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  • Hello sailors: Rice hails democracy, even protests

    03/16/2006 4:26:09 PM PST · by Aussie Dasher · 2 replies · 360+ views
    The Age ^ | 17 March 2006 | Brendan Nicholson
    A BLACK-CLAD figure amid a sea of brilliant white uniforms, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was given a hero's welcome aboard two US warships in Sydney Harbour yesterday. The crews of USS Port Royal and USS Ruben James greeted Dr Rice with cheers and whistles. She told the sailors they were owed a great debt of thanks by the American people, the President and all who desired freedom. "Because you are stalwart, because you have volunteered for this fight (in the global war on terror), we are going to win this great struggle," she said. "We are going...