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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice takes questions on the Bush Administration's war on terrorism and her role as the nation's top diplomat, during an interview with the Associated Press, at the State Department in Washington in this Dec. 16, 2005 file photo. Rice has become the most popular member of the Bush administration and a potential candidate to replace her boss in the White House, even as Americans lose confidence in the administration she serves and patience with the Iraq war she helped to launch. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice smile during the swearing-in ceremony of John Danilovich as the Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation at the State Department in Washington December 20, 2005. The Millennium Challenge Corporation oversees funds aimed at helping justly governed developing nations overcome poverty through economic growth. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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Analysis: Rice Sees Political Star on Rise

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There are a couple of pictures in the past year that show her interacting with some world leader overseas and one of her walking across the White House lawn that look exactly presidential. It was surreal.