Senate Confirms Rice as Secretary of State
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of senators swept aside objections from some Democrats that she be held accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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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.
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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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PITTSBURGH -- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who was nominated by President George W. Bush Tuesday to be the next Secretary of State, underwent a minor surgical procedure Friday for a problem called uterine fibroids.
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Condoleezza Rice, the Russian-speaking scholar and polished personality whom President Bush tapped Tuesday to be secretary of state, is known for her expertise and poise.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on a 16 to 2 vote Wednesday after Democrats on the panel expressed deep frustration at her answers on Iraq and terrorism in two days of hearings.
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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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President Bush this week nominated his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday  overwhelmingly confirmed Robert Gates as the next defense  secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld, an architect of the  increasingly unpopular Iraq war.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly confirmed Robert Gates as the next defense secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld, an architect of the increasingly unpopular Iraq war.
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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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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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Condoleezza Rice's confirmation as secretary of state is nearly certain, but she faced tough questions on Iraq and terrorism.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld praised President Bush&#39;s two nominations today to the national security team: Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and Steven Hadley as national security adviser.
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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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Condoleezza Rice won broad support. The attorney-general nominee cleared a Senate panel in a 10-8 vote down party lines.
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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.