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June 26, 2006 -- Belarusian authorities said today they will freeze any assets that U.S. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may hold in the country. The move is a response to Washington's decision last week to impose sanctions, including a freeze on assets, against Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and other officials deemed accountable for the fraud that Western governments believe marred presidential elections in March.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw paid a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday to discuss efforts to form a unity government. British embassy spokeswoman Lisa Glover said Straw was "here to talk about government formation." Straw and Rice are due to meet Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and President Jalal Talabani and other leaders during the day. The visit comes as Jaafari faces mounting pressure from both within his ruling Shi'ite Alliance and rival politicians to step down.

The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia. This agreement is a strategic achievement: It will strengthen international security. It will enhance energy security and environmental protection. It will foster economic and technological development. And it will help transform the partnership between the world's oldest and the world's largest democracy. First, our agreement with India will make our future more secure, by expanding the reach of the international nonproliferation regime. The International Atomic Energy Agency would gain access to India's civilian nuclear program that...

MEMORANDUM TO: OPINION LEADERSFROM: Gary SchmittSUBJECT: Secretary Rice in EgyptSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s speech yesterday at the American University in Cairo was a remarkably impressive speech. Indeed, diplomatic historians may some day put it in the league with Secretary George Marshall’s speech at Harvard announcing the Truman administration’s Marshall Plan. Calling on Egypt and its president, Hosni Mubarak, to lead the way in moving his country and, indeed, the region toward the establishment of constitutional and liberal democracy, Secretary Rice laid down a series of markers for Egypt’s president and his government to fulfill their promise of democratic change....

MEMORANDUM TO: OPINION LEADERSFROM: GARY SCHMITTSUBJECT: Half Measures in Egypt According to press reports, Egypt’s parliament is likely to pass a constitutional amendment today that would allow opposition figures to run for president. This apparent democratic breakthrough, however, is undermined by the amendment’s stipulation that to be placed on a presidential ballot a candidate would need the approval of 300 members from various “elected” Egyptian government bodies – bodies now under the control of the sitting president, Hosni Mubarak.The decision by Egypt to take this half measure is the result of pressure put on President Mubarak by President Bush and Secretary...

Democratic reformers facing repression, prison, or exile can know: America sees you for who you are: the future leaders of your free country.--George W. Bush, January 20, 2005 WHEN THE LEADING OPPOSITION FIGURE in Egypt was arrested on questionable charges in late January, Condoleezza Rice saw a perfect test of President Bush's inaugural promise to stand with democratic reformers around the world. Egyptian authorities jailed Ayman Nour just nine days after Bush's inaugural address. "They couldn't have picked a worse time to do this," Rice told Elliott Abrams of the National Security Council when she heard the news. Indeed. Rice...

Mr. President, I thank Senator Lugar for finding time for me to express my views to the Senate and to those who might be listening or viewing the Senate proceedings. I say to Senator Lieberman, I appreciate very much the broad scope of his statement with reference to America and the world, and I thank him for stating his views, which are my views, and I think the views of an overwhelming number of Senators - 77 of them who voted for us to proceed with this approach to Iraq. I think we all know our intentions, regardless of what...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Senior Senator From California, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Has Publicly Endorsed Condoleezza Rice For Secretary Of State. “I’m supporting Condoleezza Rice. I know her. She’s a friend. We have had the opportunity to have many discussions. We have participated in many groups that discuss world issues.” (Sen. Dianne Feinstein, CNN’s “Wolf Blitzer Reports,” 1/25/05)Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), The New Face Of The Democrat Party, Attacked Rice’s Credibility On The Senate Floor: “[Rice] dodged so many of [the committee questions], and again, resorted to the half the story and even got herself in deeper water in some of...

National Security Adviser Is Bush's Choice to Replace Powell Nov. 15, 2004 — National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will be nominated to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, ABC News has learned. Senior administration sources confirmed that Rice would be Bush's choice. The news comes just hours after the White House announced Powell had submitted his resignation.Rice, considered to be one of the president's closest counselors, has served as national security adviser since Bush first took office.

  Violence Won't Stop Iraqi Power Turnover By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 18, 2004 – It was probably predictable that insurgents would try to prevent the transfer of power to Iraqis on June 30, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on ABC's "This Week" today. The insurgents "been aggressive and violent in the last couple of weeks," Rice told host George Stephanopoulos. "We're responding to that. We're also responding politically by working with the people on the ground, including local leaders and members of the governing council." She said the people the coalition is working with...