Perhaps Robert Byrd will lecture us on Roman history..
Nah, he's gonna read aloud from "Gone with the Wind". Till he has to pee that is...
We should have seen this coming ...
http://www.vote-smart.org/speech_detail.php?speech_id=74120&keyword=&phrase=&contain=
Public Statements
Speaker: Senator Jon Stevens Corzine (NJ)
Title: Statement on the Nomination of Condoleeza Rice on the Nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be the Next Secretary of State
Location: Washington, DC
Date: 11/16/2004
STATEMENT OF SENATOR JON S. CORZINE ON THE NOMINATION OF CONDOLEEZZA RICE TO BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE
Washington, DC-Condoleezza Rice is an honorable and experienced person. That said, she has stood with the president and an administration that has chosen to end 50 years of bipartisan consensus on foreign policy replacing it with an ideologically-driven, go-it-alone approach: an approach that has cost the nation dearly in lives and a treasured reputation. The United States needs a pragmatic, effective foreign policy that strengthens our alliances, develop global strategies for winning the war on terrorism, halt nuclear proliferation in places such as Iran and North Korea, and deliver a real exit strategy for Iraq. The next Secretary of State must also address global problems such as HIV-AIDS and climate change and confront immediately the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. The administration has a lot to answer for, and I look forward to Dr. Rice's confirmation hearings to discuss these issues.
http://www.vote-smart.org/speech_detail.php?speech_id=68942&keyword=&phrase=&contain=
Public Statements
Speaker: Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Title: Letter to National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice
Location: Unknown
Date: 10/05/2004
October 5, 2004
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Adviser
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Dr. Rice:
I am writing in response to your comments on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos regarding questions raised by a New York Times article on the aluminum tubes ...
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http://schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/PR02515.Ricetestify032204.html
Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2004
SENATORS URGE PRESIDENT TO ASK CONDOLEEZA RICE TO TESTIFY BEFORE 9/11 COMMISSION
New revelations from former White House aide Richard Clarke underscore need for Rice to testify; Clinton officials expected to testify this week that they gave urgent warning to Rice about Qaeda threat
Byrd, Kennedy, Schumer, Clinton, Lautenberg, Corzine, Dodd and others rebut White House rationale for keeping Rice from testifying publicly before the 9/11 Commission
A group of US Senators today wrote to the President to urge him to ask Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, to publicly testify before the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States is expected to hear testimony from top officials in both the Bush and Clinton Administrations this week. Senators Robert Byrd, Edward Kennedy, Charles Schumer, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Frank Lautenberg, Jon Corzine, Christopher Dodd and others (Feinstein) signed the letter to the President.
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