Rice is striving to ensure the spreading of American hegemony in the region and consolidate its alliance with countries concerned with the war on terror.
It seems that Rice’s most recent visit will be her last as the Secretary of State, and as she goes so will the Annapolis peace process: a process which typified the expression “heavy on process, light on peace.”
...interviews with officials at the U.S. State Department, Pentagon and White House have shown that the Bush administration never wanted to support Georgia in any military battle waged against Russia.
But why AmericaÂ’s leading diplomat was so suddenly hidden by a caption was only too clear: the secretary of stateÂ’s disappearance came before a rather uncomfortable question from a representative of the media.
Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. foreign minister, who has been standing beside the president with many different titles and statuses over the past seven years, is making much more effort than the other American ministers to save the president's and her own reputation.