Condoleezza Rice

Obama Forces Flip-Flops to Paralyze McCain

Michael Carmichael | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, John McCain, Nuri Al-Maliki, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

Three days into his international fact-finding mission, Obama had polished his foreign policy credentials considerably, and it did not take long for the effects of his bold initiatives to start hitting D.C.

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Rice Told Embassies Not To Aid Candidates On Eve Of Obama Trip

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — As Democrat Barack Obama began an overseas tour, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told employees at U.S. embassies to provide on...

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Rice Threatens Iran With New Sanctions Following Weekend Talks

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran on Monday of not being serious at weekend talks about its dis...

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Rice Says Iran Not Serious At Weekend Nuke Talks

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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SHANNON, Ireland — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran on Monday of not being serious at weekend talks about its disputed nuclear p...

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Hillary Clinton for VP

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Gender Roles, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Political Power, Racial Stereotypes, Michelle Malkin, Feminism, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Vice President, Home News

Unlike Rice and Powell, Clinton and Obama want to wield the power themselves, and they make no bones about it. This is a radical shift in establishment Washington's racial/sexual dynamic.

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Scary Thought: Is Condi Rice Our Last, Best Chance for Peace?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Condi needs to either convince the president what a catastrophe attacking Iran would be. Or, failing that, break with the administration and do the noble thing by resigning while it still might make a difference.

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Sex Crimes in the White House

Naomi Wolf | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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The sexualization of torture from the top basically turned Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay into an organized sex-crime ring in which the trafficked sex slaves were US-held prisoners.

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Rice Has No Problem Playing Golf During War

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with the Golf Channel on Saturday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "Ive been playing and playing a lot" in the past few year...

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Condoleezza Rice 'Playing A Lot' of Golf During Iraq War

Think Progress | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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In May, President Bush revealed that he had given up playing golf because of the Iraq war. "I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong sig...

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Happy Oil Dependence Day

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: 4th of July, Schumer, Chevron, George Washington, Condoleezza Rice, National Security, Oil, Oil Prices, Pornography of Power, Robert Scheer, Iraq, Opec, Dick Cheney, Politics News

It was always about the oil -- that's why "we" invaded Iraq -- only "we" aren't getting any, at least not at a reasonable price. The oil companies are.

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Playwriting 101: The Condi Monologues

Eve Ensler | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Forgive me for seeing everything as a play, but it did occur to me Friday as Rice took the stage on the floor of the UN Security Council to talk about the importance of dealing with sexual violence as a security issue that we were all witnessing bad theater.

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The Father and Daughter Who War-Monger Together

Russ Wellen | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

Cheney's aide-de-nepotism -- daughter, Elizabeth -- has once again rallied to his cause of pursuing war with Iran.

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Condi Rice: Back to the Future

Patrick Barry | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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If you try to square Rice's Marty McFly analysis in Foreign Affairs with the state of the world today, you end up with a catalog of faulty recommendations and squandered opportunities.

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Condi Rice "Gratified" By Obama Win

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pronounced herself "gratified" and unsurprised by Sen. Barack Obama's win in the Democratic presidential primary d...

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Bush Congratulates Obama On Winning The Nomination

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Condolezza Rice, the highest-ranking black member of the Bush administration, congratulated Barack Obama Wednesd...

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The Latest Circle of Hell

R.O. Blechman | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Scotty Come Lately

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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How many times are we going to have a key Bush administration official try to wash the blood off his hands -- and add a chunk of change to his bank account -- by writing a come-clean book years after the fact instead of when it actually could have made a difference? Read More Unmasking McCain: His Reactionary Record on Reproductive Rights Many women who are avowed Hillary Clinton supporters are declaring they won't vote for Obama in the fall. I get the anger and the disappointment. But to quote SNL's Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers: Really? You'd rather vote for a man who has a 25-year history of voting against a woman's right to choose? Read More WATCH: CNBC's Business Nation Goes Behind The Scenes At HuffPost

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TV Hosts, What the $#@! Are You Doing?

Jim David | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

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Times are hard, and our trusted TV hosts, who should know better, are becoming unglued.

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Beirut Is Burning

Hooman Majd | Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Iran, President Assad, Condoleezza Rice, Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah, Hamas, Beirut, Sheikh Nasrallah, Politics News

If there were ever a perfect example of the Bush administration's utterly bankrupt foreign policy, it would have to be the State Department's reaction to events in Beirut over the last few days.

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Kucinich, Hinchey: Secretary Rice Should Press Israel for Real Settlement Freeze

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Israeli Settlements, Maurice Hinchey, Condoleezza Rice, Palestinians, Dennis Kucinich, Politics News

Many Americans would like to change the perception that the U.S. is not serious about opposing Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank.

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Jimmy Carter: Rice "Not Telling Truth" About Hamas Meeting

Huffington Post | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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Jimmy Carter caused a storm of controversy when he met with Hamas during his Mideast trip. Secretary Rice has said the Bush Administration 'explicitl...

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Rice Links al-Sadr, Bush & Cheney

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Vietnam War, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Rice Iraq, Rice Sadr, Politics News

Speaking in Baghdad on Sunday, Rice unintentionally but tellingly ridiculed Bush and Cheney while mocking hardline Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?

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Rice visit to Iraq intended to promote gains

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader ...

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Condi Must Go!

Robert Greenwald | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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We now know that Condoleezza Rice led White House meetings authorizing torture that were so detailed, "the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed."

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