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ABBAS MUSTERS WORLD SUPPORT 2.3.2005. 08:22:40 RELATED STORIES - Palestinian talks to begin- Sharon demands action- Tel Aviv blast: 4 dead Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has won global support for reforms to his administration at a key meeting in London, promising in return to take action against militants and renew peace talks with Israel. The London Meeting was attended by officials from 23 nations and six international institutions — including UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice – but not by Israel. Opening the meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the aim was to...

February 12, 2005--In a very early look at the 2008 Presidential Election, Senator Hillary Clinton leads Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice 47% to 40%. At the same time, Secretary Rice leads Senator John Kerry 45% to 43%. The survey was conducted January 29-30, before Dr. Rice's first international tour as Secretary of State. Since the survey was taken, Americans have grown more optimistic about the situation in Iraq. Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters believe that Senator Clinton is politically liberal while 27% say she is a moderate. For Senator Kerry, 46% said liberal and 31% moderate. Secretary of State Rice...

Just a useless vanity, but what the heck, haven't done one yet: Was watching Condi speak this morning. She is so smart, just nails it, etc. Then it hit me like a rock as I watched and I literally said out loud: "Holy Sh*t, I'm looking at the next president of the United States." I just really felt strong about it. Thoughts?

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this - another presidential race. A dozen or so ambitious Republicans and Democrats already are warming up for 2008.Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards is taking on poverty and showing off a new stump speech. Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has donated more than $250,000 to GOP causes, collecting political IOUs while planning visits to early voting states. Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana is hiring veteran...

Welcome Remarks to Employees (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. Well, this is a little different welcome than the first time that I came to work at the State Department. Now, that may surprise some of you, but I was, in 1977, an intern in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. (Laughter and applause.) Now, there's a lesson in that: Be good to your interns. (Laughter.) I want to thank you for this really, really warm welcome. I first want to start by just saying how much I admire and appreciate the leadership of Secretary Colin Powell over...

In light of their reaction to the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state, I gather liberals have gotten over their enthusiasm for multiculturalist milestones. It's interesting that they dropped their celebrations of the "first woman!" "first black!" "first Asian!" designations at the precise moment that we are about to get our first black female secretary of state. When Madeline Albright was appointed the FIRST WOMAN secretary of state, the media was euphoric. (And if memory serves, Monica Lewinsky was the first Jewish female to occupy her various positions on the president's, uh, staff.)

For those bad-news-from-Iraq-only information consumers, stop reading here. There have been several recent developments out of Iraq that should give some comfort to those who believe that Arabs and Muslims are capable of embracing democracy. There have been military victories in Iraq, a debt relief agreement for the country has been hammered out, and Iraq’s independent electoral commission has set a firm date for elections. First Najaf was cleaned up, then Sadr City, then Fallujah, then Mosul… Yes, Iraq’s “insurgency” won’t go away overnight, but it is certainly getting harder and harder for the “militants” – they’re either dead or...

A SMALL TRIBUTE TO THIS MOST INCREDIBLE WOMAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE PARTY OF INCLUSION

This week, George W. Bush put an end to civil war in one of the world’s most important locales: his Cabinet. With the nomination of Condoleeza Riceto succeed Colin Powell – an heroic man and a patriot – as secretary of state, the president acted to replace internal gridlock with a smoother implementation of his anti-terrorism policies. This shakeup will have one vitally important effect on foreign relations, according to columnist David Gergen: “When Rice travels as secretary of state to other capitals, everyone will know that what she says represents with great fidelity what the president thinks.” “This is what Powell...

Bypassed for PCUSA honors, Rice is new secretary of state By John H. Adams The Layman Online Tuesday, November 16, 2004 In naming Condoleezza "Condi" Rice as the nation's new secretary of state, President George W. Bush chose an evangelical Presbyterian who has never mustered a mention in the denomination's selections for Women of Faith Awards. How Rice, who turned 50 on Nov. 14, became a Presbyterian in the first place is a story that resonates with the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s attempt to increase its minority membership. But, despite her deep faith, her public service for President Bush and his...

