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Vice President Dick Cheney, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, U.S. trade representative Robert Portman, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L-R) stand in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 18, 2005. U.S. President George W. Bush met with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso

Vice President Dick Cheney, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, US trade representative Robert Portman and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley (L-R) stand in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 18, 2005

When I saw these 2 photos earlier the first thing I thought of was with all the boo ha ha about the staged interview with the soldiers rubbish the media keep harping about whether there would be some snide comment on how these men were standing with blue, red, blue red ties. Knowing how petty the media can be I would not have been surprised.

[LSUsoph]

Condi Rice and Jack Straw will be attending the Alabama-UT football game this sat in Tuscaloosa, where Condi lived from the age of 11 til she left for college. She will be doing the coin toss along with straw. This will be the first time in a while where a SOS takes a foreign dignitary into the heartland for a visit, a very historic event it will be.

oh and i forgot to add, ROLL TIDE!!!!