Rice on the Defensive Over Iraq, Integrity
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Condoleezza Rice gave little ground  to senators lambasting U.S. policies in Iraq on the first day  of her confirmation hearing to be secretary of state and will  return on Wednesday for a second round of questioning.
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BAGHDAD -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here on an unannounced visit yesterday to urge on Iraq's skittish government as it seeks to restore security and shape a new national order.
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Condoleezza Rice's confirmation as secretary of state is nearly certain, but she faced tough questions on Iraq and terrorism.
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President Bush defended Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war Monday and said training Iraqi police and army to take over responsibility for the country's security from U.S. troops has been difficult.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Baghdad on Tuesday to see top Iraqi officials after Iraq's parliament passed the first in a series of critical laws aimed at reconciling warring Iraqis.
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US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice defended recent statements by President George W. Bush's slamming France's for not joining the US-led invasion of Iraq, saying the president never intended to ridicule the French government.
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Stabilizing Iraq will be a lengthy process that won't end when violence in that country  -  and U.S. troop strength  -  are reduced, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said
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The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning. An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, in a series of blunt and sometimes biting statements during a visit to Asia, defended the Iraq war, attacked administration critics at home and warned that the U.S. would confront potential adversaries abroad.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the Baghdad government's mixed report card against critics in Congress on Friday, saying the Bush administration needs another two months to find a "coherent way forward" in Iraq.
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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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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Iraq on Tuesday for meetings with the Iraqi government, which last week passed the first in a series of long-awaited laws aimed at reconciling Iraqis, officials said.
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National security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion, even as a published report said government experts had cast doubt at the time.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday to urge Iraqi leaders to speed up national reconciliation to secure recent military gains that have sharply curbed violence.
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Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice, in a rare acknowledgment of mistakes, said on Wednesday the Bush administration had made some bad decisions in Iraq and was unprepared for stabilizing the country.
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With an eye to the next debate just one day away, US President George W. Bush has attacked critics of his Iraq policy despite an official report that Saddam Hussein had no chemical, biological or nuclear arms.
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US President George W. Bush defended his call to invade Iraq ahead of a report expected to say that Saddam Hussein did not have the weapons used by the Bush administration to justify the war.