Read more Condoleezza Rice stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1498/condoleezza-rice.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:36:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70038/condi-want-a-terror-attack-abandon-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf the GOP is serious about overcoming its current status as the party of naysayers and talk-show cranks, it should try to get Condoleezza Rice back in the game, writes Nina Easton for Fortune . At a recent women's summit, Rice earned a standing ovation from a diverse crowd after proving...http://www.newser.com/story/70038/condi-want-a-terror-attack-abandon-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 16:09:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60566/save-the-trauma-excuses-you-failed-on-911.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIronically, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice have defended their post-9/11 decisions by appealing for empathy, arguing that only those in charge on that bleak day could understand. “I have little sympathy for this argument,” Richard Clarke, who was there, retorts in a withering piece for the Washington Post , blaming them...http://www.newser.com/story/60566/save-the-trauma-excuses-you-failed-on-911.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 May 2009 11:36:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59772/ri-lawmaker-lets-waterboard-bush-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Democratic state lawmaker in Rhode Island thinks George W. Bush and some of his top cronies should be waterboarded for charity, reports the Westerly Sun . State Rep. Rod Driver sent letters via certified mail to Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice offering to donate $100 for every second they...http://www.newser.com/story/59772/ri-lawmaker-lets-waterboard-bush-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 21:23:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThose calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York . Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in...http://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 8:34:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57946/4th-grader-grills-condi-on-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fourth grader took Condoleezza Rice to task on torture yesterday, asking her about President Obama's criticism of "methods" used by the Bush administration. The question— drafted with the help of teachers—was toned down from what the student originally planned to say, the Washington Post notes. The child wanted...http://www.newser.com/story/57946/4th-grader-grills-condi-on-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 2:22:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57902/dowd-gop-has-short-memory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs their party contracts with the defection of Arlen Specter, the GOP is complaining about a disappearing balance of power: “How quaint,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times —this from the party whose “arrogant” previous administration “did its best to undermine checks and balances.” Meanwhile, the current “professor...http://www.newser.com/story/57902/dowd-gop-has-short-memory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 10:57:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56952/condi-was-first-to-ok-waterboarding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondoleezza Rice played a greater role than she has acknowledged in the CIA's harsh interrogation program, and approved the use of waterboarding, according to a newly released report from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The report finds that Rice, as national security adviser, verbally approved the CIA's request to waterboard a...http://www.newser.com/story/56952/condi-was-first-to-ok-waterboarding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 2:39:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56482/condi-commands-same-speaking-fee-as-ex-boss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondoleezza Rice isn't playing second fiddle to George W. Bush any longer: The former secretary of state charges a $150,000 speaking fee—the same as her old boss, The Hill reports. Rice will even get a jump on the former president later this month when she addresses the Economic...http://www.newser.com/story/56482/condi-commands-same-speaking-fee-as-ex-boss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 12:47:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55896/bush-gang-will-reunite-to-reflect-on-legacy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe George W. Bush administration is planning a reunion in honor of the former president’s nascent policy institute, the New York Times reports. Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, speechwriter Michael Gerson, and White House counsel Dan Bartlett will meet the former president next week in Dallas for dinner and a day...http://www.newser.com/story/55896/bush-gang-will-reunite-to-reflect-on-legacy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 16:46:23 CDT