Rice goes to Iraq to push for reconciliation
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met top Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Tuesday after Iraq's parliament passed the first in a series of critical laws aimed at reconciling warring Iraqis.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday, flying directly into the volatile, ethnically mixed northern city of Kirkuk.
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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 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is targeting progress on foreign policy crises on North Korea and Iran, and will press for democratic change in Myanmar in a five-nation Asian tour this month.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 17 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed support for a nascent Baghdad security plan during an unannounced visit to the capital Saturday, but she reminded Iraq's leaders that Americans were growing increasingly frustrated with the unyielding lethality and cost of the war.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit Tuesday to Kirkuk in the oil-rich Kurdish region
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that were expected to involve a push for more progress on political reconciliation.
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US Secretary of State Rice spent four days in the region trying to iron out differences between Israeli and Palestinian leaders ahead of November peace talks.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice unexpectedly flew to Iraq from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to press for more progress on political reconciliation
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is renewing efforts to revive stalled Mideast peace talks, visiting the region this week for the first time since a U.N.-brokered cease-fire halted Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  seeks on Friday to repair ties with Europe over Iraq but her  tough line on Iran risks undermining transatlantic attempts to  heal the rift on her first trip as the top U.S. diplomat.
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President Bush plans to fly to the Middle East next week to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as the two leaders try to overcome recent tensions and revitalize the war effort, the White House announced last night.
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Condoleezza Rice has made a surprise visit to the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, a day after the US appeared to give tacit approval to the bombing of rebel Kurdish bases by Turkish jets.
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BAGHDAD, Oct 5 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to support embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and urged the fragile Iraqi government to accelerate efforts on national reconciliation.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told European intellectuals Tuesday "it is time to turn away from the disagreements of the past" that stem from the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Saturday with Iraq's prime minister in their first face-to-face talks since a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.
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ARBIL, Iraq  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will urge Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Friday to work with Sunnis and Shi'ites, particularly on the controversial issue of managing Iraq's vast oil wealth.