http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/condoleezzarice/ en-us Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:54:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367598/posts Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a Jackson crowd Tuesday night about the importance of America's role in spreading democracy globally in a speech that frequently, if not explicitly, advocated and defended Bush-era foreign policy. "The American spirit will lead the world," she said in ending her speech, which drew a standing ovation. "In its absence, the world would be a much, much worse place. ... If we're OK, everyone else will be OK, too." Rice, whose speech was part of Union University's scholarship banquet, also got applause for urging less federal involvement in the American economy, saying... Booker Rising http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367598/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:54:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345666/posts She's smart. She's experienced. She's worldly. Republican strategists worried about their party's future should take heed. ___ Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you. The Republican Party, which mustered a thumbs-up from only 38% of voters in last week's Bloomberg poll, sorely needs to brush up on the very rule it counsels in candidate-training sessions. To skeptics in search of a political home, the GOP's image has devolved into that of a minority collection of name-calling, "no"-saying, backward-looking, talk-show bullying cranks -- a definition gleefully perpetuated by Democratic pols. So next time... Fortune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345666/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274145/posts Facing a world of diplomatic woes from Iran to North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had the opportunity to get some heavyweight advice at a dinner held by eight of her living predecessors. Tuesday night's private dinner at former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's Washington home gathered top U.S. diplomats from five previous administrations with decades of hands-on experience in some of the most difficult foreign policy crises America has faced. A spokeswoman for Albright says all but one living former secretary of state attended the event to honor Clinton(continued at link) Breitbart / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274145/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:27:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237113/posts A week has passed since President Obama set a train in motion with the publication of secret memos to justify harsh interrogations by the CIA, and the White House appears to have lost control over its ultimate destination. Fresh disclosures of declassified documents on Wednesday implicated a dozen senior officials in the Bush Administration, including Condoleezza Rice, as having approved techniques such as waterboarding — simulated drowning widely regarded as torture — on terrorist suspects. The previous evening a Senate Armed Services Committee report linked the decision to authorise the CIA’s programme with the abuse of detainees by the US... Times-UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237113/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:30:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2236128/posts The CIA's use of waterboarding to interrogate terrorism suspects was approved by Condoleezza Rice as early as 2002, a senate report reveals. As national security adviser, Ms Rice consented to the harsh interrogation of al-Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah, the Senate Intelligence Committee found. Memos released last week show that he and another key detainee were subjected to waterboarding 266 times. Former Vice-President Dick Cheney has said the techniques produced results. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2236128/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157635/posts <p>WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused the militant Hamas organization of holding the people of Gaza hostage Friday and said the United States continues to seek a "durable and sustainable" cease-fire.</p> <p>Speaking to reporters in the White House driveway after a meeting with President George W. Bush, Rice also said that the United States remains "very concerned about the situation there and is working very hard with our partners around the world."</p> AP via Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157635/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:11:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2145185/posts Condi was just on CNN with Wolf Blitzer. At the end of her response to his question of what she thought about Obama's election, she said "The American people are wise to want change. Two terms is enough." Wow, no one digs a horn into an embattled president's back like a rampaging RINO. How nasty and disloyal of her. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2145185/posts#comment Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:09:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115806/posts The 49ers canned head coach Mike Nolan on Monday, and apparently, it's just the beginning of a front office overhaul. The club managed just 18 wins in 55 games, and were 2-5 this season. That, along with 2005 first-overall pick Alex Smith's glacial development had just about everything to do with Nolan's current status. But this morning, NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice might be interested in a job with the 49ers in the near future. "We all know that change has swept through San Francisco, but now it looks like more could be coming.... NFL Fanhouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115806/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:12:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086798/posts Known as the Steel Magnolia in her youth, Miss Rice has guided the US through the war on terror, looked tyrants in the eye and faced down terrorist threats during her nation's darkest hours. But a new book reveals that she was not so steadfast in facing down her own more personal enemies within the Bush administration. Instead, Miss Rice was so fazed by former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that she burst into tears at a meeting in the White House situation room. The floodgates opened for the then national security adviser in February 2004, as the Bush administration was... telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086798/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062903/posts While the Obama and McCain campaigns were issuing speeches and statements during the Russian invasion of Georgia, who got the cease-fire job done? Anyone, anyone? