Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice
I respect and applaud Ms. Rice, she is among a select few with the intelligence, strength and ability to serve America as she has. I admire her greatly.
“If I had been sitting here a year ago telling you American forces, as Gen. [David] Petraeus has suggested, [will] be able to continue to come down, … you would have said, ‘Oh, come now — that’s wishful thinking,’”
“There were reasons to have questions about the surge. The president asked all of those tough questions himself. The advisers asked all of those tough questions.”
“Well, America has benefited from the surge,” “Iraq has benefited from the surge. And the whole region has benefited from the surge.”
“I don’t need another job in government with anybody,” “Look, I’m a Republican, all right? Sen. McCain is a fine patriot, and … he would be a great president. But there’s something to be said for fresh blood. And I know that there are a lot of very good people who could be his vice president.”
