardian reports. “This NATO which has come so far in a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace is not... More »

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Russia • United Nations • NATO • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia

Top-Secret Woodward Tome Gets a Name

White House braces for debut of Iraq-centric The War Within

Aug 19, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Woodward’s fourth book on the Bush White House, originally a mere 352 pages, has ballooned into 496 pages of inside dope and is due in stores Sept. 8, Politico reports. And the mystery-shrouded volume, which focuses on the Iraq conflict, officially has a name: The War Within: A ... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Condoleezza Rice • Bob Woodward • publishing • Bush legacy • biography • Iraq war • Simon & Schuster • George W. Bush • Alice Mayhew

Laid-Back
Bush Enrages
Neocon Base

Sportsfan prez made even the French look sharp, Journal snipes

Aug 18, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post. The latest blast from a once-unexpected... More »

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Dick Cheney • Wall Street Journal • Condoleezza Rice • 2008 Beijing Olympics • conservative base • George W. Bush

Russia 'Already Paid a Price'
for Georgia Invasion: Rice

Secretary says its reputation is 'in tatters'

Aug 17, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice says Russia has “already paid a price” for its invasion of Georgia, because its “reputation as a potential partner in international institutions—diplomatic, political, security, economic—is frankly in tatters.” Returning from a trip to Georgia, Rice made a string of Sunday talk show appearances,... More »

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Russia • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • troop withdrawal • reputation • Dmitry Medvedev

UPDATED

Russia Pledges to Start  Georgia Pullout Tomorrow

Forces said to occupy villages, major highway and power plant

Aug 17, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dimitry Medvedev said today he'll start pulling troops out of Georgia tomorrow, but has no plans to withdraw from the separatist stronghold of South Ossetia, the BBC reports. The Russian president made the pledge after a phone conversation with Nicolas Sarkozy, who had brokered a ceasefire Friday. Despite signing the... More »

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Russia • Nicolas Sarkozy • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • Russian military • ceasefire • peace deal

 Medvedev Signs Peace Pact

But Russian troops will stay to 'remove Georgia weapons'

Aug 16, 08 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Georgia. Sources said he views the 6-point pact as "very positive," CNN reports. Russia, however, will not withdraw from Georgian territory until troops have finished removing "huge depots" of ammunition, weapons and boobytraps left by... More »

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Russia • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • Dmitry Medvedev

 Georgia Signs
 Rice's Ceasefire
 Agreement 

Deal calls for immediate withdrawal of Russian troops

Aug 15, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mikheil Saakashvili signed a US-brokered ceasefire agreement today following a 5-hour meeting with Condoleezza Rice, CNN reports. As he signed, the Georgian president vowed to “never, ever surrender” to the “21st-century barbarians.” Rice said says she has been assured Dmitri Medvedev will sign the deal, which calls... More »

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Russia • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • Mikheil Saakashvili • ceasefire • George W. Bush

 Rice Arrives in Georgia

American, European diplomats push to get Russian troops out

Aug 15, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tbilisi today, where she said her immediate goal was to get Russian troops out of Georgia. The secretary of state stopped over in France to meet with Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president who brokered a ceasefire that Moscow has flouted. Rice's trip follows an American airlift... More »

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Russia • diplomacy • Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Condoleezza Rice • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • South Ossetia

North Korea Sticks on 'Axis
of Evil' List

Rice says Pyongyang hasn't made progress on nuclear issue

Aug 11, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will not remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Reuters reports. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told her Japanese counterpart that Pyongyang had not made sufficient progress on a verification plan for its nuclear programs, which was a condition for removing it from the... More »

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North Korea • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Axis of Evil • nuclear disarmament

Deal Would Set Oct. 2010 for US Pullout: Iraqi Official

Legal immunity for troops remains stumbling block in talks

Aug 7, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Significant progress has been made on the security agreement being negotiated between Iraq and the US, the AP reports, with two Iraqi officials saying that the deal sets October 2010 as the deadline for a near-complete withdrawal. Legal immunity for troops remains an issue, and contributed to a “very... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • US troops • timetable • US Army • negotiations • Iraq security • Iraqi government • Iraq war

Olmert Move Clouds Future
of Peace Deal

Bush efforts to broker Israel-Palestine accord may be dead

Aug 1, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - State Department officials are putting on a brave face in the wake of Ehud Olmert's resignation announcement, saying that the departure of Israel's PM will not forestall a peace agreement. But as the New York Times reports, most Middle East observers believe that Olmert's move signals the end of the... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • peace deal

Rice Keeps Presidential Pick Under Wraps

But she applauds Obama for 'knocking down old barriers'

Jul 20, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice is keeping her choice for president to herself, the Los Angeles Times reports. When Wolf Blitzer asked if she would reveal her pick on Late Edition, she responded with a curt "No." But she did call Obama's run for office "great for our country": "... More »

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Barack Obama • Condoleezza Rice • Election 2008

 Bush Library
 Donors Gain
 Access to Rice
 and Cheney 

UK probe reveals meetings for dollars

Jul 12, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - An undercover probe has confirmed rumors that donors to President Bush's $200 million library are gaining access to his inner circle, the London Times reports. Bush lobbyist Stephen Payne offered an undercover reporter face-to-face meetings with Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, among others, for payments of $600,000 to $750,... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Condoleezza Rice • lobbying • presidential library

Russia Bristles at Landmark US-Czech Deal

Moscow threatens military action against anti-missile system

Jul 8, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia today blasted a landmark deal between the US and Czech Republic with rhetoric reminiscent of the Cold War. After Czech officials agreed to let the US use its territory for a missile-defense system, Moscow threatened military retaliation, Reuters reports. The Kremlin views the deployment of the system in former... More »

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Russia • Europe • Moscow • Condoleezza Rice • Czech Republic • missile defense system

 Bush Could Decide by 
 Weekend to Close Gitmo 

Supreme Court's decision has forced administration's hand

Jul 3, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush could decide by Saturday to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for high-value detainees, insiders tell ABC. There is “generally wide agreement” among Bush's top advisers—Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates among them—that Gitmo should eventually be shuttered, but the landmark recent Supreme Court decision undermines... More »

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Robert Gates • Condoleezza Rice • Cuba • Guantanamo Bay • habeas corpus • US Supreme Court • George W. Bush • Boumediene v. Bush

 Rendition Victim
 Loses US
 Torture Appeal 

Technicality KOs case at center of recent movie

Jul 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian software engineer has lost an appeal against the US for his torture in Syria on a technicality, Reuters reports. Syrian-born Maher Arar, whose story inspired the Hollywood movie Rendition, was forced off a flight in New York in 2002 and shipped to Syria, where he says he was... More »

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rendition • torture • Syria • Canada • Condoleezza Rice • Maher Arar

Bush Demands Action Against Zimbabwe

Calls election a 'sham,' orders sanctions; Rice vows UN resolution

Jun 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is seeking ways to punish Robert Mugabe for his violent "sham" of an election, President Bush said today. Bush has ordered Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to work up sanctions against Zimbabwe, which ran a runoff ballot yesterday with Mugabe the sole candidate. Rice vowed to... More »

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Bush administration • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Condoleezza Rice • sanctions • UN sanctions • George W. Bush • Zimbabwe elections • UN resolution

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