Hints of a Colin Powell or Condi Rice Endorsement for Obama
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- July 21, 2008
Colin Powell and Condi Rice might endorse Obama's presidential bid.
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Britain's Brown Reaffirms Opposition to Iranian Nuclear Bomb
Nation & World
- July 21, 2008
Secretary of State Rice cites Iranian runaround in weekend talks.
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Czechs Sign On for a Controversial Missile-Defense System
Nation & World
- July 8, 2008
It's a partial win for President Bush, but Czech public opposition still might derail the deal.
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Washington Whispers: McCain-Rice Ticket
By Paul Bedard -
Nation & World
- May 1, 2008
Groups pushing Rice for president have shifted to making her vice president.
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Ads Call for Condoleezza Rice's Resignation for Her Role in "Torture" Discussions
By Liz Halloran -
News Desk
- April 16, 2008
Three progressive grass-roots organizations today said they will air a television ad around the time of tonight's Democratic debate calling for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to step down.
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McCain's Poll Numbers Are Breaking the Idea of Traditional Red and Blue States
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- April 11, 2008
Polls show a McCain-Rice ticket beating a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket in New York.
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Condoleezza Rice
By Allegra Hartley -
Nation & World
- April 9, 2008
Secretary of state is considered a possible running mate for McCain.
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Condi for Veep?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- April 7, 2008
Economic conservatives are already wary of a McCain-Rice ticket.
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Write-In Veep Bid for Condi Rice
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- March 13, 2008
Sen. John McCain's campaign will soon see a wave of postcards coming in from around the nation, urging him to pick Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as his running mate.
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Condi, Condi, Condi!
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- February 4, 2008
John McCain's rise in the polls has got Washington buzzing over whom he'd pick as his vice presidential nominee.
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Condoleezza Rice Hits Back at Critics of Her North Korea Nuclear Strategy
By Thomas Omestad -
Nation & World
- January 24, 2008
Signs of discord within the Bush administration
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European Envoy: U.S. Democratic Effort in Iran Will Backfire
News Desk
- December 21, 2007
The Bush administration's $75 million effort to promote democracy in Iran over the long run is likely to backfire, stiffening the resolve of the Islamic regime to hold on to power and landing democratic-minded activists in jail, a senior European diplomat tells U.S. News.
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Morning Buzz: Dec. 18, 2007
News Desk
- December 18, 2007
About 300 Turkish soldiers crossed the border into Iraq last night and remain there hunting for Kurdish rebels. At the same time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Kirkuk, also in the Kurdish portion of northern Iraq.
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Morning Buzz: Nov. 2, 2007
News Desk
- November 2, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Turkey today and assured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan that the Kurdish rebels threatening the shared border between Turkey and Iraq are a "common threat." She said the United States, Turkey, and Iraq will counter any strikes the Kurdish rebels make in Turkey.
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The Real Perils of Summitry
By Khaled Abu Toameh and Larry Derfner -
Nation & World
- October 26, 2007
A promised peace conference looks distinctly unpromising
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Hitting Iran Where It Hurts
By Thomas Omestad -
Nation & World
- October 25, 2007
Tough new U.S. economic sanctions raise tensions with Iran--and talk of war.
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More Oversight of Security Contractors
By Kevin Whitelaw -
News Desk
- October 23, 2007
The State Department is tightening its oversight of private security contractors operating in Iraq after an official panel found significant shortcomings in the department's operations of the security program. The panel, led by Patrick Kennedy, a senior State Department official, made 19 recommendations to improve the operations and monitoring of security convoys in the wake of the deadly incident last month in which guards working for Blackwater USA under a State Department contract were involved in a deadly shooting in downtown Baghdad, killing 17 Iraqi civilians.
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'I'm One Humble Sister,' Says Donna Brazile
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- October 5, 2007
They say politics makes strange bedfellows. Well, try a dire sickness. That's what Democratic strategist, CNN analyst, and Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign boss Donna Brazile found during a series of medical emergencies that sidelined her.
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Out Loud: September 23, 2007
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- September 23, 2007
Andrew Meyer, a grandstanding University of Florida student, allegedly resisting arrest after police tried to stop him while he was asking Sen. John Kerry several questions.
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A Major Push for More U.N. Sanctions on Iran
By Thomas Omestad -
Nation & World
- September 21, 2007
But frustrated by Russia and China, the White House may need a different approach.
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Condi's Ready to Play—Golf, That Is
Washington Whispers
- July 8, 2007
Condoleezza Rice, the popular secretary of state oft-touted as White House timber, has taken up the sport of presidents-golf. "She's got the bug," says a close aide.
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Secretary's Serenade
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- June 17, 2007
A long-planned get-together between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel finally came off last week, with the two huddling in Rice's private little office in Foggy Bottom. We hear Rice schmoozed the New Yorker, talking up his big issues of trade, education, diversity at State, and the differences between South Korea today and when he was in the Army during the Korean War.
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An American Idol Fan for Prez
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- June 7, 2007
First Fred, now Condi? That's the hope of the movement to draft Secretary of State Condi Rice into the 2008 GOP presidential campaign. Organizers of thinkcondi.
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Hooked on Idol and Star Gwen Stefani
Washington Whispers
- May 27, 2007
Turns out that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is just like a lot of us. She's a sucker for product placement.
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The Secret Behind Putting Bush in White Tie
Washington Whispers
- May 7, 2007
First lady Laura Bush and her team of cooks and social aides tell reporters that before the state dinner for Queen Elizabeth II, she had to double-team President Bush to persuade him to hold a super-formal white-tie dinner. Mrs.
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