Posted AT 2:15 PM EST on 16/11/04
Rice named U.S. Secretary of State
Neo-conservatives in the Bush administration took a strong grip on U.S. diplomacy Tuesday with the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state.
If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Rice will replace Colin Powell, who was generally seen as a more moderate voice in a cabinet of hawks.
The choice of such a strong loyalist, one who backs his policy of pre-emptive war, takes away the dissenting voice that Mr. Powell offered.
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