Posted on 02/05/2005 3:38:19 AM PST by windchime
FOREIGN SECRETARY STRAW: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It has been a very great pleasure to welcome to London Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her first official visit as the United States Secretary of State. And Condoleezza Rice has had a very good discussion this morning with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and we too have had a very good bilateral discussion. And both the Prime Minister and I opened by congratulating Secretary Rice on her appointment and her endorsement by the Senate.
In those confirmation hearings before the United States Senate, Secretary Rice said, and I quote, "The time for diplomacy is now." And she is certainly, if I may say so, beginning her program with a formidable program of diplomacy over the next few days, here in Europe and in the Middle East. There is a great deal of work, certainly, to be done and I look forward to working together with Secretary Rice on the issues which we have discussed this morning, including: Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, on Iran, on which I briefed Secretary Rice on the current state of play in terms of the European discussion, EU-US relations and the Sudan--just a list for starters.
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I heard this press conference yesterday morning and, in my opinion, the highlighted portion of the question by Mitchell sounded like an attempt to undermine and embarrass our Secretary of State.
QUESTION: Madam Secretary, Iran’s supreme leader on Thursday condemned the President’s comments in the State of the Union address, and I’m wondering if you could respond to the Iranian comments of the last couple of days about both the accusations on the nuclear front and what the President said about human rights?
And Secretary Straw, on the plane flying over, Secretary Rice said that the diplomatic community, and that Europe certainly would agree, that Iran’s human rights record is to be loathed.
Strong words. And do you think that those kinds of words are perhaps not as helpful to the European initiative to try to reach a diplomatic solution?
I don't think I have ever heard a reporter pose a question like that
Seems the wicked witch of the east (Andrea) as her claws out for Dr. Rice
"In her first press conference in London as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice took a number of questions about Iran on Friday -- including one suggesting that she has been undiplomatic in her approach to Iran."
Good !!.. Andrea what out of line in how she posed that question
Condoleezza Rice, Gerhard Schroeder Cite Unity of Purpose on Iran, Iraq, Mideast- Transcript including Mitchell question
Media Arrogance Comparison- Rice/Mitchell Accuracy in Media 1-24-05
Sitting in for the equally arrogant Chris Matthews on his Hardball show, Mitchell derided the officials in the cabinet of President Bush, saying they are not "exactly the best and the brightest."
In Control American Journalism Review Feb/March '05 may have to refresh page
Mitchell argues that leaks, particularly of dissenting views, can be helpful to good government. "There are policies that need to be exposed," she says. "There are times when the administration ought to know that there are things happening in this administration that are not good policy."
NBC’s Mitchell looks behind rhetoric at conference with Schroeder Mitchell Responds to Questions MSNBC 2-4-05
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