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday signed the plan for a cease-fire in Georgia that his Georgian counterpart reluctantly agreed to a day earlier, setting the stage for a Russian troop withdrawal after more than a week of warfare. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili signed the deal Friday in Tbilisi after lengthy talks with Washington's top diplomat, Condoleezza Rice. You know a Condoleezza Rice-VP slot is not in the Democrats' best interest when the AP story... Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062903/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062715/posts This morning, after receiving an update from his national security team on the situation in Georgia, President Bush delivered a brief statement from the White House Rose Garden. (Transcript) The United States and our allies stand with the people of Georgia and their democratically elected government. Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected. Moscow must honor its commitment to withdraw its invading forces from all Georgian territory … The people of Georgia have cast their lot with the free world, and we will not cast them aside. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia today and met... WhiteHouse.gov & other sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062715/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:31:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062241/posts ALERT - Condoleezza Rice arrives in Tbilisi MOSCOW - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Tbilisi Friday to affirm the support of Washington to face Georgia in Moscow, has seen an AFP journalist. AFP via translation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062241/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051608/posts US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday shrugged off a reward for her arrest as a war criminal announced by university students ahead of a visit to New Zealand. “Protest is a part of democratic society and student protests are particularly a long honoured tradition in democratic society,” Rice told a news conference in the West Australian capital Perth. “And I can only say that the United States has done everything that it can to, in this war on terror, live up to our international and our national laws and obligations.” New Zealand university students had earlier offered a reward... Daily Times (Pakistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051608/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:00:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050426/posts In any partnership, the coin of the realm is trust and responsibility - in other words, saying what you mean and doing what you say. In the dramatic rescue on July 2 of 15 hostages, including three Americans, held captive for many years by guerrillas and terrorists, deep in the Colombian jungles, we saw a powerful reminder that the United States has no better partner in South America than the government and people of Colombia. Colombia's leaders, especially President Uribe, had promised us that our three abducted citizens would be treated no differently than the many Colombian men and women... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050426/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:31:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047447/posts Interview on the Sean Hannity Radio Show (Condoleezza Rice) (Excerpt) - SECRETARY RICE: ... First of all, this decision, this tactical decision to send Bill Burns one time to receive the reply that the Iranians are supposed to give to the offer that the United States, Russia, China, and three European states made – he’s going to go receive the reply, and he’s going to tell the Iranians, in no uncertain terms, that if they want to negotiate, the condition for doing that is to suspend verifiably their enrichment and reprocessing. So this is really to reinforce the policy that... State Dept http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047447/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032303/posts Lopez: How bad would a President Obama be for Israel? Why should that question matter to Americans? Glick: Senator Barack Obama would be bad for Israel most of all because he refuses to acknowledge that there is a jihad being waged against the free world. Indeed, he refuses to acknowledge that there is such a thing as an “enemy” in international affairs. And as a consequence, he is unable to understand what an ally is. As the U.S.’s most stalwart ally in the Middle East, and as the frontline state in the global jihad, Israel will likely suffer greatly if... