Posted on 08/19/2008 6:10:08 PM PDT by Kaslin
President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa
On behalf of the United States, we extend our sincere condolences to President Mwanawasa's wife, his family, and all Zambians during this difficult time.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met today in Brussels with NATO allies in a session with her foreign minister counterparts to discuss Georgia. NATO was unanimous in their support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and desire to provide humanitarian and other assistance to Georgia. She later arrived in Warsaw, Poland for the formal approval of a missile defense deal
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with Georgia's Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelasvili during a bilateral meeting in an hotel in Brussels, Tuesday Aug.19, 2008.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband (Back) arrive at a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with Poland's counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski during an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with Italy's counterpart Franco Frattini during an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza, left, looks at Greek counterpart Dora Bakoyannis, center, and French counterpart Bernard Kouchner during an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner salutes an unseen person as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, talks with Greek counterpart Dora Bakoyannis, during an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, second right, gestures as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, talks with Greek counterpart Dora Bakoyannis, during an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia. Person at right is OSCE Chairman Alexander Stubb.
L to R) Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner waves as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) greets Greece's Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis (C) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks with Portugal's counterpart Luis Amado, right, as Slovenia's counterpart Dimitrij Rupel watches in the background during an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia.
(L to R) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
Georgia's Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili, front, arrives at NATO Headquarters for an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice grimaces as she attends an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her NATO counterparts are reviewing relations with Moscow Tuesday and are expected to curtail high level meetings and military cooperation with Russia if it does not abandon crucial positions across Georgia
Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini talks to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice greets Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (R) during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers have thrown their weight behind a battered Georgia, demanding a withdrawal of Russian troops but stopping short of imposing a diplomatic freeze on Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives at a news conference during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses the media at NATO Headquarters after attending an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008. The NATO allies say they cannot have normal relations with Russia as long as Moscow has troops in Georgia. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her 25 NATO counterparts have called on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Georgia.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with Georgia's Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelasvili during a bilateral meeting in an hotel in Brussels, Tuesday Aug.19, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana during an EU Troika in an hotel in Brussels, Tuesday Aug.19, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds a news conference during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
p> U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds a news conference during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds a news conference during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 19, 2008. NATO allies called on Russia to respect a peace deal with Georgia on Tuesday and withdraw its troops but were cool on a U.S. demand that the alliance consider scaling back ties with Moscow.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a press conference after her bilateral meeting with Georgian Foreign Affairs minister Eka Tkeshelashvili in Brussels. NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point in years Tuesday over the conflict in Georgia and Russia's failure to withdraw from the former Soviet republic
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski arrive in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Poland's government gave its formal approval to a missile defense deal with the United States on Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Warsaw to sign the agreement.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski wave as they arrive at Okecie airport in Warsaw August 19, 2008. Rice arrived to sign a deal for Poland to host elements of a U.S. missile shield.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski walk at Okecie airport in Warsaw August 19, 2008. Rice arrived to sign a deal for Poland to host elements of a U.S. missile shield
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski walk on the tarmac of a Warsaw military airport upon their arrival from Brussels. In a clear swipe at Russia, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday said his country would not give in to threats over its deal with Washington to deploy US missile silos on Polish soil.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski walk together after their arrival at the Okecie military airport in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Poland's government gave its formal approval to a missile defense deal with the United States on Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Warsaw to sign the agreement
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, right, speak to the press after arriving at the Okecie military airport in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Poland's government gave its formal approval to a missile defense deal with the United States on Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Warsaw to sign the agreement.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speak with media as they arrived at Okecie airport in Warsaw August 19, 2008. Rice arrived to sign a deal for Poland to host elements of a U.S. missile shield.
Great Photo of the Day, Kaslin! I hope and pray that Condi
and all the other diplomats can sway Russia from their
hell-bent-for-leather takeover of anything that tries to
stand in their way!
I guess they LIKED the “good-ole bad-ole days”!
Oh my. Did someone at the AP or where ever get a little nuts with the Photoshop? Dr. Rice’s skin is the same tint as French’s Mustard. She looks normal in other pictures taken in the same spot, so it wasn’t the lighting.
Thank you! and THANK YOU FOR THE DOSE, too!
You’re welcome
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