From Thinkprogress:
An interesting excerpt from a Newsweek interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, discussing recent reports that Vice President Cheney is working to undermine her efforts:
RICE: I want to say something about the vice president. You know, if he doesn’t agree, the vice president talks about it, just as if [Defense Secretary] Bob Gates doesn’t agree, or I don’t agree, we sit down and talk about it. And then if necessary we talk about it with the president and he decides … The vice president has never been somebody who tries to do that on the sidelines, behind the scenes. He really doesn’t.
Q: Not even when Don Rumsfeld was around?
RICE: [Laughs] You asked about when I have been secretary of State.
Rice and Cheney were never on the same page. Here is more:
“A NEWSWEEK investigation shows that Cheney’s national-security team has been actively challenging Rice’s Iran strategy in recent months. … Officials from the veep’s office have been openly dismissive of the nuclear negotiations in think-tank meetings with Middle East analysts in Washington, according to a high-level administration official.”
The Veep was heavily involved in National Security meetings and issues when Condi was National Security Adviser. Cheney was doing Girlfriday's job.
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