Condi has to go to work now: “To demonstrate our solidarity with the Georgian people,” the president announced that he was sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Paris to assist the West’s diplomatic efforts on the crisis, and then to the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Funny how the great Russian expert, Condi Rice, has […]
That’s what the FBI is wondering: FBI agents investigating government watchdog Scott Bloch have subpoenaed any records that would reveal whether concerns about the 2004 elections prompted him to clear Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of ethics violations. Bloch, the U.S. special counsel who investigates federal employee whistleblower complaints, found no merit to allegations that […]
What do we need? More free trade! The United States would break faith with a strong Latin American ally that has rescued itself from failure if the U.S. Congress refuses to approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. more stories like this “I think it would be […]
Nancy Pelosi goes to Syria and gets branded a traitor and gets accused of “bad behavior” and possibly “criminal activities”. The media sure did eat up on this. Now fast forward to today and Condi Rice is heading over to Syria to meet with them: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Syria’s foreign minister […]
Another “war” we are losing thanks to George Bush: State Department report on terrorism due out next week will show a nearly 30 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide in 2006 to more than 14,000, almost all of the boost due to growing violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Friday. The annual report’s […]
Brian Ross reports: Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with running a prostitution operation. Tobias, 65, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and administrator […]
Looks like George hit a new low! From the WSJ: President Bush’s approval rating slipped to new lows in the most recent Harris Interactive survey, but he’s not alone: For the first time since the series began, all of the political figures and institutions included in the survey have negative performance ratings. Of the 1,001 […]
Last week, two election workers in Ohio got sentenced to 18 months in prison for rigging a recount in the 2004 presidential election. Now our new Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner has asked the election board members to resign or be fired: All four election board members for Cuyahoga County, troubled by recount rigging charges […]
A heads up. Keith will be giving a special comment on Countdown tonight: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the Democratic-controlled Congress not to interfere in the conduct of the Iraq war and suggested President Bush would defy troop withdrawal legislation. “I can’t imagine a circumstance in which it’s a good thing that their flexibility […]
On the same day that the Iraq Study Group offered its assessment on the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East, former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the conflict a civil war, joining a growing chorus of those who eschew the more benign-sounding “sectarian violence” terminology preferred by the Bush administration. “It looks like, smells […]