Rice Salutes Egyptian Diplomat the Bush Administration Tried to Oust

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBRC5MLIEE.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Without a hint of past disapproval, the Bush administration on Friday saluted Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei for winning the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a statement saying the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency deserved the honor.

She offered her congratulations to him and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, which were honored for what the Nobel Committee said was a drive to curb the spread of atomic weapons through diplomacy. At the same time Rice reaffirmed that the administration was "committed to working with the IAEA to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons technology."

Until the administration in June registered its support for a third term for ElBaradei, the opposition to him among such officials as former Secretary of State Colin Powell and John R. Bolton, then undersecretary of state for arms control, was strong and unusually public.

[neweurope]

1. Schröder (chancellor) and Köhler (president), Chirac and

Lord knows who else have congratulated. For the US a Secretary of State speaks.

Did she at least promise not to bug his phones anymore?

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[maddezmom]

2. issued a statement

wow, that was big of her :eyes:

[applegrove]

3. Maybe "next time" people like Rice will actually listen to at least

one nuclear & atomic science expert ... before they go to war based on WMD.

Next time - listen to at least one scientist in the field. At least one. That would be the bare minimum in my thinking.

CIA, under Tenant, didn't listen to one nuclear expert. Not one.

In fact - perhaps that is really what the whole ONE Campaign is secretly about... listen to "one" scientific expert. (just kidding on this last point).