Rice's testimony could make-or-break her, Bush [View All]

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Looks like God's string of success w.r.t. Rice is coming to an end...

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/8342622.htm?1c

Rice's testimony could make-or-break her, Bush
By RON HUTCHESON
Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who once dreamed of becoming a concert pianist, has been performing in public since age 4. Now she's preparing for the role of a lifetime.

The soft-spoken foreign-policy expert will serve as President Bush's chief defender Thursday in a televised appearance before the independent panel that's investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Her mission is to rebut allegations that Bush failed to deal with the terrorist threat before Sept. 11, but her own reputation is also on the line.

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When the younger Bush decided to seek the White House, Rice traveled to Texas to tutor him on world affairs. They bonded quickly, brought together by a mutual passion for sports and a shared religious commitment.

"When I'm concerned about something, I figure out a plan of action, and then I give it to God. I just ask to be carried through it," she said in a 2002 interview with Essence magazine. "God's never failed me yet."

Rice was nominally a Democrat until the early 1980s. In 1984, she served as foreign policy adviser to former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"My perception is that she has become more ideological and more hawkish," Hart said in a telephone interview from his Denver office. "She's loyal to her boss. If the boss goes one way, she's going with him."

Right off the cliff