http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145325,00.htmlWASHINGTON — Even though Condoleezza Rice's (search) confirmation as the nation's next secretary of state is not in doubt, Democratic senators were using debate time Tuesday to pummel President Bush's Iraq war policy.
Sens. Robert C. Byrd (search) of West Virginia, Barbara Boxer (search) of California and several other Democrats lined up to get in their licks, even though some Democrats indicated they are going to vote Wednesday for Rice, currently the president's national security adviser.
Byrd, however, said Rice's record did not earn her elevation into the spot as the nation's top diplomat.
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record, I am afraid, is one of intimate involvement in a number of administration foreign policies which I strongly oppose. These policies have fostered enormous opposition — both at home and abroad — to the White House's view of America's place in the world," Byrd said in an hour-long speech.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (search), D-Mass., criticized Rice as being involved in "the shameful decision by the administration to authorize the torture of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Iraq.
Give me a break FOX......