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032303/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:57:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007217/posts War On Terror: Caving to Muslim pressure groups, the Bush administration has banned the term "jihadist" to define the enemy. Islamic terrorists will now be known as "violent extremists." Our war on radical Islam has been hamstrung by political correctness from the start. First, we couldn't call the campaign to strike back at al-Qaida a "crusade" because Muslims found it historically offensive. Then we couldn't define the enemy as "Islamic terrorists" because it insulted Islam — even though it accurately described the Muslims committing murder and mayhem in the name of Islam. To appease critics, we narrowed the terminology, confining... INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007217/posts#comment Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:35:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999811/posts U.S. Urges Kenyan Leaders to Fulfill Power Sharing Commitment Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC April 8, 2008 On April 7 I spoke separately by telephone with President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Raila Odinga to urge them to implement real power sharing by agreeing on the composition of their coalition cabinet. Both emphasized to me their strong commitment to do so. It is imperative that they form the cabinet without further delay and address the vitally important work of the nation. The United States and the entire international community stand ready to assist the coalition government and to... US Department of State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999811/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994439/posts ...Whether Mr. Odinga has ordered his men to commit murder and arson is unclear. But his own background does not exactly suggest enthusiasm for democracy and the rule of law. Mr. Odinga's father, Oginga Odinga, led the Communist opposition during the Cold War and Raila Odinga was educated in Communist East Germany. In 1982 he was implicated in a failed coup against the then president Daniel Arap Moi. His eldest son is named after Fidel Castro and his daughter after Winnie Mandela. Even more sinister has been Mr. Odinga's electoral pact with the National Muslim Leaders' Forum — a hardline... New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994439/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984098/posts In response to my column Racist Slander From The New Yorker, "Condiment" author Hendrik Hertzberg wrote, Dear Mr. Parks: Evidently you neglected to read all the way through my piece. To save you the trouble of going back to it, here is how it ends: "Her [Rice's] ascension, though nowhere near as momentous a breakthrough as the election of Obama or Clinton, would be a breakthrough all the same. In this connection, a kind word for George W. Bush may be in order. By appointing first Colin Powell and then Rice to the most senior job in the Cabinet, a... Bob Parks: Outside The Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984098/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:50:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975204/posts Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island PHOTO OF THE DAY President George W. Bush embraces a student Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, during an education roundtable at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia. QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY President's Radio Address ~ February 23, 2008 Critical excerpt: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell recently explained that the vast majority of the communications infrastructure we rely on in the United States is owned and operated by the private sector. Because of the failure to provide liability protection, he says private companies who have "willingly helped us in the past, are now... White House website, Misc. news sites http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975204/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956150/posts Keith Weissman and Steven Rosen Are PhDs and Middle East Experts Who Did Some Lobbying. They Thought They Were Doing What Washington Insiders Always Do. Thomas O’Donnell didn’t reveal his job when he phoned Keith Weissman in 2004 and got the policy analyst’s wife. He says he didn’t want to scare her. When Weissman returned the call and found out O’Donnell was an FBI agent, his first reaction was to attempt a joke: “What did I do?” “I’m sure you didn’t do anything,” O’Donnell told him. He wanted to meet that day, for five or ten minutes, and get Weissman’s... Washingtonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956150/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933342/posts US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reportedly said in Annapolis this week that her childhood in the segregated South had helped her to understand the suffering on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933342/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919420/posts There has been, for some time, more than ample reason to question the judgment of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with regard to her attempts to “foster” a final peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which attempts lead us now towards the dubious possibility of a conference in Annapolis. Word has it that the conference was her brainchild, although it was originally announced by the president. In fact, she seems to be supplying the steam behind this entire effort. Her statements frequently have an “other worldly” tone to them. She speaks about the window of opportunity open to... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919420/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2007 12:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919435/posts The respected left-wing journalist Aluf Benn recently reported in Haaretz that “When Condoleezza Rice talks about the establishment of a Palestinian state next to Israel, she sees in her mind’s eye the struggle of African Americans for equal rights, which culminated in the period of her Alabama childhood.” Though Benn never cited any source for his description of Rice’s deep personal identification with the Palestinian national cause, he has interviewed Secretary Rice before and obviously felt his source was good enough for print. He went on to “guess” that Rice’s feelings were based on the similarity between the separation fence... The Jewish Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919435/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:10:33 GMT