Condoleezza Rice (born 1954) is a classic overachiever. Growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, Rice refused to let the boundaries set by society limit her. She has become a close adviser to President George W. Bush, involved in decisions that...

There have been many lowlights in the three-year chill between the Bush administration and Spain's Socialist government, foremost among them Madrid's decision to pull its troops out of Iraq, and sell high-tech military planes to Hugo Chavez's Venezuela.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's one-day visit Friday...

PBS's Frontline for the on-line documentation of its "Dark Side" documentary, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, tries to explain Rice's failure: We had a one-word description of the National Security Council... and that one word was "dysfunctional" .... I asked...

Canada's foreign minister said Wednesday he has asked his American counterpart, Condoleezza Rice, to ensure that a 20-year-old Canadian prisoner detained at Guantanamo Bay be granted better access to his family, legal counsel and educational materials.Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said he contacted Rice last...