Iraq Questions to Dominate Rice Hearing

[Blue Diadem]

January 17, 2005, 11:10 AM EST

WASHINGTON -- Asked to list Condoleezza Rice's main challenges as President Bush's secretary of state, career diplomat James Dobbins has a succinct answer: "Iraq, Iraq and Iraq."

There is a long list of other things Rice wants or needs to do as America's top diplomat, including revitalizing peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, dampening North Korea's nuclear ambitions and tending the needs of U.S. allies in Europe and elsewhere. At least in the short term, however, the messy postwar Iraq situation will complicate American efforts abroad.

At home, questions about Iraq are expected to dominate Rice's Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Rice is expected to use the session to describe her goals of limited political and economic reforms across the broader Middle East, a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and international efforts to combat HIV and AIDS.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-awaiting-rice,0,1736562.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[rkc3]

1. Congress will ask a few "tough" questions and go away to confirm her

position.

That will be the extent of the hearing.

[s-cubed]

2. See this thread & help Boxer challenge Condi

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1500879

[rodeodance]

3. she will go the way of conzales, lots of theater, then confirmed.