Negroponte nears Rice deputy role
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A US Senate panel backs John Negroponte, the outgoing intelligence chief, as the new  deputy secretary of state.
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President Bush on Tuesday reached  into his inner circle and nominated a trusted confidante,  national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin  Powell as secretary of state in Bush's second term.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush this afternoon officially nominated Condoleezza Rice, his national security adviser and a longtime confidante, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.
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WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush has a nickname for Condoleezza Rice, his choice as the next secretary of state: &quot;The unsticker.
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National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, President Bush&#39;s nominee to be the next secretary of state, is doing well after successful surgery, Jim Wilkinson, deputy national security advisor, told CNN Friday.
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Former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, who was Condoleezza Rice's mentor, said Rice, who is expected to be easily confirmed as secretary of state, may face a tough transition.
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Condoleezza Rice begins fielding two days of tough questions from senators about her role in shaping Iraq policy, but she appears to face few obstacles to confirmation as the next US secretary of state.
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US President George W. Bush plans to nominate National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state in place of Colin Powell after his resignation, two senior administration officials said on Monday.
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Condoleezza Rice is no longer on a fast track to Senate confirmation as secretary of state, but the slowdown appears to be temporary as Democratic foes of the war in Iraq line up to have their say.
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WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush has tapped national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state. Rice will replace Colin Powell, who has resigned.
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President Bush on Tuesday picked national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who once tutored him on global affairs, to be his top diplomat, saying her foreign policy experience
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Administration officials said President Bush might name Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state as early as Tuesday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has tapped Eliot A. Cohen, a prominent writer on national security strategy and an outspoken critic of the administration's postwar occupation of Iraq, as her counselor, State Department officials said yesterday.
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Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice will have a minor surgical procedure on Friday while President Bush is away on a trip to Chile, her spokesman said.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Tuesday in the latest high-level visit from Washington to press for progress on political reform.
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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who was nominated by President Bush Tuesday to be the next secretary of state, will have a minor surgical procedure Friday at a Washington hospital, NSC spokesman Sean McCormack said.
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Condoleezza Rice has been President Bush's foreign policy tutor, sports buddy, national security adviser and his secretary of state.