Rice Says U.S. Won't Punish Russia for Democratic Lapse
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Saturday that Russia had recently fallen backward on democracy and democratic reforms, but said that the government of President Vladimir V. Putin would not be ...
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Secretary of State-designate  Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday the United States would press  diplomacy in President Bush's second term after he was  criticized in his first four years for unilateralism.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  said on Friday she saw no evidence Iran was willing to freeze  sensitive nuclear activity following talks between Tehran and  the European Union.
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Condoleezza Rice won confirmation as secretary of state Wednesday despite blistering criticism from Senate Democrats who accused her of misleading statements and said she must share the blame for mistakes and war deaths in Iraq.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looked Thursday toward future "normalization" of US ties with North Korea, declining even to rule out visiting the isolated, Stalinist state.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will  express her concerns about rule of law and democracy in Russia  on Saturday, as well as pressing her Hardline case over Iran's  nuclear ambitions.
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Kosovo will get independence from Serbia  &quot;one way or another&quot; despite Russia&#39;s objections at the United  Nations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on  Thursday.
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The U.S. isn t attempting to influence Ukraine, Georgia and other former Soviet republics and is supporting democracy in those countries, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday criticized Russia and China on democracy, saying the United States would continue building relationships with those countries but without abandoning its values.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Monday with Kazakhstan's foreign minister as the U.S. sought closer ties to the oil-rich country despite what critics call its disturbing backslide toward autocracy.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied here Thursday the allied strategy to stabilise Afghanistan was failing, saying it was incomplete and needed innovation to crush "determined enemies."
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The United States supports a one-China policy and opposes Taiwan's referendum to join the United Nations as provocative, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday called a Russian general's warning that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted if they host U.S. missile defense bases "extremely unfortunate."
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said  on Saturday Russia needed to reverse what Washington considers  its backsliding on democracy if Moscow wants deeper relations  with the West.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has rejected Russian charges that the West is trying to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics by pushing its own interests in the name of democracy.
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"The people of the Czech Republic don't have to choose between being a friend of the United States or a friend with Russia"  President Bush risked further stoking a testy dispute with Russia over a new U.S. missile defense system on Tuesday, saying Moscow has 'derailed' once-promising democratic reforms.In a speech celebrating democracy's progress around the globe _ and calling out places where its reach is either incomplete or lacking _ Bush said that free societies emerge 'at different speeds in different places' and have to reflect local customs. But he said certain values are universal to all democracies, and rapped several countries for not embracing them. Read more