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White House big-hitter [Condi] Rice to serve up British tennis star: report
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| 5-17-03
| AFP
Posted on 05/21/2003 11:20:10 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
LONDON (AFP) - Top British tennis player Tim Henman has accepted an invitation to play US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice when he visits Washington for a tournament in July, a London newspaper reported.
Rice, said to be passionate about tennis, will hit a few balls with Henman when he visits Washington for the Legg Mason Classic, a tournament on the men's professional tour, according to The Sunday Times.
Henman's agent, quoted in the weekly, said the player had "agreed to play" Rice.
The security adviser was a frequent doubles partner of Britain's former ambassador to the United States, Christopher Meyer, during games played out on the embassy tennis court prior to his return to London in March.
"I found her a very fit, competitive player with a very powerful serve," The Sunday Times quoted Meyer as saying.
The embassy tennis court has for a long time been seen as a good place for British officials to make contacts with senior White House figures.
The paper said Rice and Meyer began playing tennis together in 2001 and that their warm relationship proved a key component in the close contacts that developed between London and Washington following the September 11 terror attacks on the United States of that year.
Henman
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: Alabama; US: California; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2008; britishembassy; condi; condoleezza; condoleezzarice; drcondoleezzarice; nsa; rice; tennis
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To: GraniteStateConservative
Condi must be able to seriously play! I think most humans would have problems returning Henmans serve..
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:21:49 AM PDT
by
ewing
To: GraniteStateConservative
Maybe the tournement sponsors should just give Condi an exemption and let her enter the tournament......
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:23:12 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
To: GraniteStateConservative
Let's see...national security adviser, virtuoso pianist, multiple PhDs, author of numerous books, and now tennis player in the world-class league.
Is there anything Condi CAN'T do...and do well!?!? Forget Jeb...let Condi take the nomination in 2008!!
ELP
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:24:44 AM PDT
by
medscribe
To: 1Old Pro
This sounds like an episode of I Spy...
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:25:12 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(It's not nice to fool Mr. Rumsfeld!)
To: medscribe
Add to that list that she speaks Russian very well. And she looks like a fashion model in that navy pantsuit.
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:27:30 AM PDT
by
Maria S
To: section9
Guest List for White House State Dinner
By The Associated Press
Guest list for the White House state dinner Monday night with President Bush and first lady Laura Bush:
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Jose Miguel T. Arroyo
Philippine Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and Mila Drilon
Philippine House Speaker Jose C. De Venecia Jr. and Gina De Venecia
Philippine Executive Secretary Alberto G. Romulo
Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Blas F. Ople
Philippine Secretary of Finance Jose Isidro N. Camacho
Philippine Secretary of National Defense Angelo T. Reyes
Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry Manuel A. Roxas III
Albert F. Del Rosario, Philippine ambassador to the United States, and Margaret Gretchen Del Rosario
Roberto R. Romulo, Philippine senior adviser on international competitiveness
Maximo V. Soliven, Philippine journalist
[snip]
**National security adviser Condoleezza Rice and Gene A. Washington, director of football operations, National Football League**
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:34:42 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: *Dr._Condoleezza_Rice; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; Aaron_A; Abn1508; Alex P. Keaton; ALOHA RONNIE; angelo; ...
Condi! ping.
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:36:12 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: medscribe
Ha! I was thinking the same thing just from the headline!
What can't Condi do???
To: medscribe
She seems to be relaxing a little more. I'm glad to see that.
To: Maria S; medscribe
And she is experienced in directing a jet plane landing on a aircraft carrier..
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:44:01 AM PDT
by
ewing
To: GraniteStateConservative
I cannot wait for Condi to destroy Shrillary in '08. I am going to tape every one of those debates and watch them for years to come with a grin on my face-ear to ear baby :-)
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:46:20 AM PDT
by
MattinNJ
To: GraniteStateConservative
Very cool! Thanks for the ping.
To: GraniteStateConservative
I was hoping Condi would serve with a certain Russian tennis star:
To: GraniteStateConservative
An obvious cheap photo op. This dangerous exhibition has not been though out very well.
Why she could be conked on the head with a tennis ball or fall an seriously injure herself.
And the pics of her in a little tennis skirt, shameful cheap publicity stunt.
/sarcasm
Condi in 2008
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:48:40 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: 1Old Pro
Maybe the tournament sponsors should just give Condi an exemption and let her enter the tournament...... If you do that you will have Andre Aggasi insisting on being on the Security Council. Fair is fair. I know, I know, he would have to qualify first but what is the fun in that?
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posted on
05/21/2003 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
You mention Aggasi on the Security Council and I get a mental image of John MacEnroe as our UN ambassador turning to the French representative and saying "NO! NO! NO! What are you blind!!? How stupid can you be!!? How could you possibly have said that!!? What's wrong with you!!?" ... and then slamming a racquet onto the conference table.
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posted on
05/21/2003 12:02:01 PM PDT
by
katana
To: GraniteStateConservative
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posted on
05/21/2003 12:03:50 PM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: GraniteStateConservative
**National security adviser Condoleezza Rice and Gene A. Washington, director of football operations, National Football League**
That's odd.
What's Gene Washington doing back in the picture? I mean, I understand that he and Condi are good friends, but I didn't expect him to be escorting her to a State Dinner. If he's still single, tongues could start wagging.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
05/21/2003 12:04:03 PM PDT
by
section9
(Yes, she's back! Motoko Kusanagi....tanned, rested, and ready!)
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