Condoleezza Rice&#39;s reputation precedes her
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PARIS Condoleezza Rice is President Bush&#39;s choice to succeed Colin Powell as Secretary of State, but key US allies find the choice a bit hard to swallow.
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In a brief foray into politics, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday denounced comments by a leading Republican presidential candidate that the Bush administration's foreign policy is arrogant and unilateral.
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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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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice is President Bush&#39;s choice to succeed Secretary of State Colin Powell, two senior administration officials tell CNN.
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Although she is afforded celebrity  status by many Americans, some analysts say U.S. Secretary of  State Condoleezza Rice's image may be tarnished by reports that  she brushed off warnings of the September 11 attacks.
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As Condoleezza Rice enters the State Department, she will face a number of pressing foreign policy problems that she cannot solve. This will not be for lack of effort or intelligence on her part. It's just that many foreign policy crises involve the interests and activities of countries across the globe, and changing them takes time. And even then, whether it's Iran, North Korea or Darfur, there is no quick fix that Washington can impose. But there is a growing danger for the United States that needs urgent attention, that can be solved and that is almost entirely within Rice's power to handle. It's the foreign visa crisis. Left unattended, it is going to have deep and lasting effects on American security and competitiveness.
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STANCE: Condoleezza Rice has been both protege and mentor to President Bush in his first four years in the White House and has never indicated publicly any difference in view with him.
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She dissected prospects for Middle East peace, railed at Iran, fretted about rebel attacks on Turkey and acknowledged cost overruns at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. But the biggest flap when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday occurred...
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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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Chicago Tribune - As she embarks Thursday on her first overseas trip as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice will find one big difference between her old role as one of President Bush's closest White House confidants and her new job as America's ambassador to the world.
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President Bush turned to his most trusted foreign policy adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to lead U.S. diplomacy during his second term.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice keeps trying, but she can't put those questions about presidential ambitions to rest.
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Condoleezza Rice, the White House national security adviser, is giving a flurry of speeches in political battleground states in the closing days of the campaign, bringing allegations from Sen. John Kerry's camp that she is injecting herself into the presidential race.
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National security adviser Condoleeza Rice will be named secretary of state as early as today, according to administration officials.
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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 and struggle against racism uniquely qualified her to be America's "face to the world" as secretary of state.
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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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Condoleezza Rice has been both protege and mentor to President Bush in his first four years in the White House. So he is bound to feel comfortable with the former Stanford University provost running the State Department.