Rice Replaces Powell As Top U.S. Diplomat
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Condoleezza Rice takes over Thursday as America's 66th secretary of state to confront an agenda laden with difficult and explosive foreign policy problems.
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President George W. Bush turned to his most trusted foreign policy adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to lead US diplomacy during his second term, replacing Secretary of State Colin Powell, who often was out of step with more hawkish members of
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Nicholas Burns, a leading American policymaker on Iran and India, has decided to retire as the No. 3 U.S. diplomat for personal reasons, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as U.S. secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of senators swept aside objections from some Democrats who said she should be held accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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Senior diplomats in Jerusalem strained to contain their pleasure Tuesday at US President George W. Bush&#39;s appointment of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and Steven Hadley as national security adviser, replacing Rice.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  announced Monday the appointment of a U.S. general as security  coordinator to help Israel and the Palestinians protect budding  peace moves.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced his resignation Monday, ending four years of battles with Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld about the course of US foreign policy.
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The White House is expected to name  U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick as Condoleezza Rice's  deputy when she assumes the post of secretary of state, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  named a U.S. general Monday to act as security coordinator for  a budding new peace process between Israel and the  Palestinians.
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MARK COLVIN: Some time in the next couple of days, United States President George W. Bush is expected to anoint a successor to the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who has announced his resignation.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has  resigned and the White House is expected to make the  announcement on Monday, U.S. officials said.
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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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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  U.S. secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of  senators swept aside objections from some Democrats who said  she should be held accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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National security adviser  Condoleezza Rice emerged as the likely candidate on Monday to  replace resigning Secretary of State Colin Powell, Republican  sources said.
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In Europe, it's hard for some to think of Condoleezza Rice &#151; Colin Powell's expected replacement as U.S. secretary of state &#151; without recalling the low points in trans-Atlantic relations that grew out of the war in Iraq.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned and the White House is expected to make the announcement on Monday, US officials said.
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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.