Bush Authorized Seizure of Iranians

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 According to Condoleezza Rice, President Bush authorized the recent seizure of Iranian operatives in Iraq. U.S. forces seized at least five Iranian officials from Iran's consulate in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, prompting a confrontation with Kurdish forces. Update: Iran has called the consulate seizures illegal and demanded that the prisoners be returned. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weekly Video Roundup

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2007 This week, our collection of Truthdig-flavored videos includes GOP senators grilling Condi on Bush's troop escalation plan; a brutally ironic film reminding us that Saddam Hussein was a 40-year CIA asset; and "The Simpsons" on global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congress Holds Hearing on ‘Craziest, Dumbest Plan’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2007 Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates and Gen. Peter Pace all testified before Congress on Thursday, defending the president's plan to escalate the war. But many lawmakers, particularly Democrats, weren't impressed. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, told Gen. Pace, "This is the craziest, dumbest plan I've ever seen or heard of in my life." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Glasnost in Bush & Co.’s Gay Stance?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2006 We could be wrong, but it appears Tony Snow just defended Condi Rice for recognizing the mother of a new White House appointee's gay partner as his "mother-in-law" (h/t AMERICAblog) More after the jump . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condi Ad Absurdum

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 Condoleezza Rice equated Iraq war critics with those who advocated tolerating slavery in 19th-century America as a way of ending the U.S. Civil War. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Most Powerful Woman in the World

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2006 Angela Merkel, Germanys chancellor and beloved podcaster, overtook Condoleezza Rice as the world's most powerful woman, according to Forbes magazine. The No. 3 spot was filled by ChinaҒs vice premier, Wu Yi, also known as the Iron Lady.Ӕ How did someone known as the Iron LadyӔ lose out to Angela Merkel? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mideast Birth Pangs

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Condi Signals Possible Lebanon Compromise

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 It may be the first ray of hope: Secretary of State Rice told Larry King that the US would accept an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon as the first phase in ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush administration's blindness to the disastrous effects its foreign policy has wrought. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Condi Feels Lebanon’s Pain

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 During her surprise visit with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Beirut on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "assured a largely powerless leader that America was sympathetic to the suffering of his people, though it has stopped short of pressuring Israel to let up on its campaign against militants." (story--quote on p. 2) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condi Feels Lebanon’s Pain

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Even Ascendant, Condi is Still Ineffectual

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2006 From this week's Time magazine cover story: Although the secretary of state has persuaded Bush to give diplomacy a go in the fight against radical Islam, Rice "has yet to pull off any major diplomatic breakthrough that could burnish the Bush legacy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )