Senate Confirms Rice As Secretary of State
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Condoleezza Rice won easy confirmation Wednesday to be President Bush's new secretary of state, despite strong dissent from a small group of Democrats who said she shares blame for mistakes and war deaths in Iraq.
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The 16-to-2 vote by the panel cleared the way for Condoleezza Rice to be confirmed by the full Senate.
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A Senate committee unanimously  approved President George W. Bush's choice for defense  secretary on Tuesday after he told the panel the United States  was not winning in Iraq and needed a new approach to end the  carnage and avert a possible region-wide war.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  secretary of state on Wednesday as a majority of senators swept  aside objections from some Democrats that she should be held  accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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A Senate committee unanimously approved President George W. Bush's choice for defense secretary on Tuesday after he told the panel the United States was not winning in Iraq and needed a new approach to end the carnage and avert a possible region-wide war.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraq on Tuesday for passing the first in a series of critical laws meant to reconcile warring Iraqis, saying progress was remarkable even though more was needed.
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The Senate confirmed Edward Schafer as Secretary of Agriculture with no objections on Monday even though Congress and the administration have differing views over a pending five-year farm bill.
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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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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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A White House official said Condoleezza Rice has undergone successful surgery at a Washington hospital. President Bush&#39;s choice to be the next secretary of state was treated for noncancerous growths in her uterus.
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President Bush has chosen national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state in his second term, a senior administration official said Monday.
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(Corrects U.S. secretary of stateâs name in paragraph 20 to...Condoleezza Rice ..., not Condaleeza)
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Condoleezza Rice will include the Middle East in her first trip abroad as US secretary of state next week.
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The US Senate has confirmed President George W. Bush's nomination of former US spy chief John Negroponte as deputy secretary of state.
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President Bush is expected to nominate Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state today at 12:30 p.m. ET.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the confirmation of outgoing national security adviser Condoleezza Rice as US secretary of state.
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WASHINGTON: President Bush on Tuesday nominated a trusted confidant, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state in his second term.