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Anger, ambition make for a combustible day for Rice
Wire Services
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found herself at the intersection of anger and ambition when senators called her to account Thursday for a deeply unpopular war.
Five presidential aspirants on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as other up-and-comers in the new Democratic majority, made sure their voices were heard. And these voices - Republican ones included - were full of frustration and mistrust about how President Bush has prosecuted and pitched the Iraq war.
Even Rice's status as a single woman was fair game.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., noted Rice has no children of her own to lose overseas. "Who pays the price?" Boxer repeatedly demanded. "You're not going to pay a particular price," s
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