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May 2009
- Save the Trauma Excuses: You Failed on 9/11
  
  Washington Post | 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 , blaming them for ignoring pre-9/11 intel warning of an imminent al-Qaeda attack. More »
- Torture Convictions Would Be a Long Shot
  
  New York | 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 making a case for waterboarding. And appointing a special prosecutor could create headaches for the Justice Department. More »
- 4th Grader Grills Condi on Torture
  
  Washington Post | 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 wanted to ask: "If you would work for Obama's administration, would you push for torture?" More »
April 2009
- Condi Was First to OK Waterboarding
  
  Associated Press | 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 captured al-Qaeda member in 2002, making her the first known Bush adminstration official to do so. More »
- Condi Commands Same Speaking Fee as Ex-Boss
  
  The Hill | 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 Club of Southwestern Michigan a month before he plans to. More »
February 2009
- Condi Nabs 3-Book Deal
  
  Associated Press | 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 in the White House and as America's top diplomat," Crown Publishers said in a statement. The book is planned for 2011. More »
January 2009
- Bush and Condi Find Something to Celebrate
  
  Washington Post | 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 plaques. As Dana Milbank of the Washington Post notes, the lack of actual achievements kept the ceremony short, but there was no shortage of adulation. More »
- Olmert: I Made Condi Abstain on Gaza Vote
  
  New York Times | 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 urging peace, which passed 14-0 with the US abstaining; a State spokesman said that was always the plan. More »
December 2008
- Arab Leaders Shower Condi With Jewelry; Bush, Meh
  
  Associated Press | 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. President Bush received a mere $100,000 worth of gifts from the same leaders. More »
- Team of Rivals Starting to Crack
  
  Associated Press | Dec 9, 08 8:13 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Separate visits to the State Department by Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice yesterday suggest that the rift between Barack Obama’s two highest-level diplomats may not have healed, reports the AP. Rice, the incoming UN ambassador, bucked her former Clinton administration bosses to support Obama in the primaries. Now she’ll technically be a Clinton subordinate, though Obama may elevate her position to Cabinet-level status. More »
- Obama: Dark Days Ahead, but Cultural Focus Will Re-Emerge
  
  Politico | 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 circuit, Detroit jostled with Condoleezza Rice for the spotlight: More »
- Rice: Pakistan's Ready to Crack Down on Terror
  
  CNN | 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. "I found a Pakistani government that understands its responsibility," she insisted. India, meanwhile, today issued a terror alert at airports following new threats as Rice attempted to quell tensions between the nations. More »
- Condi Arrives in New Delhi in Bid to Quell Clamor
  
  Reuters | 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 the attacks, but officials have warned that worsening relations between the nuclear-armed rivals may force the military to shift troops to the Indian border. More »
November 2008
- Rice Has Nothing Left to Prove
  
  Washington Post | 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 to be shadow secretary of state." More »
- Bush Won't See Mideast Deal During Term
  
  Associated Press | 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 stage for a new leader to be chosen in February, AP reports. More »
October 2008
- Rice Could Be Lone Survivor of Bush Years
  
  Der Spiegel | 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 secretary of state, Rice was involved in all foreign policy decisions, yet she’s retained her popularity. More »
September 2008
- Russia Snubs US, Sells Arms to Iran
  
  Times (UK) | 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. "Contacts between our countries are continuing and we do not see any reason to suspend them," said the director of the arms company. More »
- Rice Laments Lack of Black Diplomats
  
  CNN | 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. And that is just not acceptable," said the nation's top diplomat. More »
- About-Face on Libya Signals Hope for Iran, N. Korea: Rice
  
  AFP | 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 in direction, the United States is prepared to respond,” AFP reports. More »
August 2008
- Rice Arrives in Baghdad for Troop Deal Talks
  
  CNN | 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 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 »