[snugs]

Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora shakes hands with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during their meeting in the government palace in Beirut, July 24, 2006

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) meets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Beirut July 24, 2006

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sits with diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, July 24, 2006

[GretchenM]

There is a lot to be said for having a Secretary of State (Rice) who exercises and watches her weight. It has to make her a more effective SoS than, say, maddy the dumpling. No pasta hangovers or peach cobbler brain fogs for Dr. Rice. Thank God for Condi!