U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice smile during the swearing-in ceremony of John Danilovich as the Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation at the State Department in Washington December 20, 2005. The Millennium Challenge Corporation oversees funds aimed at helping justly governed developing nations overcome poverty through economic growth. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to invited guests at the Heritage Foundation in Washington December 13, 2005. Congress rejected Rice's impassioned appeal to provide $50 million for African troops trying to keep peace in Sudan's Darfur region, the State Department said on Monday. (Larry Downing/Reuters)