Rice takes oath as nation's 66th secretary of state
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WASHINGTON -- Condoleezza Rice took the oath yesterday as the 66th secretary of state and vowed to use American diplomacy to spread democracy across the world.
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WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush has a nickname for Condoleezza Rice, his choice as the next secretary of state: &quot;The unsticker.
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An new era of uncompromising and perhaps harder line US foreign policy dawned yesterday as President Bush formally nominated Condoleezza Rice as his new Secretary of State, and promoted her former deputy, Stephen Hadley, to be national security adviser at
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Secretary of State-designate  Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday defended herself against a charge  that she put loyalty above truthfulness in making the Bush  administration's case for going to war against Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit Tuesday to Baghdad, where Iraqi officials said she congratulated the premier on the passage of the so-called de-Baathification legislation and encouraged him to speed along other benchmark laws.
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Confirmation hearings for Condoleezza Rice to be named secretary of state will take place after the new Congress convenes in January, a Senate committee chairman said Sunday.
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The U.S. Senate confirmed  Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on Wednesday, sweeping  aside objections from some Democrats that she should be held  accountable for mistakes of the Iraq war.
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South Korean Ban Ki-moon takes the oath of office as the eighth U.N. secretary-general at a ceremony in the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, less than three weeks before he assumes the post from Kofi Annan.
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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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President George Bush today appointed his most trusted foreign policy adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.
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Secretary of State Rice arrives in London Wednesday to address tensions among key allies.
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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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Condoleezza Rice will likely hew to  a hard-line U.S. foreign policy on Tuesday when she outlines  goals for the president's second term at her confirmation  hearing as the first black woman nominated to be secretary of  state.
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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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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took the oath of office yesterday, warning that the nation cannot afford failure in Iraq and promising that the war there will be his top priority.
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U.S. Department of State photo Catherine Todd Bailey of Louisville, the new ambassador to Latvia, was given the oath of office yesterday by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday denounced Myanmar&#39;s ruling military junta as &quot;brutal&quot; and said Washington was closely monitoring rising protests for democracy in the Southeast Asian state.