A US-European rift surfaced today over how harshly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program, with the Europeans ignoring American suggestions and circulating their own recommendations to other delegates at a key meeting of the UN atomic agency. Diplomats at a board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency had suggested earlier that the United States and the European Union were making progress in drafting common language for a resolution that would set a deadline for Iran to meet demands designed to dispel fears it was trying to make nuclear arms.But the latest draft, obtained...

"The Russians are coming...The Russians are coming..." Well, that could have been the headlines in Israeli newspapers until a few days ago, before Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov came to Israel. Now, after meeting with Israeli officials, the headlines could be, "Russian FM: Chechen Muslim terror evil, but justifies support for PLO Terror State and help for Iranian Nukes." The day before the Russian Foreign Minister came to Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin, to express his shock at the seizure of the Russian school in Beslan. Sharon told Putin that, "We must concentrate political and...

Mr Fineman, As I read your latest article, I was introduced to a reality equally as frightening as an armed, malicious, mass-murdering enemy; and that would be a press institution globally unrestrained by integrity, logic and facts. The media, as represented by characters such as you, is now an agitprop dispensation machine. Regardless of how often or how strongly some may protest the fact of bias, a mainstream media institution that behaves in lock step to subvert truth is more dangerous to this nation and everyone within, than any armed enemy. As I note your not-so-subtle inferences, do let's be...

Freep this poll quick! I'm in Huntsville, AL on business and they are asking people to go to www.waff.com and answer whether you think Condi was truthful (or words to that effect) They are going to announce results after news. Quick - go forth and freep! Jag

Condoleezza, Condoleezza, they have called you to come up upon the hill to testify; they will try to beat up "Dubya" with your answers, and they'll call each truthful thing you say a lie; The lefties of the med-ia will berate you, though carefully, for they must be PC; many ho-urs you have spent before them do not count now, so look out now! They will try hard to trick and to trap you, but if anyone can handle them, 'tis thee!

It isn't clear who was behind the brutal attack in Spain that killed 200 and wounded more than 1,400 people, but National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said today that in the global war on terrorism, this is just more evidence of the lengths to which terrorists will go to try to intimidate free people. In an appearance today on NBC's "Meet the Press" with commentator Tim Russert, Rice said Spanish authorities still suspect the Basque terrorist group ETA in the bombings, but acknowledge it might have been foreign terrorists such as al Qaeda. "We have offered to do everything that...

NEW YORK- President Bush's National Security Adviser, Condoleeza Rice, is mistaken in her claim that the Malaysian prime minister's anti-Semitic speech was "not emblematic of the Muslim world." Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the Organization of the Islamic Conference on October 16, 2003, that "The Jews rule the world by proxy: they get others to fight and die for them." His speech "received a standing ovation from Muslim leaders" at the conference. (New York Times, Oct. 21, 2003) Four days later, Dr. Rice condemned the remarks, but added: "I don't think they are emblematic of the Muslim world." (New...

Listen in on Oprah's one-on-one conversation with our cool, collected national security advisor. Hear about her downtime (piano, football, shopping) and uptime (faith, unity, power)—and why the terrorists have already lost. "In all my years of interviewing, I have never been prouder to spell my name w-o-m-a-n than after spending time with Condoleezza Rice." — Oprah

US vs Pyongyang: Watch RumsfeldBy Phar Kim Beng HONG KONG - As talks finally get under way between the United States and North Korea, the latter, which has made obstinacy and diplomatic misbehavior an art form, would do well to keep in mind the growing influence and staying power in Washington of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the US victory in Iraq all but declared, barely a year after a previous triumph in Afghanistan, Rumsfeld's influence has increased by several notches. Together with other neo-conservatives who urged the Iraq war, "Rummy", as he is affectionately known in Washington, is...