[DakotaGator]

Secretary Rice's physical appearance and presence is simply "striking"

She's impeccably groomed, poised, confident, gracious, and graceful. Not conventionally beautiful, she demonstrates how radiance from within is far more important than commercial standards of attractiveness.

Striking!

[RonDog]

See also, form Yahoo! NEWS photos:

Sat Mar 19, 4:04 AM ET
A customer looks at a book about U.S. Secretary of State Conoleezza Rice titled: Lai Si, her Chinese name, at a bookstore in Beijing Saturday, March 19, 2005. The book is subtitled 'America's first black woman President ?' Rice is scheduled to arrive in Beijing Sunday and will press Chinese leaders for help in bringing North Korea (news - web sites) back to the negotiating table to discuss the nuclear crisis. (AP Photo)