And the new Secretary of State is ...
Surprise, surprise its Condi Rice! President Bush wasted no time after Colin Powell's resignation in appointing Condoleeza Rice who served as his "faithful" National Security Adviser for the last 4 years, as Powell's replacement.
President Bush in a ceremony in the White House Roosevelt room with a teary-eyed Rice by his side said,''During the last four years, I have relied on her counsel, benefited from her great experience and appreciated her sound and steady judgement. Now I'm honoured that she's agreed to serve in my Cabinet.'' Hmmm..now we know who gets the actual credit for the administrations brilliant strategies for the last 4 years and I'm sure we can depend on Condi for even more brilliant diplomacy in the next 4 years..
Many top Republican leaders have said that," as secretary of state Ms. Rice would continue to promote the views of the president rather than her own." Condi has been Bush’s single closest foreign policy adviser and confidante from his Texas days. She tutored the "little traveled" Bush on foreign affairs during the 2000 presidential campaign. So profound was her influence on him then that he said "" . However Condi indignantly denied the magnitude of her influence in an interview early this year and said that the President now influenced her as much as she influenced him.Since then they've had a close relationship- Condi spends weekends with the Bush family at Camp David- and Bush trusts her completely to endorse his views, carry out his wishes and even complete his sentences. Thats definitely a lot of influence :)
Ivo H. Daalder, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution said,‘‘Her appointment means that the President wants to surround himself with the people he’s most comfortable with, and who are most loyal to his view of what foreign policy’s all about.That wasn’t the case with Powell. The President sees himself as vindicated by re-election, and therefore he’s going to implement a foreign policy that is closely tied to the one he has been wanting to run all along.’’
Well I have nothing more to say except if this is not ensuring that the "political capital " which was earned is being spent , then what is?
posted by mightypen @ 11:49 PM
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Condi Rice. Inspiration to millions of minority kids in America. When I grow up, I wanna be a token minority yes-man just like her.
Not being a member of a minority myself, I look to Caroline from "The Apprentice" as my yes-[wo]man idol!
Being a member of the minority South Asian community, I think I would choose Caroline over Condi because the influence of all the "Fair and Lovely" beauty cream advertisements I saw while growing up has made a deep and lasting impact on my pysche.
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