ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Eight days, six countries, and a rock star welcome. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is making her first visit to Asia since moving into her offices at the State Department. And so far, the trip is the stuff of front-page photos and video headlines here.
After nearly 16-and-a-half hours of flying time, Rice stepped off the Boeing 757 after sunset on Tuesday to a platform filled with still and video photographers in New Delhi, the American ambassador to India waiting on the tarmac to show her to her car, and various local dignitaries eager to shake her hand.
When asked by a visiting reporter why all the fuss, given that it was already after dinner and dark to boot, a local embassy staffer said, Well, its the only picture the Indian media will get of Rice today! rest of story
President Bush's presser this morning was like buttah. I'm just going to come right out and say it,,, I love that man!
Condi, er uh, Ms. Secretary of State, pretty in pink...
I'll post more later, gotta run.