Friday, January 07, 2005

Rice's deputy signals less confrontational US foreign policy

The NY Times reports:
Moving to assemble a pragmatic team as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice has selected Robert B. Zoellick, the administration's top trade negotiator, as her deputy and is considering two veteran diplomats with reputations as moderates for the No. 3 job, administration officials said on Thursday. ...

the team seemed so far to be composed of pragmatists, without anyone identified with a strong ideological bent. more

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