Then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice accompanied cellist Yo-Yo Ma, left, on the piano during the National Endowment for the Arts National Medal of Arts Awards ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington on Apr. 22, 2002, (AP Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais).
by Mark Silva
Old secretaries of state don't fade away.
They go on the Tonight show.
Condoleezza Rice, the concert piano-playing former secretary of state and national security advisor and indeed foreign policy campaign mentor for former President George W. Bush, will join Jay Leno on the NBC late-night stage Tuesday night.
Rice, whom NBC bills as "the first woman National Security Advisor and the first African-American woman to be appointed U.S. Secretary of State,'' will be asked to talk about her years in the Bush administration and what she has been doing since then.
If Leno asks about her bowling, she may want to take the Fifth.
President Barack Obama, who made fun of his own bowling and had to apologize to the Special Olympics as a result, helped NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno score its highest overnight ratings in four years, matching numbers for the show's tribute to the late late-night host, Johnny Carson.
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It turns out that like most of us, Condi Rice isn't happy about how the whole Katrina thing worked out. Well, maybe not quite like most of us
Wednesday, August 31 - two days after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall:
11:20 AM CDT — FEMA STAFF WARNED BROWN THAT PEOPLE WERE DYING AT THE SUPERDOME
Three hours later, Brown’s press secretary wrote to colleagues complaining that Brown needed more time scheduled to eat at a restaurant: “He needs much more that (sic) 20 or 30 minutes. We now have traffic to encounter to go to and from a location of his choise (sic), followed by wait service from the restaurant staff, eating, etc. Thank you.”
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4PM CDT — BUSH GIVES FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS ON KATRINA
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7PM CDT — CONDOLEEZZA RICE TAKES IN A BROADWAY SHOW:
“On Wednesday night, Secretary Rice was booed by some audience members at ‘Spamalot!, the Monty Python musical at the Shubert, when the lights went up after the performance.”
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http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/29/katrina-fried-rice/
Posted by: Mission Accomplished | March 23, 2009 4:01 PM
SHE'S A WAR CRIMINAL!
Posted by: WTF!!!!! | March 23, 2009 5:00 PM
Condi is much classier than Michelle Obama and her arms are better toned. I bet Barack wishes Michelle could play the flute as well as Condi plays the piano....
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | March 24, 2009 12:18 AM
Condoleeza Rice will attend a $500 a plate dinner in Calgary Alberta on May 13. As was the case with George W Bush's visit to that city on March 17, there will be those that turn up to protest these war criminals and demand they be tried. For further info:
www.warcriminalsout.com
Posted by: btb | April 12, 2009 12:36 PM