NEW BUSH CABINET SEENAS MOVE TOWARD HARMONY SOONER Edition

• Published in: Pittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
• Main Author: Richard W. Stevenson, David E. Sangerand Steven R. Weisman The New York Times
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 17.11.2004
• Subjects: Bush, George (President); Powell, Colin L; Rice, Condoleezza; WASHINGTON
• ISSN: 1068-624X

[Colin L. Powell]'s departure has been widely seen as a victory for hardliners in the administration who chafed at diplomacy in the face of what they saw as urgent threats to national security and a perhaps-fleeting opportunity to promote democracy among Arab and Islamic nations. But it is not clear whether Rice, as secretary of state, will be any more prone to siding with Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld than was Powell. "Above all, Dr. Rice has a deep, abiding belief in the value and power of liberty, because she has seen freedom denied and freedom reborn," [Bush] said, using a variation of the language he often uses to describe the animating forces behind his foreign policy. "As a girl in the segregated South, Dr. Rice saw the promise of America violated by racial discrimination and by the violence that comes from hate. But she was taught by her mother, Angelina, and her father, the Rev. John Rice, that human dignity is the gift of God and that the ideals of America would overcome oppression. That early wisdom has guided her through life, and that truth has guided our nation to a better day." The 50-year-old Rice appeared to be near tears while Bush was speaking. In her remarks, she said it was "humbling" to be succeeding Powell but gave little indication of how she would approach her new job.